Greg Luzinski smashed four hits in four trips, but the most important one was his 24th homer of the season to give the Phillies a 2-1 victory over the Astros. The Phillies counted their initial run in the second inning on back-to-back doubles by Mike Schmidt and Garry Maddox. Luzinski followed with his circuit clout off Doug Konieczny in the sixth before the Astros picked up their lone run off Larry Christenson in the seventh on a triple by Wilbur Howard and infield out by Greg Gross. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 2, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Friday, July      11, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   0   1   0     0   1   .327      Howard lf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .359
Bowa ss               3   0   0   0     1   1   .317      Gross rf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .289
Johnstone rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .352      Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Luzinski lf           4   1   4   1     0   0   .308      Watson 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .324
Allen 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .237      May c                 3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
  Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .211      Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .243
Schmidt 3b            2   1   1   0     2   0   .218      Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .243
Maddox cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .224      Andrews 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Cruz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Christenson p         4   0   0   0     0   2   .150      Konieczny p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .184
                                                            Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .277
                                                            Milbourne pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .141

Totals               33   2   8   2     4   6             Totals               29   1   5   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:02   Attendance: 16,394
Left on Base: Phillies 8, Astros 2
DP: Phillies 2, Astros 0
Errors: Luzinski
Doubles: Schmidt (17), Maddox (10), Luzinski (19), Gross (4)
Triples: Howard (3)
Home Runs: Luzinski (24)
Stolen Bases: Maddox (7)
Caught Stealing: Cash (5), Howard (4), Watson (5), Cedeno (9)
GIDP: Andrews (3)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(4-1)      9     5   1   1   1   5   0  30   3.50
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   5   0  30

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Konieczny L(4-10)       7.2   8   2   2   4   5   1  33   4.29
Granger                 1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.28
Totals                  9     8   2   2   4   6   1  37

Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Andy Olsen


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash popped to second; Bowa struck out; Johnstone
walked; Luzinski singled to center [Johnstone to second]; Allen
forced Luzinski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled to second; Howard was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to second); Gross grounded out
(second to first); Cedeno flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt doubled to left; Maddox doubled to right
[Schmidt scored]; Boone flied out to right; Christenson made an
out to third; Cash flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled to right; May flied out to right;
Rader struck out while Watson was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa made an out to first; Johnstone flied out to
center; Luzinski singled to center; Allen popped to second; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Andrews
grounded out (shortstop to first); Konieczny struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Maddox
struck out; Boone grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Howard struck out; Gross singled to left; Cedeno
forced Gross (second unassisted); Cedeno was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Astros 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Christenson struck out; Cash singled to left; Bowa
walked [Cash to second]; Johnstone made an out to catcher; Cash
was picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher to first to
third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); May popped
to shortstop; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
1, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski homered; Allen was called out on strikes;
Schmidt walked; Maddox forced Schmidt (third to second); Maddox
stole second; Boone flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Metzger reached on an error by Luzinski [Metzger to
first]; Andrews grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Metzger out at second]; Konieczny struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Christenson was called out on strikes; Cash flied
out to right; Bowa made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Howard tripled to right; Gross grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Howard scored]; Cedeno flied out to right;
Watson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: Johnstone made an out to third; Luzinski doubled
to left; Allen singled to left [Luzinski to third, Allen out at
second (left to third to first to second)]; Schmidt walked;
GRANGER REPLACED KONIECZNY (PITCHING); Maddox grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: HUTTON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING 1B); May lined to
center; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone made an out to first; Christenson grounded
out (pitcher to first); Cash was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: CRUZ BATTED FOR ANDREWS; Cruz flied out to left;
JOHNSON BATTED FOR GRANGER; Johnson walked; MILBOURNE RAN FOR
JOHNSON; Howard flied out to left; Gross doubled to left
[Milbourne to third]; Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 1.