Bill Robinson hit the first grand-slam homer of his major league career and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly to account for the Phillies' scoring in a 5-3 victory over the Astros. Robinson's jackpot wallop came off Jerry Reuss in the third inning after Cesar Tovar and Billy Grabarkewitz singled and Greg Luzinski walked to load the bases. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    19, 1973 (Day game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  0  4    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   5  7  1
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  8  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .274      Gallagher cf          5   0   1   0     0   2   .217
  Unser cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Metzger ss            4   1   0   0     1   0   .258
Grabarkewitz 2b       3   1   1   0     1   1   .163      Wynn rf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .211
  Doyle 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Watson lf             3   1   1   0     1   2   .318
Montanez 1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .268      May 1b                4   1   1   1     0   1   .270
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .272      Edwards c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .236
Luzinski lf           3   1   2   0     1   0   .286      Stewart 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .189
B. Robinson cf,rf     2   1   1   5     0   0   .297      Helms 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .284
Boone c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Reuss p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .147
Schmidt 3b            2   0   0   0     2   0   .214        Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
C. Robinson ss        3   0   0   0     0   0   .256        Busse ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .128
Twitchell p           4   0   0   0     0   2   .098        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Cedeno ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .315

Totals               31   5   7   5     4   5             Totals               34   3   8   3     3   8

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 17,202
Left on Base: Phillies 7, Astros 8
DP: Phillies 0, Astros 0
Errors: Unser, Metzger
Doubles: Montanez (12)
Triples: Wynn (4)
Home Runs: B. Robinson (18)
Stolen Bases: Luzinski (3)
Caught Stealing: Grabarkewitz (1)
Sacrifice Hits: C. Robinson (2), Reuss (6)
Sacrifice Flies: B. Robinson (2)
Hit by Pitch: B. Robinson (1,by Reuss), Montanez (5,by Reuss)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell W(12-5)       9     8   3   3   3   8   0  38   2.34
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   8   0  38

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss L(13-9)           6.1   7   5   5   4   4   1  31   3.43
Griffin                 0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   5.45
Crawford                2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.24
Totals                  9     7   5   5   4   5   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Reuss 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Bob Engel


PHILLIES 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Grabarkewitz
struck out; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gallagher struck out; Metzger walked; Wynn tripled
[Metzger scored]; Watson walked; May struck out; Edwards flied
out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (third to first); B.
Robinson was hit by a pitch; Boone popped to third; Schmidt
walked [B. Robinson to second]; C. Robinson lined to second; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Stewart popped to shortstop; Helms singled; Reuss
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Helms to second];
Gallagher struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros
1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Twitchell grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
singled; Grabarkewitz singled [Tovar to second]; Montanez was
called out on strikes; Luzinski walked [Tovar to third,
Grabarkewitz to second]; B. Robinson homered [Tovar scored,
Grabarkewitz scored, Luzinski scored]; Boone singled; Schmidt
lined to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger flied out to left; Wynn walked; Watson was
called out on strikes; May forced Wynn (third to second); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: C. Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first);
Twitchell struck out; Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Edwards flied out to left; Stewart popped to
shortstop; Helms singled; Reuss struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first);
Montanez was hit by a pitch; Luzinski singled [Montanez to
second]; B. Robinson lined to left; Boone popped to first; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Gallagher singled; Metzger forced Gallagher (first
to shortstop); Wynn flied out to right; Watson struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt walked; Schmidt was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Metzger [Schmidt to second]; C. Robinson
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Schmidt to third];
Twitchell struck out; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: May grounded out (third to first); Edwards struck
out; Stewart popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Grabarkewitz walked; Grabarkewitz was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to
first); Montanez doubled; Luzinski singled [Montanez to third];
Luzinski stole second; GRIFFIN REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); B.
Robinson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Montanez scored]; Boone
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: UNSER REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING CF); DOYLE REPLACED
GRABARKEWITZ (PLAYING 2B); B. ROBINSON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Helms popped to third; BUSSE BATTED FOR GRIFFIN;
Busse struck out; Gallagher flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED BUSSE (PITCHING); Schmidt
grounded out (shortstop to first); C. Robinson flied out to
center; Twitchell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 5, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Metzger grounded out (third to first); Wynn grounded
out (shortstop to first); Watson singled [Watson to second
(error by Unser)]; May singled [Watson scored]; Edwards singled
[May to second]; Stewart singled [May scored, Edwards to
second]; Helms grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 3.

PHILLIES 9TH: Unser grounded out (second to first); Doyle
grounded out (first unassisted); Montanez grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: HUTTON REPLACED MONTANEZ (PLAYING 1B); CEDENO BATTED
FOR CRAWFORD; Cedeno flied out to center; Gallagher lined to
center; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 3.