Philadelphia Phillies vs Houston Astros
May 16, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 2003 at Enron Field. 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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Philadelphia Phillies 2, Houston Astros 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Rollins ss 5 2 2 0
Polanco 2b 5 0 1 0
Thome 1b 5 0 1 2
Burrell lf 4 0 0 0
Abreu rf 4 0 0 0
Lieberthal c 3 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 2 0
Byrd cf 4 0 3 0
Padilla p 2 0 1 0
  Ledee ph 1 0 0 0
  Wendell p 0 0 0 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Adams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 3 1 2 0
Blum 3b 4 1 1 2
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 0
Kent 2b 4 1 1 0
Berkman lf 4 0 1 1
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Zaun c 4 0 2 0
  Ausmus c 0 0 0 0
Everett ss 4 0 2 0
Robertson p 2 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 1 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 3
Philadelphia 100 010 0002110
Houston 000 020 02x4110
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Padilla   7.0 6 2 2 2 7
  Wendell  L (0-1) 0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Cormier   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Adams   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
4
4
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson   6.0 9 2 2 2 4
  Lidge   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Dotel  W (3-1) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Wagner  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1, Houston 1.  2B–Philadelphia Polanco (9,off Robertson); Byrd (5,off Robertson), Houston Zaun (4,off Padilla); Merced (6,off Padilla); Bagwell (7,off Wendell).  HR–Houston Blum (4,5th inning off Padilla 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Rollins (5,2nd base off Robertson/Zaun).  WP–Adams (1).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Dan Iassogna, 2B–Alfonso Marquez, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–3:03.  A–28,085.
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