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Astros 7 @ Phillies 4
Veterans Stadium
October 8, 1980

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Houston Astros, played on October 8, 1980 at Veterans Stadium. The home team Phillies were bested by the visiting Astros with a score of 7 to 4.

Game Summary

DateOctober 8, 1980 
Visiting Team
Houston Astros
R: 7 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 7
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 4 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 14
Runs: 4
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 14
Winning PitcherFrank LaCorte  
Losing PitcherRon Reed  
SaveJoaquin Andujar  
Game Winning RBIJose Cruz 

Game Info

DateOctober 8, 1980 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamHouston Astros 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherNolan Ryan  
Home Starting PitcherDick Ruthven  
BallparkVeterans Stadium 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance65,476 
Time of Game3 hours 34 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Terry Tata
1B: Bruce Froemming
2B: Doug Harvey
3B: Ed Vargo

Houston Astros Lineup 

Name  Position 
Terry Puhl  Right Fielder 
Enos Cabell  Third Baseman 
Joe Morgan  Second Baseman 
Jose Cruz  Left Fielder 
Cesar Cedeno  Center Fielder 
Art Howe  First Baseman 
Alan Ashby  Catcher 
Craig Reynolds  Shortstop 
Nolan Ryan  Pitcher 
Bill Virdon  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Pete Rose  First Baseman 
Bake McBride  Right Fielder 
Mike Schmidt  Third Baseman 
Greg Luzinski  Left Fielder 
Manny Trillo  Second Baseman 
Garry Maddox  Center Fielder 
Larry Bowa  Shortstop 
Bob Boone  Catcher 
Dick Ruthven  Pitcher 
Dallas Green  Manager 

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Astros 7 @ Phillies 4
Veterans Stadium
October 8, 1980

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         Game of 10/8/1980 -- Houston at Philadelphia (N)

  Houston            AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Puhl T, rf            5  1  3  2   Rose P, 1b            4  0  2  0   
Cabell E, 3b          4  0  0  0   McBride B, rf         5  0  1  0   
Morgan J, 2b          2  1  1  0   Schmidt M, 3b         6  1  2  0   
Landestoy R, pr-2b    0  1  0  0   Luzinski G, lf        4  1  2  1   
Cruz J, lf            4  1  2  2   Smith L, pr-lf        1  1  1  0   
Cedeno C, cf          5  1  1  1   Trillo M, 2b          3  0  1  0   
Howe A, 1b            4  0  0  0   Maddox G, cf          5  0  2  2   
Bergman D, 1b         1  0  1  2   Bowa L, ss            4  1  2  0   
Ashby A, c            5  0  0  0   Boone B, c            4  0  1  0   
Reynolds C, ss        3  1  0  0   Ruthven D, p          2  0  0  0   
Ryan N, p             1  1  0  0   Gross G, ph           0  0  0  0   
Sambito J, p          0  0  0  0   McGraw T, p           0  0  0  0   
Smith D, p            0  0  0  0   Unser D, ph           1  0  0  0   
Leonard J, ph         1  0  0  0   Reed R, p             0  0  0  0   
LaCorte F, p          1  0  0  0   Saucier K, p          0  0  0  0   
Andujar J, p          0  0  0  0   Vukovich G, ph        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  7  8  7                        40  4 14  3

Houston          001 000 110 4 --  7
Philadelphia     000 200 010 1 --  4

  Houston              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ryan N                6.1  8  2  2  1  6
Sambito J             0.1  0  0  0  1  1
Smith D               1.1  2  1  1  1  2
LaCorte F (W)*        1.0  4  1  0  1  1
Andujar J (S)         1.0  0  0  0  1  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Ruthven D             7.0  3  2  2  5  4
McGraw T              1.0  2  1  1  0  0
Reed R (L)            1.1  2  4  4  1  1
Saucier K             0.2  1  0  0  1  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 10th

E -- Schmidt M, McBride B, Reynolds C
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Houston 8, Philadelphia 14
2B -- Schmidt M, Luzinski G, Puhl T, Morgan J
3B -- Bergman D
CS -- Maddox G
SH -- Ryan N, Trillo M 2, Gross G, Cabell E
T -- 3:34
A -- 65476

    

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