Philadelphia Phillies 9, Houston Astros 8

Game Played on Tuesday, June 7, 1977 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Astros       1  2  0    2  2  0    0  1  0  -   8 13  2
Phillies     2  1  0    1  0  5    0  0  x  -   9  7  2


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cedeno cf             5   2   2   1     0   0   .211      Maddox cf             5   1   1   0     0   2   .272
Cabell 3b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Sizemore 2b           5   2   2   2     0   1   .282
Cruz rf               4   1   3   1     1   0   .274      Schmidt 3b            5   1   1   2     0   0   .241
Crawford lf           4   0   0   0     1   0   .268      Luzinski lf           4   1   1   3     0   0   .325
Watson 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .276      Boone c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .294
Howe 2b               4   3   3   2     0   0   .293      Hebner 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .318
Herrmann c            4   0   2   0     0   0   .188      Martin rf             3   2   1   0     1   0   .234
  Howard pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Bowa ss               2   1   0   1     1   0   .238
  Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lonborg p             0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Gonzalez ss           4   1   1   2     0   0   .268        Johnson ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .351
Bannister p           2   0   1   0     0   0   .188        Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Niekro p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        McCarver ph         0   1   0   0     1   0   .327
  Pentz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garber p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ferguson ph,c       1   0   0   0     0   0   .259

Totals               38   8  13   6     2   1             Totals               31   9   7   8     7   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 25,226
Left on Base: Astros 5, Phillies 6
DP: Astros 1, Phillies 3
Errors: Gonzalez 2, Schmidt 2
Doubles: Howe 2 (11)
Triples: Martin (1)
Home Runs: Cedeno (3), Howe (5), Gonzalez (1), Schmidt (9), Luzinski (10)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (16), Boone (1), Martin (1), Bowa 2 (5), Maddox (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Bowa (3)
GIDP: Crawford (1), Gonzalez (2), Sizemore (6)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister               3.1   5   4   3   4   2   1  18   6.75
Niekro L(0-1)           2     1   4   1   3   2   0  11   3.26
Pentz                   1.2   1   1   1   0   0   1   6   2.81
Forsch                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.44
Totals                  8     7   9   4*  7   4   2  39

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lonborg                 4     8   5   5   0   0   3  18   3.00
Underwood W(3-1)        2     2   2   2   1   0   0   9   5.28
Garber SV(6)            3     3   1   1   1   1   0  13   2.27
Totals                  9    13   8   8   2   1   3  40

Passed Balls: Herrmann (3)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno homered; Cabell flied out to center; Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Maddox struck out; Sizemore singled to left;
Schmidt homered [Sizemore scored]; Luzinski flied out to left;
Boone singled to left; Boone stole second; Hebner was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson singled to center; Howe homered [Watson
scored]; Herrmann singled to left; Gonzalez hit into a double
play (pitcher to first) [Herrmann out at second]; Bannister
singled to center; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Martin tripled to left; Bowa hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Martin scored]; Lonborg walked; Maddox singled to right
[Lonborg to second]; Sizemore grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Maddox out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 3, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
singled to second; Crawford grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 3, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 3RD: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Luzinski
grounded out (third to first); Boone lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson flied out to center; Howe doubled to left;
Herrmann flied out to center; Gonzalez homered [Howe scored];
Bannister flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5,
Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Hebner walked; Martin walked [Hebner to second];
Bowa forced Hebner (pitcher to third) [Martin to second];
JOHNSON BATTED FOR LONBORG; Martin stole third and Bowa stole
second; Johnson walked; NIEKRO REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING);
Herrmann allowed a passed ball [Martin scored (unearned), Bowa
to third, Johnson to second]; Maddox struck out; Sizemore struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5, Phillies 4.

ASTROS 5TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Cedeno
singled to pitcher [Cedeno to second (error by Schmidt)]; Cabell
grounded out (third to first) [Cedeno to third]; Cruz singled to
center [Cedeno scored]; Cruz stole second; Crawford walked;
Watson grounded out (first to second to first) [Cruz to third,
Crawford to second]; Underwood threw a wild pitch [Cruz scored,
Crawford to third]; Howe grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Schmidt flied out to center; Luzinski flied out to
left; Boone walked; Hebner flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 7, Phillies 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Herrmann popped to third; Gonzalez popped to
shortstop; Niekro flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 7, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Martin grounded out (pitcher to first); Bowa
walked; MCCARVER BATTED FOR UNDERWOOD; Bowa stole second;
McCarver walked; Maddox reached on an error by Gonzalez [Bowa to
third, McCarver to second, Maddox to first]; Sizemore singled to
center [Bowa scored, McCarver scored (unearned), Maddox to
second]; PENTZ REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Schmidt flied out to
left; Luzinski homered (unearned, but earned for the pitcher)
[Maddox scored (unearned), Sizemore scored (unearned)]; Boone
grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 7, Phillies 9.

ASTROS 7TH: GARBER REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); Cedeno flied
out to center; Cabell reached on an error by Schmidt [Cabell to
first]; Cruz walked [Cabell to second]; Crawford popped to
shortstop; Watson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 7,
Phillies 9.

PHILLIES 7TH: Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); Martin
flied out to center; Bowa popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 7, Phillies 9.

ASTROS 8TH: Howe doubled to right; Herrmann singled to center
[Howe to third]; HOWARD RAN FOR HERRMANN; Gonzalez grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Howe scored (no RBI),
Howard out at second]; FERGUSON BATTED FOR PENTZ; Ferguson
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 8,
Phillies 9.

PHILLIES 8TH: FORSCH REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); FERGUSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Garber grounded out (second to first);
Maddox reached on an error by Gonzalez [Maddox to first]; Maddox
stole second; Sizemore flied out to center; Schmidt flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 8, Phillies 9.

ASTROS 9TH: Cedeno flied out to left; Cabell grounded out (first
unassisted); Cruz singled to center; Crawford grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 8, Phillies 9.