Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 21, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2001 at Veteran's Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 8, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 2 2 0
Vizcaino ss 5 1 2 1
Bagwell 1b 5 1 1 1
Berkman lf 4 1 1 2
Alou rf 5 1 0 0
  Barker cf 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf,rf 3 1 1 0
Castilla 3b 4 1 2 2
Ausmus c 3 0 1 2
Astacio p 4 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 8
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 4 0 2 0
Anderson 2b 4 1 1 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 1 0
Abreu rf 4 0 2 1
Lee 1b 3 1 1 0
Burrell lf 4 0 0 0
Glanville cf 4 0 0 0
Estrada c 3 0 1 1
Figueroa p 2 0 0 0
  Santiago p 0 0 0 0
  Politte p 0 0 0 0
  Hunter ph 1 0 0 0
  Oropesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 8 2
Houston 000 110 6008100
Philadelphia 010 001 000280
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Astacio  W (8-14) 7.0 6 2 2 2 6
  Cruz   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wagner   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
2
10
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa  L (4-4) 6.1 7 6 6 4 2
  Santiago   0.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Politte   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Oropesa   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
4
3

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Castilla (22,off Figueroa); Biggio (29,off Figueroa); Berkman (39,off Figueroa), Philadelphia Estrada (12,off Astacio); Abreu (35,off Wagner).  3B–Houston Ausmus (4,off Santiago).  HBP–Hidalgo (13,by Figueroa).  IBB–Ausmus (3,by Figueroa).  SB–Alou (4,2nd base off Figueroa/Estrada); Abreu (32,2nd base off Astacio/Ausmus).  CS–Anderson (5,2nd base by Astacio/Ausmus); Abreu (11,2nd base by Astacio/Ausmus).  HBP–Figueroa (5,Hidalgo).  IBB–Figueroa (3,Ausmus).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Marvin Hudson, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:46.  A–20,647.
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