After being shut out for seven innings, the Astros exploded for 12 runs in the eighth and trounced the Phillies, 15-3. Wayne Twitchell, Tug McGraw and Gene Garber were victims of the outburst that saw the Astros put together 10 hits and two walks in their scoring spree. Houston Astros 15, Philadelphia Phillies 3Game Played on Saturday, May 31, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans StadiumAstros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 - 15 15 0 Phillies 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gross lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .273 Cash 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .330 Johnson ph 2 2 2 3 0 0 .275 Schmidt 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .184 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnstone rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .278 Metzger ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Luzinski lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .275 Cedeno cf 3 2 1 0 2 0 .265 Allen 1b 4 0 2 2 0 2 .204 May c 5 2 3 2 0 0 .255 Boone c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Cabell 1b 5 2 2 3 0 1 .307 Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz rf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .266 Martin cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Rader 3b 5 2 2 1 0 1 .271 Harmon ss 1 1 0 0 3 1 .200 Andrews 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .197 Twitchell p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .095 Boswell ph,2b 2 1 1 2 0 0 .286 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Richard p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Watson ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .340 Oates c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Howard pr,lf 1 2 1 2 0 0 .308 Totals 40 15 15 14 4 5 Totals 31 3 6 2 5 9 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 18,094 Left on Base: Astros 2, Phillies 7 DP: Astros 2, Phillies 1 Errors: Allen Doubles: Johnson (4), Cedeno (13) Home Runs: Johnson (2), Cabell (1) Stolen Bases: Schmidt (4), Allen (1) Caught Stealing: Cedeno (7) Sacrifice Hits: Twitchell (2) GIDP: Boone (3), Oates (1) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Richard W(4-3) 7 2 2 2 4 8 0 28 5.00 Granger 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 9 1.40 Totals 9 6 3 3 5 9 0 37 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Twitchell L(3-6) 7.1 5 3 3 2 5 0 27 4.26 McGraw 0.1 3 5 5 2 0 0 6 2.84 Garber 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 1 5 3.62 Hilgendorf 1 3 3 3 0 0 1 6 3.79 Totals 9 15 15 15 4 5 2 44 Passed Balls: May (9) Wild Pitches: Richard 2 (5), Garber (1) Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Tom Gorman ASTROS 1ST: Gross flied out to right; Metzger grounded out (first unassisted); Cedeno flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Cash walked; Schmidt popped to second; May allowed a passed ball [Cash to second]; Johnstone struck out; Luzinski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. ASTROS 2ND: May singled to center; Cabell hit into a double play (right to first) [May out at second]; Cruz singled to right; Rader struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Allen struck out (catcher to first); Boone flied out to center; Martin popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. ASTROS 3RD: Andrews struck out; Richard flied out to center; Gross walked; Metzger popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 3RD: Harmon struck out; Twitchell struck out; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno walked; May popped to second; Cedeno was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cabell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt walked; Schmidt stole second; Johnstone lined to third; Luzinski popped to first in foul territory; Allen singled to center [Schmidt scored]; Allen stole second; Boone flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 1. ASTROS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Rader grounded out (second to first); Andrews flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 5TH: Martin lined to shortstop; Harmon walked; Twitchell singled to third [Harmon to second]; Cash forced Twitchell (shortstop to second) [Harmon to third]; Schmidt struck out but Harmon advanced to home and Cash advanced to second and Schmidt advanced to first on a wild pitch; Richard threw a wild pitch [Cash to third, Schmidt to second]; Johnstone struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 2. ASTROS 6TH: Richard struck out; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski flied out to center; Allen struck out; Boone popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 2. ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno flied out to right; May grounded out (second to first); Cabell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 7TH: Martin struck out; Harmon walked; Twitchell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Harmon to second]; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 2. ASTROS 8TH: Cruz singled to left; On a bunt Rader singled to third [Cruz to second]; Andrews was called out on strikes; WATSON BATTED FOR RICHARD; Watson singled to center [Cruz scored, Rader to second]; HOWARD RAN FOR WATSON; MCGRAW REPLACED TWITCHELL (PITCHING); JOHNSON BATTED FOR GROSS; Johnson doubled to left [Rader scored, Howard scored (error by Allen) (no RBI)]; Metzger grounded out (third to first); Cedeno was walked intentionally; May singled to right [Johnson scored, Cedeno to second]; Cabell singled to center [Cedeno scored, May to second]; Cruz walked [May to third, Cabell to second]; GARBER REPLACED MCGRAW (PITCHING); Rader singled to second [May scored, Cabell to third, Cruz to second]; BOSWELL BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Boswell singled to center [Cabell scored, Cruz scored, Rader to second]; Garber threw a wild pitch [Boswell to second, Rader to third]; Howard singled to right [Rader scored, Boswell scored]; Johnson homered [Howard scored]; Cliff Johnson had pinch hit previously in this inning; officially his position is null for this home run; Metzger grounded out (first to pitcher); 12 R, 10 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 12, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 8TH: GRANGER REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); BOSWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Schmidt popped to third; Johnstone singled to right; Luzinski singled to left [Johnstone to second]; Allen singled to center [Johnstone scored, Luzinski to second]; Boone grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Allen out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 12, Phillies 3. ASTROS 9TH: OATES REPLACED GARBER (PLAYING C ); HILGENDORF REPLACED BOONE (PITCHING); Cedeno doubled to center; May singled to right [Cedeno scored]; Cabell homered [May scored]; Cruz grounded out (third to first); Rader flied out to center; Boswell grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 15, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 9TH: Martin singled to shortstop; Harmon walked [Martin to second]; Oates grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Martin to third, Harmon out at second]; Cash struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 15, Phillies 3. |
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