Philadelphia-Houston playoff game, 2005
Philadelphia-Houston playoff game, 2005 
Last updated: October 12, 2005
The last weekend of the 2005 season featured a tight race for the NL wild card. Philadelphia won its last four but was left out of the postseason parade when Houston took care of business. The folks at the Philadelphia Daily News wondered how a playoff game might have turned out had Houston dropped one of its weekend games to fall into a tie, and we were more than happy to help out.
We set up the rosters using the stats for the 2005 season, set up the fatigue information by entering the number of pitches thrown in recent games by the pitchers on both teams, and played the game once. The paper ran a game story in the October 4th edition, but they didn't have room for the boxscore and play-by-play. Here's how the game turned out:
10/3/2005, Hou05-Phi05, Citizens Bank Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2005 Houston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 6 0
2005 Philadelphia 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 x 5 5 2 3 1
Houston AB R H BI AVG Philadelphia AB R H BI AVG
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Rollins ss 4 1 1 2 .250
Taveras cf 4 1 0 0 .000 Lofton cf 4 0 0 0 .000
Ensberg 3b 4 1 2 2 .500 Utley 2b 3 0 0 0 .000
Berkman lf 4 0 1 0 .250 Abreu rf 3 1 1 0 .333
Lamb 1b 3 0 1 0 .333 Burrell lf 4 0 0 0 .000
Bagwell ph 0 0 0 0 .000 Wagner p 0 0 0 0 .000
Lane rf 4 0 0 0 .000 Howard 1b 2 1 0 0 .000
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0 .000 Bell 3b 3 1 1 3 .333
Everett ss 3 0 1 0 .333 Lieberthal c 3 1 2 0 .667
Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Padilla p 1 0 0 0 .000
Backe p 1 0 0 0 .000 Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Madson p 0 0 0 0 .000
Qualls p 0 0 0 0 .000 Chavez lf 0 0 0 0 .000
Burke ph 1 0 0 0 .000 28 5 5 5
Gallo p 0 0 0 0 .000
Wheeler p 0 0 0 0 .000
33 2 5 2
Houston INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Backe L 0-1 4.0 4 5 5 3 3 75 41 11.25
Qualls 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 27 18 0.00
Gallo 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 22 16 0.00
Wheeler 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 7 5 0.00
8.0 5 5 5 3 8 131 80
Philadelphia INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Padilla W 1-0 7.0 4 2 1 1 6 101 70 1.29
Madson H 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 9 0.00
Wagner S 1 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 14 7 0.00
9.0 5 2 1 2 8 129 86
Hou: Palmeiro batted for Backe in the 5th
Burke batted for Qualls in the 7th
Bagwell batted for Lamb in the 9th
Vizcaino batted for Everett in the 9th
Phi: Michaels batted for Padilla in the 7th
Chavez inserted at lf in the 9th
E-Utley 2. 2B-Ensberg, Berkman, Everett, Abreu. HR-Ensberg(1), Rollins(1),
Bell(1). K-Taveras, Ensberg, Lamb, Lane 2, Ausmus, Backe, Vizcaino,
Rollins 2, Utley, Burrell 3, Bell, Michaels. BB-Biggio, Bagwell, Utley,
Abreu, Howard. SH-Padilla. WP-Backe, Wagner.
GWRBI: Bell
Temperature: 82, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 6 MPH.
