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Houston Astros @ Philadelphia Phillies

1997-05-18 · Day game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 17367 · 57°F, sunny, wet · Wind 10 mph R to L · 2:29

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Houston Astros 5–3. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 3rd. Garrett Stephenson earned the win and Ricky Bottalico picked up the save. Scott Rolen went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	9
PHI	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		5	8

W: Garrett Stephenson L: Mike Hampton SV: Ricky Bottalico

Umpires — HP: Randy Marsh · 1B: Sam Holbrook · 2B: Harry Wendelstedt · 3B: Larry Poncino · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	2	1	1	0	1	1
Bobby Abreu	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jeff Bagwell	3	0	2	2	0	0
Luis Gonzalez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Sean Berry	4	1	1	0	0	1
James Mouton	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ricky Gutierrez	4	0	3	1	0	0
Brad Ausmus	4	1	1	0	0	0
Mike Hampton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Ramos	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Spiers	1	0	0	0	0	0
Thomas Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gregg Jefferies	3	1	2	0	1	0
Rex Hudler	3	0	0	0	0	1
Scott Rolen	3	1	1	2	1	0
Darren Daulton	3	2	2	1	0	0
Ruben Amaro	4	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Jordan	3	0	0	1	0	0
Mark Parent	2	0	1	1	1	0
Kevin Stocker	3	0	0	0	0	0
Garrett Stephenson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ricky Otero	1	0	1	0	0	0
Derrick May	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Hampton	5.0	7	2	3
Ramon Garcia	2.0	1	1	0
Jose Lima	1.0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Garrett Stephenson	7.0	6	0	4
Jerry Spradlin	0.2	1	1	1
Erik Plantenberg	0.1	0	0	0
Ricky Bottalico	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Biggio: K
Bobby Abreu: 43/G4D
Jeff Bagwell: 9/F9M

Bot 1

Gregg Jefferies: S9/L89M/R4
Rex Hudler: K
Scott Rolen: POCS2(13636)
Scott Rolen: 43/G4

Top 2

Luis Gonzalez: K
Sean Berry: 3/G3S
James Mouton: 13/G23

Bot 2

Darren Daulton: S7/L78S/R6
Ruben Amaro: D7/G5L/R6.1-3
Kevin Jordan: 9/L9D/SF/R6.3-H;2-3
Mark Parent: S8/G6M/R6.3-H
Kevin Stocker: 53/G5S.1-2
Garrett Stephenson: K

Top 3

Ricky Gutierrez: S8/L89S/R4
Brad Ausmus: 9/L9M/R4
Mike Hampton: PO1(13)
Mike Hampton: 63/G6

Bot 3

Gregg Jefferies: S7/L7S/R6
Rex Hudler: 53/SH/BG15S.1-2
Scott Rolen: HR/L89XD.2-H;B-H
Darren Daulton: HR/L8RXD.B-H
Ruben Amaro: 53/G5L
Kevin Jordan: 4/P4MD

Top 4

Craig Biggio: S8/G6M/R4
Bobby Abreu: CS2(26)
Bobby Abreu: K
Jeff Bagwell: D7/F7D/R6
Luis Gonzalez: 5/P56

Bot 4

Mark Parent: W
Kevin Stocker: 14(1)/FO/G13/R3.B-1
Garrett Stephenson: POCS2(136)
Garrett Stephenson: K

Top 5

Sean Berry: K
James Mouton: 63/G6
Ricky Gutierrez: 63/G56

Bot 5

Gregg Jefferies: 53/G5
Rex Hudler: 9/F9M
Scott Rolen: W
Darren Daulton: 7/L78M

Top 6

Brad Ausmus: S7/L78S/R6
Ken Ramos: 4/P3D
Craig Biggio: HP.1-2
Bobby Abreu: E4/G34D.2-3;1-2;B-1
Jeff Bagwell: 8/F89M/SF/R4.3-H(UR);2-3
Luis Gonzalez: 4/P4MD

Bot 6

Ruben Amaro: 43/G4
Kevin Jordan: 43/G4D
Mark Parent: 9/F89S

Top 7

Sean Berry: 4/P3D
James Mouton: S5/BG25/R3
Ricky Gutierrez: CS2(26)
Ricky Gutierrez: S6/G6MD/R3
Brad Ausmus: 8/L8RD

Bot 7

Kevin Stocker: 7/P6D
Ricky Otero: S9/L9M/R4
Gregg Jefferies: W.1-2
Rex Hudler: 6/P6MD
Scott Rolen: 4/P3D

Top 8

Bill Spiers: 63/G6
Craig Biggio: W
Bobby Abreu: K
Jeff Bagwell: WP.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: D7/L7LM/R6.2-H
Luis Gonzalez: 63/G6

Bot 8

Derrick May: 8/F8LM
Ruben Amaro: 31/G3D
Kevin Jordan: 6/P6MS

Top 9

Sean Berry: D7/L7S/R6
James Mouton: K
Ricky Gutierrez: D9/G3L/R6U5.2-H
Brad Ausmus: 3/L3+/R6
Thomas Howard: 7/F78S