Taking advantage of three errors and a passed ball, the Phillies scored five unearned runs and defeated the Astros, 5-1. A walk to Mike Schmidt, error by Larry Milbourne, another pass to Ollie Brown, double by Bobby Tolan and infield hit by Bob Boone produced two runs for the Phillies in the fourth inning. An error by Bob Watson in the sixth, one by Cesar Cedeno in the seventh and a passed ball by Cliff Johnson in the ninth admitted the Phils' final tallies. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Friday, May       14, 1976 (Night game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  0  0    2  0  1    1  0  1  -   5  9  0
Astros       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  3


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               3   1   0   1     1   0   .295      Milbourne 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Bowa ss               5   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Gross rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .309
Schmidt 3b            4   2   3   1     1   1   .289      Cedeno cf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .333
Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .301      Johnson c             4   0   0   0     0   2   .247
  Martin lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Brown rf              1   1   0   0     3   1   .400      Cruz lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .235
Maddox cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .302      Boswell 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Tolan 1b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .333      Metzger ss            2   0   1   0     1   0   .242
Boone c               3   0   2   1     1   0   .306      Cosgrove p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Christenson p         3   0   0   0     1   2   .083        Barlow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .179
                                                            Hardy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   9   4     7   6             Totals               33   1   8   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 14,264
Left on Base: Phillies 10, Astros 6
DP: Phillies 2, Astros 2
Errors: Milbourne, Cedeno, Watson
Doubles: Tolan (2)
Triples: Gross (1)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (1), Bowa (4), Schmidt (2), Milbourne (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Brown (1)
GIDP: Maddox 2 (3), Boswell (2), Watson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Cash (1,by Cosgrove)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(3-1)      9     8   1   1   1   4   0  34   3.67
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   4   0  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cosgrove L(1-2)         5.2   5   3   0   6   3   0  28   3.44
Barlow                  1.1   2   1   0   0   1   0   5   3.60
Hardy                   2     2   1   0   1   2   0   9   5.95
Totals                  9     9   5   0   7   6   0  42

Passed Balls: Johnson (5)
Hit by Pitch: Cosgrove (1)

Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Ed Vargo, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Satch Davidson


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash made an out to second; Bowa flied out to
center; Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Milbourne flied out to center; Gross tripled to
right; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gross scored];
Johnson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: Brown struck out; Maddox grounded out (second to
first); Tolan popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson lined to center; Cruz grounded out (second to
first); Boswell singled to center; Metzger walked [Boswell to
second]; Cosgrove forced Metzger (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 3RD: Boone singled to third; Christenson forced Boone
(first to shortstop); Cash flied out to left; Bowa made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Milbourne flied out to right; Gross grounded out
(third to first); Cedeno singled to center; Johnson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 4TH: Schmidt walked; Luzinski lined to center [Schmidt
to second (error by Milbourne)]; Brown walked; Maddox flied out
to right; Tolan doubled to left [Schmidt scored (unearned),
Brown to third]; Boone singled to shortstop [Brown scored
(unearned), Tolan to third]; Christenson struck out; 2 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); Cruz singled
to left; Boswell grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 5TH: Cash was hit by a pitch; Bowa grounded out (third
to first) [Cash to second]; Schmidt struck out; Luzinski flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Metzger singled to third; On a bunt Cosgrove struck
out; Milbourne forced Metzger (first to shortstop); Milbourne
stole second; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 6TH: Brown walked; Maddox grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Brown out at second]; Tolan
singled to shortstop; Tolan advanced to second (error by
Watson); Tolan stole third; Boone was walked intentionally;
Christenson walked [Boone to second]; Cash walked [Tolan scored
(unearned), Boone to third, Christenson to second]; BARLOW
REPLACED COSGROVE (PITCHING); Bowa grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno singled to center; Johnson struck out; Watson
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Cedeno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3,
Astros 1.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt singled to left; Luzinski singled to left
[Schmidt to third]; Johnson allowed a passed ball [Schmidt
scored (unearned), Luzinski to second]; Brown out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Luzinski to third]; Luzinski was picked
off third (pitcher to third); Maddox struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: MARTIN REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Cruz singled
to left; Boswell grounded out (second to first) [Cruz to
second]; Metzger lined to third; HOWARD BATTED FOR BARLOW;
Howard flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Astros 1.

PHILLIES 8TH: HARDY REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Tolan grounded
out (second to first); Boone grounded out (shortstop to first);
Christenson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Milbourne flied out to center; Gross singled to
shortstop; Cedeno struck out; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 9TH: Cash reached on an error by Cedeno [Cash to
second]; On a bunt Bowa singled to pitcher [Cash to third];
Schmidt singled to right [Cash scored (unearned), Bowa to
second]; Bowa stole third and Schmidt stole second; Martin
struck out; Brown walked; Maddox grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Brown out at second]; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: Watson flied out to right; Cruz flied out to right;
Boswell made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Astros 1.