The Phillies, with Richie Hebner driving in four runs on two homers and a sacrifice fly, downed the Astros, 9-5, in a game shortened to six innings because of rain. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 9, Houston Astros 5
Game Played on Monday, June      6, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    1  0  4  -   5 10  0
Phillies     3  0  2    2  1  1  -   9 14  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cedeno cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .205      Maddox cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .274
Cabell 3b             3   1   2   0     0   0   .289        Martin cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Cruz rf               3   1   1   0     0   1   .263      Johnstone rf          4   1   0   0     0   1   .281
Crawford lf           2   1   1   0     1   0   .280      Schmidt 3b            3   2   2   2     1   1   .242
Watson 1b             3   1   2   3     0   0   .277      Luzinski lf           4   2   3   1     0   1   .327
Howe 2b               2   1   1   0     1   0   .277        Brown lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Hebner 1b             3   2   3   4     0   0   .327
Gonzalez ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .268      Boone c               4   0   1   1     0   2   .293
McLaughlin p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .278
  Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Bowa ss               2   1   0   0     2   0   .241
  Gardner ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .158      Christenson p         3   0   1   0     0   2   .200
  Larson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .298
  Pentz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               25   5  10   4     2   3             Totals               31   9  14   9     3   8

Time of Game: 1:50   Attendance: 17,326
Left on Base: Astros 4, Phillies 8
DP: Astros 1, Phillies 2
Errors: Boone
Doubles: Watson (8), Cruz (11), Cabell (10), Howe (9), Gonzalez (10), Luzinski (15), Boone (8)
Triples: Sizemore (2)
Home Runs: Watson (7), Hebner 2 (4), Schmidt (8)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (21), Maddox (4)
Caught Stealing: Cabell (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Hebner (1)
GIDP: Watson (5), Cedeno (5), Johnstone (4)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLaughlin L(1-3)       3.2  10   7   7   1   6   2  23   4.70
Niekro                  0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.18
Larson                  1     2   1   1   2   1   0   6   6.53
Pentz                   1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   2.51
Totals                  6    14   9   9   3   8   3  35

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(5-5)      5.2  10   5   5   2   3   1  26   4.85
Brusstar SV(2)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.12
Totals                  6    10   5   5   2   3   1  27

Wild Pitches: McLaughlin (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Bob Engel


ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell
singled to right; Cabell was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox singled to left; Maddox stole second;
Johnstone struck out but Maddox advanced to third and Johnstone
advanced to first on a wild pitch; Schmidt singled to center
[Maddox scored, Johnstone to second]; Luzinski doubled to right
[Johnstone scored, Schmidt to third]; Hebner hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Schmidt scored]; Boone struck out; Sizemore lined to
second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 2ND: Crawford flied out to center; Watson doubled to
right; Howe grounded out (third to first); Herrmann grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 2ND: Bowa lined to second; Christenson struck out;
Maddox singled to right; Johnstone popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Gonzalez grounded out (third to first); McLaughlin
was called out on strikes; Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno stole
second [Cedeno to third (error by Boone)]; Cabell flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt struck out; Luzinski singled to first;
Hebner homered [Luzinski scored]; Boone struck out; Sizemore
tripled to center; Bowa was walked intentionally; Christenson
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 5.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz doubled to third; Crawford singled to center
[Cruz to third]; Watson grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Cruz scored (no RBI), Crawford out at
second]; Howe walked; Herrmann popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first);
Johnstone grounded out (second to first); Schmidt homered;
Luzinski singled to third; Hebner singled to left [Luzinski to
second]; NIEKRO REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); Boone doubled to
left [Luzinski scored, Hebner to third]; Sizemore struck out; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 7.

ASTROS 5TH: Gonzalez popped to second; GARDNER BATTED FOR
NIEKRO; Gardner singled to center; Cedeno grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Gardner out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 7.

PHILLIES 5TH: LARSON REPLACED GARDNER (PITCHING); Bowa walked;
Christenson singled to right [Bowa to third]; Maddox singled to
third [Bowa scored, Christenson to second]; Johnstone grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Christenson
to third, Maddox out at second]; Schmidt walked; Luzinski struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 8.

ASTROS 6TH: MARTIN REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING CF); BROWN REPLACED
LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Cabell doubled to right; Cruz struck out;
Crawford walked; Watson homered [Cabell scored, Crawford
scored]; Howe doubled to left; Herrmann was called out on
strikes; Gonzalez doubled to left [Howe scored]; JOHNSON BATTED
FOR LARSON; BRUSSTAR REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Johnson
flied out to left; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Phillies 8.

PHILLIES 6TH: PENTZ REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Hebner homered;
Boone flied out to right; Sizemore flied out to left; Bowa flied
out to left; game called for rain; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 5, Phillies 9.