Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
July 14, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1988 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 7, Philadelphia Phillies 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 2 1 0 0
Doran 2b 5 1 1 1
Bass rf 5 1 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 0
Bell 3b 5 1 2 4
Hatcher lf 5 1 4 0
Ramirez ss 5 1 2 1
Biggio c 5 0 3 0
Scott p 1 0 1 0
  Fishel ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 16 6
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel 2b 5 2 3 2
Thompson cf 5 0 2 1
Hayes 1b,lf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt 3b,1b 4 1 2 2
James rf 5 0 1 0
Bradley lf 2 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Aguayo 3b 1 0 0 0
Daulton c 3 0 0 0
Jeltz ss 4 0 0 0
Rawley p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 1 1 1 0
  Gross lf 3 1 1 0
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 5
Houston 500 000 0027161
Philadelphia 101 001 2005100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   6.0 4 3 3 3 4
  Agosto  W (7-0) 2.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Smith  SV (15) 1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Rawley   0.0 2 5 5 3 0
  Harris   4.0 9 0 0 1 4
  Ruffin   3.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Tekulve  L (2-6) 1.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Bedrosian   0.2 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
16
7
7
7
5

  E–Doran (4).  2B–Houston Hatcher (17,off Tekulve); Biggio (2,off Bedrosian).  3B–Philadelphia Harris (1,off Scott); Samuel (7,off Agosto).  HR–Houston Bell (1,1st inning off Rawley 3 on, 0 out), Philadelphia Samuel (7,1st inning off Scott 0 on, 0 out); Schmidt (7,6th inning off Scott 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Scott 2 (4,off Harris,off Ruffin).  IBB–Schmidt (5,by Smith).  SB–Young (48,2nd base off Harris/Daulton).  WP–Rawley (2), Harris (4).  IBB–Smith (5,Schmidt).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:06.  A–24,302.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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