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Houston Astros @ Philadelphia Phillies

1998-08-17 · Night game · Veterans Stadium · Att: 18975 · 80°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 8 mph to CF · 2:27

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Houston Astros 4–0. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 5th. Paul Byrd earned the win. Scott Rolen went 2-for-4 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	0	0	0	0	0	4
PHI	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0		4	9

W: Paul Byrd L: Randy Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Terry Tata · 1B: Wally Bell · 2B: Jerry Meals · 3B: Gerry Davis · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	0	0	0
Bill Spiers	4	0	0	0
Derek Bell	3	0	1	2
Jeff Bagwell	4	2	0	1
Moises Alou	4	0	0	2
Carl Everett	3	0	0	0
Ricky Gutierrez	3	1	0	0
Brad Ausmus	3	0	0	0
Randy Johnson	2	0	0	1
Dave Clark	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Doug Glanville	4	0	2	0	1	1
Kevin Sefcik	2	1	1	0	3	1
Scott Rolen	4	2	2	2	1	1
Kevin Jordan	5	0	1	0	0	0
Gregg Jefferies	2	0	0	0	2	0
Mark Lewis	3	1	2	1	0	0
Mark Parent	3	0	0	0	1	1
Desi Relaford	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Byrd	4	0	1	1	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Randy Johnson	5.0	6	4	3
Scott Elarton	2.0	2	2	2
Trever Miller	1.0	1	2	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Byrd	9.0	4	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Biggio: 7/F7M
Bill Spiers: 3/L34S
Derek Bell: W
Jeff Bagwell: K

Bot 1

Doug Glanville: K
Kevin Sefcik: D5/G5
Scott Rolen: K
Kevin Jordan: 9/L9LS

Top 2

Moises Alou: K
Carl Everett: 5/P56S
Ricky Gutierrez: 8/F8LD

Bot 2

Gregg Jefferies: 9/F9S
Mark Lewis: S4/G34
Mark Parent: W.1-2
Desi Relaford: 4/L34D
Paul Byrd: S8/L8LS.2-H;1-3
Doug Glanville: 7/L78D

Top 3

Brad Ausmus: 9/F89S
Randy Johnson: 6/F4MD
Craig Biggio: 7/L7M

Bot 3

Kevin Sefcik: W
Scott Rolen: 54(1)/FO/G56S
Kevin Jordan: 54(1)/FO/G56S
Gregg Jefferies: W.1-2
Mark Lewis: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 4

Bill Spiers: 31/G34S
Derek Bell: K
Jeff Bagwell: S9/L9S
Moises Alou: K

Bot 4

Mark Parent: 3/P3D
Desi Relaford: 3/P13
Paul Byrd: K

Top 5

Carl Everett: 7/L7M
Ricky Gutierrez: S9/L9S
Brad Ausmus: 9/F9LS
Randy Johnson: K

Bot 5

Doug Glanville: S7/L7S
Kevin Sefcik: W.1-2
Scott Rolen: CS3(25)
Scott Rolen: HR/L9LD.1-H
Kevin Jordan: 7/L7LD
Gregg Jefferies: E4/G4
Mark Lewis: S4/G4.1-2
Mark Parent: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 6

Craig Biggio: 9/F3DF
Bill Spiers: 3/G34
Derek Bell: K

Bot 6

Desi Relaford: 3/P34S
Paul Byrd: 3/F3F
Doug Glanville: S4/G4
Kevin Sefcik: K

Top 7

Jeff Bagwell: 8/F8LXD
Moises Alou: 9/F9D
Carl Everett: 9/F9LM

Bot 7

Scott Rolen: W
Kevin Jordan: S8/G6M.1-2
Gregg Jefferies: W.2-3;1-2
Mark Lewis: 8/SF/F89M.3-H
Mark Parent: K
Desi Relaford: 43/G4

Top 8

Ricky Gutierrez: 8/F78S
Brad Ausmus: 7/F78S
Dave Clark: S8/G4M
Craig Biggio: 8/F8RXD

Bot 8

Paul Byrd: 63/G6S
Doug Glanville: W
Kevin Sefcik: SB2
Kevin Sefcik: W
Scott Rolen: S6/G56.2-3;1-2
Kevin Jordan: 4(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 9

Bill Spiers: 8/F8LS
Derek Bell: 63/G6
Jeff Bagwell: S6/L6
Moises Alou: 5/P5SF