Pitching his first major league shutout, Larry Christenson was able to beat the Astros, 1-0, when the Phillies scored off Larry Dierker in the fourth inning on singles by Mike Schmidt and Garry Maddox and a sacrifice fly by Johnny Oates. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 1, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Saturday, July      19, 1975 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0
Phillies     0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   1  7  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Howard lf             3   0   0   0     1   3   .348      Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Gross rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Bowa ss               3   0   1   0     1   0   .323
Cedeno cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .254      Johnstone rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .349
Watson 1b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .331        Brown lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .368
May c                 4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .309
Boswell 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .233        Anderson rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .239      Allen 1b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .235
Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .240        Hutton 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .207
Dierker p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .087      Schmidt 3b            3   1   0   0     1   3   .231
  Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .291      Maddox cf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .240
  Milbourne pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .136      Oates c               2   0   2   1     0   0   .289
  Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Christenson p         3   0   0   0     0   1   .130

Totals               30   0   4   0     2   7             Totals               29   1   7   1     3   9

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 30,983
Left on Base: Astros 5, Phillies 8
DP: Astros 0, Phillies 1
Errors: Bowa
Doubles: Cedeno (22)
Stolen Bases: Howard (8)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno (10), Johnstone (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Oates (2)
GIDP: May (4)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker L(8-10)         7     6   1   1   3   7   0  29   4.07
Niekro                  1     1   0   0   0   2   0   4   4.57
Totals                  8     7   1   1   3   9   0  33

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(5-1)      9     4   0   0   2   7   0  32   3.06
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   7   0  32

Wild Pitches: Dierker (7)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


ASTROS 1ST: Howard struck out; Gross grounded out (second to
first); Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash flied out to left; On a bunt Bowa singled to
pitcher; Johnstone flied out to center; Luzinski singled to
right [Bowa to third]; Allen struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson flied out to right; May flied out to left;
Boswell reached on an error by Bowa [Boswell to first]; Rader
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt struck out; Maddox grounded out (shortstop
to first); Oates singled to center; Christenson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies
0.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger flied out to center; Dierker struck out;
Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash popped to second; Bowa walked; Dierker threw
a wild pitch [Bowa to second]; Johnstone walked; Luzinski struck
out; Allen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Phillies 0.

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

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt walked; Maddox singled to center [Schmidt
to third]; Oates hit a sacrifice fly to center [Schmidt scored];
Christenson grounded out (shortstop to first) [Maddox to
second]; Cash flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
0, Phillies 1.

ASTROS 5TH: May grounded out (first unassisted); Boswell
grounded out (first unassisted); Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa popped to third in foul territory; Johnstone
singled to right; Johnstone was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to second to first); Luzinski flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Dierker
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard walked; Howard stole
second; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Allen lined to shortstop; Schmidt struck out;
Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno doubled to center; Watson struck out; May
flied out to center [Cedeno to third]; Boswell popped to third;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Oates singled to right; Christenson struck out;
Cash grounded out (first unassisted) [Oates to second]; Bowa
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Rader flied out to center; Metzger flied out to
center; JOHNSON BATTED FOR DIERKER; Johnson walked; MILBOURNE
RAN FOR JOHNSON; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Phillies 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: NIEKRO REPLACED MILBOURNE (PITCHING); Johnstone
grounded out (first to pitcher); Luzinski struck out; Allen
singled to center; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Phillies 1.

ASTROS 9TH: BROWN REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING LF); ANDERSON
REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING RF); HUTTON REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING
1B); Gross grounded out (second to first); Cedeno singled to
shortstop; Watson singled to second [Cedeno to third]; May
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Watson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0,
Phillies 1.