Jesus Alou, who had been on a hot hitting streak, batted in two runs with a single in the eighth inning as the Astros rallied to beat the Phillies, 4-3. Alou hit a sacrifice fly to plate the Astros' initial run in the fourth, but the Phillies went ahead with three in the sixth. Doug Rader singled to open the Astros' eighth and Denis Menke walked. After a safe bunt by Cesar Cedeno loaded the bases, one run scored on an infield out by John Mayberry. An intentional pass to Johnny Edwards reloaded the sacks and, after Norm Miller popped up, Alou hit his winning single. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 4, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Game Played on Thursday, August    13, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3 10  0
Astros       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  3  x  -   4  8  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taylor 2b             4   1   3   0     1   0   .288      Alou rf               4   0   2   3     0   0   .318
Bowa ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .241      Morgan 2b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .264
Money 3b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .306      Wynn lf               2   0   0   0     2   0   .284
Johnson 1b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .255      Rader 3b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .251
Browne rf             2   0   0   1     0   0   .251      Menke ss              3   1   0   0     1   1   .305
  Stone ph,rf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .276      Cedeno cf             4   2   2   0     0   0   .277
Hutto lf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .208      Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .224
  Briggs ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Edwards c             2   0   1   0     2   0   .213
Hisle cf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .194      Blasingame p          1   0   0   0     1   1   .000
Ryan c                3   0   1   0     0   0   .188        Culver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Gamble ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Martinez ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Short p               3   0   0   0     0   1   .047        Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Selma p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Miller ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
  Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Gladding p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Doyle ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .233

Totals               34   3  10   3     2   5             Totals               31   4   8   4     6   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 14,413
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Astros 10
DP: Phillies 0, Astros 1
Errors: Blasingame
Doubles: Money (19)
Stolen Bases: Wynn (19)
Caught Stealing: Browne (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Browne (2), Alou (2)
GIDP: Bowa (7)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Short                   7     6   3   3   5   4   0  32   4.61
Selma L(5-6)            0.2   2   1   1   1   0   0   5   2.91
Hoerner                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.05
Totals                  8     8   4   4   6   5   0  38

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blasingame              6    10   3   3   0   3   0  26   2.40
Culver                  1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.74
Ray W(5-3)              1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   4.02
Gladding SV(12)         1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.12
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   5   0  37

Passed Balls: Ryan (2)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Nick Colosi


PHILLIES 1ST: Taylor singled to center; Bowa grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Taylor out at second];
Money grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Alou lined to center; Morgan singled to center; Ryan
allowed a passed ball [Morgan to second]; Wynn walked; Rader
forced Wynn (third to second) [Morgan to third]; Menke struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnson singled to center; Browne forced Johnson
(second to shortstop); Browne was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Hutto struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cedeno flied out to center; Mayberry singled to
left; Edwards walked [Mayberry to second]; On a bunt Blasingame
struck out; Alou grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Hisle flied out to right; Ryan lined to third;
Short grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Morgan popped to first in foul territory; Wynn
walked; Wynn stole second; Rader struck out; Menke flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Taylor singled to center; Bowa grounded out (first
unassisted) [Taylor to second]; Money grounded out (shortstop to
first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno singled to left; Mayberry popped to third in
foul territory; Edwards singled to right [Cedeno to third];
Blasingame walked [Edwards to second]; Alou lined out on a
sacrifice fly to center [Cedeno scored]; Morgan grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Browne grounded out (third to first); Hutto was
called out on strikes; Hisle singled to left; Hisle advanced to
second (error by Blasingame); catcher Johnny Edwards tried a
pickoff; Wade Blasingame missed John Mayberry's return
throw; Ryan flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Wynn flied out to left; Rader struck out; Menke
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Short grounded out (first unassisted); Taylor
singled to right; Bowa singled to center [Taylor to second];
Money doubled to left [Taylor scored, Bowa scored]; Johnson
singled to left [Money to third]; Browne hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Money scored]; Hutto flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno popped to first in foul territory; Mayberry
flied out to right; Edwards lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 3, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Hisle singled to right; Ryan singled to center
[Hisle to third]; CULVER REPLACED BLASINGAME (PITCHING); On a
bunt Short struck out; Taylor walked [Ryan to second]; Bowa
forced Hisle (second to catcher) [Ryan to third, Taylor to
second]; Money grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: MARTINEZ BATTED FOR CULVER; Martinez flied out to
center; Alou singled to center; Morgan popped to shortstop in
foul territory; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: RAY REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Johnson popped
to catcher in foul territory; STONE BATTED FOR BROWNE; Stone
walked; BRIGGS BATTED FOR HUTTO; Briggs flied out to left; Hisle
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: STONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); BRIGGS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Rader singled to center; Menke walked [Rader
to second]; SELMA REPLACED SHORT (PITCHING); On a bunt Cedeno
singled to third [Rader to third, Menke to second]; Mayberry
grounded out (first unassisted) [Rader scored, Menke to third,
Cedeno to second]; Edwards was walked intentionally; MILLER
BATTED FOR RAY; Miller popped to second; Alou singled to right
[Menke scored, Cedeno scored, Edwards to second]; HOERNER
REPLACED SELMA (PITCHING); Morgan struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: GLADDING REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); GAMBLE BATTED
FOR RYAN; Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first); DOYLE BATTED
FOR HOERNER; Doyle grounded out (second to first); Taylor
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
3, Astros 4.