The Phillies, who lost the first two games of the series by identical scores of 1-0, were shut out again by the Astros, 5-0. Don Wilson and Mike Cosgrove combined on the whitewashing. Cosgrove took over after Wilson pulled a muscle running out a grounder in the eighth inning. The Astros decided the game in the second when Lee May homered off Wayne Twitchell. Wilson scored two runs, once after reaching base on a fielder's choice and again after being hit by a pitched ball. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 5, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Sunday, August    25, 1974 (Day game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  2
Astros       0  1  2    0  0  0    1  1  x  -   5  8  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .301      Gross rf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .320
Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Metzger ss            4   0   1   1     0   1   .264
Schmidt 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .304      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .285
Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .307      Watson lf,1b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .301
Unser cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .259      M. May c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Johnstone lf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .311      L. May 1b             4   1   2   1     0   1   .275
Anderson rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .262        Howard pr,lf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .222
Boone c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .242      Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .259
Twitchell p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Milbourne 2b          3   0   1   1     1   0   .323
  Hutton ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .233      Wilson p              3   2   1   0     0   0   .265
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Cosgrove p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .063
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .362
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   0   6   0     1   4             Totals               32   5   8   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 11,405
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Astros 7
DP: Phillies 0, Astros 0
Errors: Cash, Garber
Doubles: Montanez (24), Wilson (5), L. May (23)
Home Runs: L. May (21)
Hit by Pitch: Schmidt (4,by Wilson), Wilson (2,by Garber)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Twitchell L(6-6)        4     4   3   3   1   4   1  17   4.56
Schueler                2     1   0   0   1   0   0   8   3.50
Garber                  2     3   2   1   1   1   0  11   4.53
Totals                  8     8   5   4   3   5   1  36

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilson W(9-10)          8     5   0   0   1   4   0  31   3.57
Cosgrove                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.23
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   4   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Garber (1), Wilson (2)
Wild Pitches: Wilson (3)

Umpires: HP - Ed Sudol, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Frank Pulli


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to right; Bowa flied out to left;
Schmidt was hit by a pitch [Cash to second]; Montanez flied out
to left; Unser flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross flied out to left; Metzger grounded out
(second to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Johnstone singled to left; Anderson grounded out
(third to first) [Johnstone to third]; Boone flied out to left;
Twitchell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros
0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out; M. May popped to shortstop; L.
May homered; Rader struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa grounded
out (pitcher to first); Schmidt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Milbourne walked; Wilson forced Milbourne (first to
shortstop); Gross singled to center [Wilson to second]; Metzger
singled to right [Wilson scored, Gross to second]; Cedeno
singled [Gross scored, Metzger to second]; Watson struck out; M.
May popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Astros 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Montanez flied out to right; Unser struck out;
Johnstone grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: L. May struck out; Rader grounded out (first
unassisted); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: Anderson singled to shortstop; Boone flied out to
center; HUTTON BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Hutton walked [Anderson to
second]; Wilson threw a wild pitch [Anderson to third, Hutton to
second]; Cash popped to first; Bowa grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: SCHUELER REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Wilson doubled
to left; Gross walked; Metzger reached on a fielder's choice
[Wilson out at third (third to shortstop), Gross to second];
Cedeno flied out to right; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt flied out to center; Montanez doubled to
right; Unser lined to center; Johnstone grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: M. May grounded out (second to first); L. May
grounded out (third to first); Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: Anderson grounded out (third to first); Boone
singled to left; TAYLOR BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Taylor struck out;
Cash flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Milbourne flied
out to center; Wilson was hit by a pitch; Gross singled to
second [Gross to second (error by Cash), Wilson scored (error by
Garber) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Metzger struck out; Cedeno
grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa struck out; Schmidt flied out to center;
Montanez flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Astros 4.

ASTROS 8TH: Watson flied out to center; M. May grounded out
(first to pitcher); L. May doubled to left; HOWARD RAN FOR L.
MAY; Rader walked; Milbourne singled to center [Howard scored,
Rader to second]; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 5.

PHILLIES 9TH: COSGROVE REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); HOWARD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WATSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Unser grounded out (catcher to first); Johnstone popped to
shortstop; Anderson singled to third; Boone popped to first; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 5.