10/3/2005, Hou05-Phi05, Citizens Bank Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2005 Houston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 6 0
2005 Philadelphia 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 x 5 5 2 3 1
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Houston batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Biggio grounded out to the mound (BBFCX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Taveras to first on an error by the second baseman Utley
(X)
0-0 1 1-- 01 Ensberg homered deep to left, Taveras scored (CX)
2-0 1 --- 10 Berkman flied out to left (BX)
2-0 2 --- 11 Lamb lined a single to right center (BFX)
2-0 2 1-- 21 Lane flied out to center (BBCX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Philadelphia batting
2-0 0 --- 22 Rollins struck out (BFFBS)
2-0 1 --- 10 Lofton grounded out to second (BX)
2-0 2 --- 32 Utley walked (BBBCSB)
2-0 2 1-- 32 Abreu grounded out to second (FBBCB>X)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Houston batting
2-0 0 --- 20 Ausmus flied out to center (BBX)
2-0 1 --- 22 Everett grounded a double down the first base line
(BCBFFX)
2-0 1 -2- 12 Backe struck out (BSSC)
2-0 2 -2- 12 Biggio grounded out to the mound (BCCX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Philadelphia batting
2-0 0 --- 32 Burrell struck out (BBCCFBC)
2-0 1 --- 01 Howard flied out to center (SX)
2-0 2 --- 11 Bell grounded out to short (FBX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Houston batting
2-0 0 --- 10 Taveras to first on an error by the second baseman Utley
(BX)
2-0 0 1-- 32 Ensberg struck out (BFFBBC)
2-0 1 1-- 02 Berkman grounded into a double play, Rollins to Utley to
Howard (CFX)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Philadelphia batting
2-0 0 --- 10 Lieberthal lined a single to left (BX)
2-0 0 1-- 01 Padilla popped out on a bunt to first (CbXb)
2-0 1 1-- 31 Rollins homered deep to right center, Lieberthal scored
(BBFBX)
2-2 1 --- 10 Lofton grounded out to short (BX)
2-2 2 --- 02 Utley lined out to right (CCX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Houston batting
2-2 0 --- 12 Lamb flied out to left (CFFBX)
2-2 1 --- 02 Lane grounded out to short (CCX)
2-2 2 --- 12 Ausmus struck out (CBFS)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Philadelphia batting
2-2 0 --- 32 Abreu walked (CBBFBB)
2-2 0 1-- 12 Burrell struck out (CBFC)
2-2 1 1-- 21 Backe threw a wild pitch, Abreu to second (CBBB)
2-2 1 -2- 31 Howard walked (CBBB.B)
2-2 1 12- 20 Bell homered deep to left, Abreu scored, Howard scored
(BBX)
2-5 1 --- 10 Lieberthal lined a single down the right field line (BX)
2-5 1 1-- 21 Padilla sacrifice bunted to the mound, Lieberthal to
second (BbBbFbXb)
2-5 2 -2- 12 Rollins lined out to center (SFFBFX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Houston batting
2-5 0 --- 02 Everett flied out to center (CFX)
Palmeiro pinch hitting for Backe
2-5 1 --- 01 Palmeiro flied out to center (FX)
2-5 2 --- 31 Biggio walked (FBBBB)
2-5 2 1-- 02 Taveras struck out (CFC)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Philadelphia batting
Qualls now pitching
2-5 0 --- 22 Lofton grounded out to first (BFFFBFX)
2-5 1 --- 10 Utley grounded out to second (BX)
2-5 2 --- 32 Abreu lined a double to right center (FBCBBX)
2-5 2 -2- 12 Burrell popped out to third (FCBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Houston batting
2-5 0 --- 02 Ensberg lined out to center (FSX)
2-5 1 --- 32 Berkman lined a double to right center (BFFBBX)
2-5 1 -2- 22 Lamb struck out (BFCBS)
2-5 2 -2- 22 Lane struck out (BCCBFC)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Philadelphia batting
2-5 0 --- 10 Howard grounded out to third (BX)
2-5 1 --- 12 Bell struck out (CBFS)
2-5 2 --- 01 Lieberthal grounded out to short (FX)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Houston batting
2-5 0 --- 01 Ausmus flied out to left (FX)
2-5 1 --- 12 Everett lined out to first (BSCFX)
Burke pinch hitting for Qualls
2-5 2 --- 12 Burke flied out to left (CBSX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Philadelphia batting
Gallo now pitching
Michaels pinch hitting for Padilla
2-5 0 --- 32 Michaels struck out (SBBBFS)
2-5 1 --- 22 Rollins struck out (CFFBFFFBS)
2-5 2 --- 01 Lofton flied out to center (CX)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Houston batting
Madson now pitching
2-5 0 --- 11 Biggio grounded out to short (FBX)
2-5 1 --- 22 Taveras flied out to center (CBFBX)
2-5 2 --- 01 Ensberg lined a double to right center (CX)
2-5 2 -2- 21 Berkman grounded out to second (BBCX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Philadelphia batting
2-5 0 --- 12 Utley struck out (CFBC)
2-5 1 --- 00 Abreu grounded out to third (X)
Wheeler now pitching
2-5 2 --- 22 Burrell struck out (CCBBFFS)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Houston batting
Wagner now pitching
Chavez now playing left field
Bagwell pinch hitting for Lamb
2-5 0 --- 30 Bagwell walked (BBBB)
2-5 0 1-- 12 Lane struck out (BCCC)
2-5 1 1-- 00 Wagner threw a wild pitch, Bagwell to second (B)
2-5 1 -2- 10 Ausmus popped out to short (B.X)
Vizcaino pinch hitting for Everett
2-5 2 -2- 12 Vizcaino struck out (CCBS)
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