The Phillies, who were forced to call upon two pitchers in relief of Jim Lonborg in the ninth inning, survived the scare and defeated the Astros, 5-4. Lee May homered for the Astros, but Mike Schmidt batted in two runs for the Phillies, who moved ahead, 5-2, with two runs in the sixth on a double by Bob Boone, single by Dave Cash and triple by Larry Bowa.

The Astros loaded the bases against Lonborg with none out in the ninth. After Jesus Hernaiz relieved, Cesar Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly. Bob Watson went out, but May singled to drive in another run before Mac Scarce took over and retired Johnny Edwards for the final out. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      19, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   4 14  0
Phillies     1  0  2    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   5 11  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf              4   2   2   0     1   0   .346      Cash 2b               4   2   1   1     0   0   .312
Metzger ss            5   0   3   0     0   0   .266      Bowa ss               4   1   3   1     0   0   .272
Cedeno cf             3   0   3   2     0   0   .280      Schmidt 3b            4   0   3   2     0   1   .324
Watson lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .312      Montanez 1b           4   0   0   1     0   0   .247
L. May 1b             5   1   2   2     0   0   .275      Unser cf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .299
  Milbourne pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Anderson rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .282
Edwards c             4   0   1   0     1   0   .234      Hutton lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Menke 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .077        Robinson ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
  C. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Boone c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .242
  Campbell 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Lonborg p             4   1   2   0     0   1   .114
Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .294        Hernaiz p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Griffin p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .276        Scarce p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gallagher ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .220
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brown ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .221

Totals               36   4  14   4     3   1             Totals               34   5  11   5     2   2

Time of Game: 2:18
Left on Base: Astros 11, Phillies 8
DP: Astros 0, Phillies 1
Doubles: Edwards (6), Lonborg (2), Boone (10)
Triples: Bowa (4)
Home Runs: L. May (11)
Stolen Bases: Metzger (6), Bowa (19), Schmidt (9)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Griffin (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Cedeno 2 (3)
GIDP: Gross (4)
Hit by Pitch: Cash (5,by Griffin)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin L(7-3)          5.2  10   5   5   2   0   0  29   3.76
Forsch                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.82
Scherman                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.82
Totals                  8    11   5   5   2   2   0  37

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg W(9-5)          8    13   4   4   3   1   1  38   2.40
Hernaiz                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.75
Scarce SV(4)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.45
Totals                  9    14   4   4   3   1   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Griffin (2)

Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Jerry Dale


ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled to center; Metzger singled to center
[Gross to third]; Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly to right [Gross
scored]; Metzger stole second; Watson flied out to center; L.
May flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to center; Bowa singled to pitcher;
Bowa stole second; Schmidt singled to left [Bowa scored];
Schmidt was picked off first (pitcher to first); Montanez flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards walked; Menke struck out; Helms singled to
left [Edwards to second]; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Edwards to third, Helms to second]; Gross
was walked intentionally; Metzger lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Unser grounded out (first unassisted); Anderson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hutton grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Watson walked; L. May flied out to
left; Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
1, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone grounded out (third to first); Lonborg
singled to left; Cash was hit by a pitch [Lonborg to second];
Bowa singled to center [Lonborg to third, Cash to second];
Schmidt singled to left [Lonborg scored, Cash to third, Bowa to
second]; Montanez grounded out (second to first) [Cash scored,
Bowa to third, Schmidt to second]; Unser was walked
intentionally; Anderson forced Schmidt (third unassisted); 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms
grounded out (third to first); Griffin grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hutton grounded out (first to pitcher); Boone
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lonborg doubled; Cash
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1,
Phillies 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Gross grounded out (second to first); Metzger
grounded out (second to first); Cedeno singled to left; Watson
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Schmidt
singled to right; Schmidt stole second; Montanez flied out to
center; Unser was walked intentionally; Anderson forced Unser
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies
3.

ASTROS 6TH: L. May homered; Edwards flied out to right; Menke
grounded out (second to first); Helms made an out to second; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: Hutton flied out to right; Boone doubled to left;
Lonborg flied out to right; Cash singled to center [Boone
scored, Cash to second (on throw to home)]; Bowa tripled to
right [Cash scored]; FORSCH REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Schmidt
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies 5.

ASTROS 7TH: GALLAGHER BATTED FOR FORSCH; Gallagher singled to
center; Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Gallagher out at second]; Metzger singled to right;
Cedeno singled to shortstop [Metzger to second]; Watson forced
Cedeno (shortstop to second); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2,
Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 7TH: SCHERMAN REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); Montanez
grounded out (third to first); Unser grounded out (shortstop to
first); Anderson singled to center; ROBINSON BATTED FOR HUTTON;
Robinson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 2, Phillies 5.

ASTROS 8TH: ROBINSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); L. May
grounded out (third to first); Edwards doubled to center; C.
JOHNSON BATTED FOR MENKE; C. Johnson flied out to left; Helms
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2,
Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED C. JOHNSON (PLAYING 3B); Boone
popped to catcher; Lonborg struck out; Cash grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies
5.

ASTROS 9TH: BROWN BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Brown singled to left;
Gross singled to left [Brown to second]; Metzger singled to
center [Brown to third, Gross to second]; HERNAIZ REPLACED
LONBORG (PITCHING); Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly to center [Brown
scored]; Watson popped to first in foul territory; L. May
singled to left [Gross scored, Metzger to second]; SCARCE
REPLACED HERNAIZ (PITCHING); MILBOURNE RAN FOR L. MAY; Edwards
flied out to left; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Phillies 5.