Wayne Twitchell, Phillies' rookie righthander, turned in the first complete game and first shutout of his major league career, pitching a five-hitter to defeat the Astros, 4-0. Twitchell originally was a free-agent draft choice of the Astros in June, 1966, but wended his way out of their organization and wound up in the Phillies' system in 1971. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 4, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    19, 1972 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  3
Phillies     0  0  0    0  2  1    0  1  x  -   4  6  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .215      Doyle 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .247
Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .344      Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .232
Wynn rf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .278      Hutton rf,1b          3   1   0   0     1   0   .256
May 1b                4   0   1   0     0   1   .288      Montanez cf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .254
Miller lf             3   0   0   0     0   3   .253      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .270
Edwards c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Johnson 1b            4   1   2   1     0   1   .207
Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .241        B. Robinson rf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Helms 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Money 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .227
Dierker p             2   0   1   0     0   0   .180      Bateman c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .229
  Stewart ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Twitchell p           2   0   0   1     0   1   .067
  Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .261

Totals               31   0   5   0     0   8             Totals               32   4   6   4     2   3

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 33,525
Left on Base: Astros 4, Phillies 7
DP: Astros 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Rader 2, Helms
Sacrifice Flies: Twitchell (1)
GIDP: Rader (16)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker L(11-7)         7     4   3   0   1   2   0  29   3.12
Griffin                 1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   2.97
Totals                  8     6   4   1   2   3   0  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell W(3-4)        9     5   0   0   0   8   0  31   3.79
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   8   0  31

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Paul Pryor


ASTROS 1ST: Metzger struck out; Cedeno flied out to right; Wynn
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Doyle grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowa made
an out to third; Hutton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 2ND: May singled; Miller struck out; Edwards singled [May
to third]; Rader grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Montanez walked; Luzinski made an out to second;
Johnson flied out to center; Money grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Helms grounded out (third to first); Dierker singled
to right; Metzger singled to center [Dierker to second]; Cedeno
made an out to first; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bateman struck out; Twitchell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Doyle grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 4TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller struck
out; Edwards grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Hutton flied
out to right; Montanez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader grounded out (third to first); Helms flied out
to left; Dierker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski grounded out (third to first); Johnson
singled to third; Money reached on an error by Rader [Johnson to
second]; Bateman reached on a fielder's choice [Johnson to third
(error by Helms), Money to second]; Twitchell hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Johnson scored (unearned)]; Doyle singled [Money
scored (unearned), Bateman to second]; Bowa made an out to
third; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn singled to left; May
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hutton grounded out (first to pitcher); Montanez
singled to right; Luzinski reached on an error by Rader
[Montanez to second]; Johnson singled to center [Montanez scored
(unearned), Luzinski to second]; Money forced Johnson (third to
second) [Luzinski to third]; Bateman forced Money (shortstop to
second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Miller struck out; Edwards grounded out (second to
first); Rader flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: Twitchell struck out; Doyle grounded out (second
to first); Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Helms grounded out (shortstop to first); STEWART
BATTED FOR DIERKER; Stewart flied out to center; Metzger
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 8TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED STEWART (PITCHING); Hutton
walked; Montanez singled to center [Hutton to second]; Luzinski
flied out to left; Johnson struck out; Money singled to center
[Hutton scored, Montanez to second]; Bateman flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 4.

ASTROS 9TH: B. ROBINSON REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING RF); HUTTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Cedeno struck out; Wynn flied
out to center; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Phillies 4.