After falling behind by four runs in the first inning, the Astros rallied to defeat the Phillies, 6-5. Two of the Phillies' opening tallies came on a homer by Richie Hebner. The Astros came back with two runs in the second, tied the score with consecutive homers by Bob Watson and Joe Ferguson in the fourth and went ahead with singles by Terry Puhl, Enos Cabell and Jose Cruz in the fifth. The Phils pulled even in the sixth when Greg Luzinski tripled and Hebner hit a sacrifice fly, but the Astros pushed over the winning run in their half when Wilbur Howard singled, Puhl sacrificed and Cesar Cedeno doubled. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 6, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Game Played on Thursday, August    25, 1977 (Night game) at Astrodome
Phillies     4  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5  9  0
Astros       0  2  0    2  1  0    1  0  x  -   6 11  0


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Martin cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .280      Puhl lf               3   1   1   0     0   0   .287
Bowa ss               4   1   2   0     0   0   .279      Cabell 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .279
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   1     0   0   .282      Cedeno cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .239
Luzinski lf           4   2   2   0     0   0   .316      Cruz rf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .293
Hebner 1b             3   1   1   3     0   0   .290      Watson 1b             4   2   2   1     0   0   .284
Johnstone rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Ferguson c            3   2   2   2     1   0   .250
Boone c               3   0   1   0     1   0   .280      Howe 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Sizemore 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Sperring ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Kaat p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .205        Metzger ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .183
  Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Larson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
  McCarver ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .331        Dixon p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Gonzalez ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .258
                                                            Pentz p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Howard ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .228
                                                            McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5   9   4     2   1             Totals               32   6  11   6     1   1

Time of Game: 1:55   Attendance: 11,802
Left on Base: Phillies 3, Astros 4
DP: Phillies 1, Astros 1
Doubles: Martin (14), Luzinski (28), Watson (30), Ferguson (20), Gonzalez (17), Cedeno (25)
Triples: Luzinski (3)
Home Runs: Hebner (16), Watson (14), Ferguson (15)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (25)
Caught Stealing: Sizemore (11), Cruz (20)
Sacrifice Hits: Puhl (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Hebner (2)
GIDP: Cedeno (9)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat                    4     8   5   5   0   0   2  20   5.34
Brusstar                2     1   0   0   1   0   0   6   2.68
Reed L(7-5)             2     2   1   1   0   1   0   8   2.65
Totals                  8    11   6   6   1   1   2  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Larson                  0.1   4   4   4   0   0   1   5   5.74
Dixon                   1.2   2   0   0   1   0   0   7   3.49
Pentz W(4-2)            5     2   1   1   1   1   0  16   4.67
McLaughlin SV(5)        2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.08
Totals                  9     9   5   5   2   1   1  35

Passed Balls: Ferguson (15)
Wild Pitches: Larson (7), McLaughlin (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Bill Williams, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PHILLIES 1ST: Martin doubled to left; Bowa singled to center
[Martin to third]; Bowa stole second; Schmidt grounded out
(third to first) [Martin scored, Bowa to third]; Larson threw a
wild pitch [Bowa scored]; Luzinski doubled to right; Hebner
homered [Luzinski scored]; DIXON REPLACED LARSON (PITCHING);
Johnstone singled to center; Boone singled to left [Johnstone to
second]; Sizemore flied out to left; Kaat flied out to center; 4
R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl grounded out (second to first); Cabell singled
to left; Cedeno flied out to left; Cruz forced Cabell (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Martin walked; Ferguson allowed a passed ball
[Martin to second]; Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt hit into a
double play (second to shortstop) [Martin out at third]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson doubled to left; Ferguson doubled to left
[Watson scored]; Howe flied out to right [Ferguson to third];
Sperring grounded out (third to first); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR
DIXON; Gonzalez doubled to right [Ferguson scored]; Puhl
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
4, Astros 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: PENTZ REPLACED GONZALEZ (PITCHING); Luzinski
grounded out (third to first); Hebner flied out to center;
Johnstone made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
4, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Cabell flied out to center; Cedeno grounded out
(second to first); Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Boone lined to third; Sizemore singled to center;
Sizemore was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Kaat
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson homered; Ferguson homered; Howe grounded out
(third to first); Sperring grounded out (catcher to first);
Pentz grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Martin flied out to center; Bowa grounded out
(second to first); Schmidt flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Puhl singled to right; Cabell singled to center
[Puhl to second]; BRUSSTAR REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Cedeno
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Puhl
to third, Cabell out at second]; Cruz singled to second [Puhl
scored]; Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 5.

PHILLIES 6TH: Luzinski tripled to right; Hebner hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Luzinski scored]; Johnstone made an out to
shortstop; Boone walked; Boone was picked off first (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 5.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson flied out to right; Ferguson walked; Howe
forced Ferguson (shortstop to second); Sperring forced Howe
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros
5.

PHILLIES 7TH: Sizemore grounded out (shortstop to first);
MCCARVER BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR; McCarver made an out to first;
Martin grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 5, Astros 5.

ASTROS 7TH: REED REPLACED MCCARVER (PITCHING); HOWARD BATTED FOR
PENTZ; Howard singled to left; Puhl out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Howard to second]; Cabell lined to third;
Cedeno doubled to center [Howard scored]; Cruz struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED HOWARD (PITCHING); Bowa
singled to center; Schmidt forced Bowa (third to second);
McLaughlin threw a wild pitch [Schmidt to second]; Luzinski
flied out to center; Hebner flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 6.

ASTROS 8TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Ferguson
grounded out (third to first); Howe flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 6.

PHILLIES 9TH: METZGER REPLACED SPERRING (PLAYING SS); Johnstone
flied out to center; Boone grounded out (second to first);
Sizemore flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Astros 6.