Giving credit to his catcher for calling a good game, Doug Konieczny posted his first major league shutout, pitching the Astros to a 5-0 victory over the Phillies. "I just went along with Milty," Konieczny said in tribute to Milt May, who also paced the Astros' attack, driving in three runs with a pair of doubles.

A single by Greg Gross, sacrifice by Roger Metzger and May's first double started the Astros' scoring in the first inning. Enos Cabell doubled and Jose Cruz singled for another run in the third before the Astros locked up their victory with three runs in the seventh on a single by Gross, pass to Metzger, May's second double and a single by Cabell. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 5, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Friday, May       30, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       1  0  1    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   5 11  2
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross lf              4   2   2   0     1   0   .278      Cash 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .337
Metzger ss            3   1   0   0     1   0   .290      Boone c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .315
Cedeno cf             4   0   2   0     1   0   .264      Allen 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .180
May c                 5   1   2   3     0   0   .243      Luzinski lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Cabell 1b             5   1   2   1     0   1   .302      Schmidt 3b,ss         4   0   0   0     0   2   .188
Cruz rf               3   0   2   1     1   0   .259      Martin cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Rader 3b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .266      Anderson rf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .261
Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .202      Harmon ss             2   0   1   0     0   1   .222
Konieczny p           4   0   0   0     0   1   .115        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .280
                                                            Christenson p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Fritz ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Lonborg p             1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
                                                            Taylor 3b           1   0   1   0     0   0   .316

Totals               35   5  11   5     5   4             Totals               33   0   7   0     2   8

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 12,566
Left on Base: Astros 9, Phillies 8
DP: Astros 3, Phillies 2
Errors: Metzger, Cabell, Schmidt
Doubles: May 2 (4), Cabell (8)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Metzger (10)
GIDP: Konieczny (3), Cabell (3), Allen (3), Luzinski (4), Cash (4)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Konieczny W(3-6)        9     7   0   0   2   8   0  35   3.68
Totals                  9     7   0   0   2   8   0  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg L(3-3)          7    10   5   5   4   4   0  34   2.23
Christenson             2     1   0   0   1   0   0   7   7.50
Totals                  9    11   5   5   5   4   0  41

Wild Pitches: Christenson (1)

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Frank Pulli


ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled to center; Metzger out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Gross to second]; Cedeno walked; May
doubled to center [Gross scored, Cedeno to third]; Cabell was
called out on strikes; Cruz was walked intentionally; Rader
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); On a bunt
Boone singled to third; Allen grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Boone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Andrews popped to second; Konieczny struck out;
Gross walked; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski grounded out (second to first); Schmidt
struck out; Martin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); May flied out to center; Cabell
doubled to left; Cruz singled to center [Cabell scored]; Rader
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Anderson struck out; Harmon struck out; Lonborg
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
2, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Andrews grounded out (first unassisted); Konieczny
grounded out (third to first); Gross flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash singled to right; Boone reached on an error
by Cabell [Cash to second, Boone to first]; Allen struck out;
Luzinski grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Boone out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies
0.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
grounded out (catcher unassisted); May grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt was called out on strikes; Martin struck
out; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2,
Phillies 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Cabell grounded out (second to first); Cruz flied
out to center; Rader singled to left; Andrews forced Rader
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies
0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Harmon singled to center; Lonborg walked [Harmon
to second]; Cash flied out to right; Boone flied out to right;
Allen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Konieczny flied out to right; Gross singled to
center; Metzger walked [Gross to second]; Cedeno popped to first
in foul territory; May doubled to left [Gross scored, Metzger
scored]; Cabell singled to left [May scored, Cabell to second
(on throw to home)]; Cruz singled to second [Cabell to third];
Rader forced Cruz (shortstop to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 5, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first);
Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Martin singled to left;
Anderson reached on an error by Metzger [Martin to second,
Anderson to first]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR HARMON; Johnstone
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5,
Phillies 0.

ASTROS 8TH: TAYLOR REPLACED LONBORG (PLAYING 3B); SCHMIDT
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); CHRISTENSON REPLACED JOHNSTONE
(PITCHING); Andrews walked; Konieczny grounded into a double
play (catcher to second to first) [Andrews out at second]; Gross
reached on an error by Schmidt [Gross to first]; Christenson
threw a wild pitch [Gross to second]; Metzger grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Phillies
0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Taylor singled to center; Cash grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Taylor out at second]; Boone
singled to center; Allen walked [Boone to second]; Luzinski
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
5, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Cedeno singled to left; May flied out to right;
Cabell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Cedeno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Martin
grounded out (third to first); Anderson singled to center; FRITZ
BATTED FOR CHRISTENSON; Fritz flied out to left; Debut game
for Larry Fritz; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Phillies 0.