A triple by Mike Schmidt for the Phillies' first hit of the game resulted in three runs and produced a 5-2 victory over the Astros. Frank LaCorte, who started for the Astros, walked Bake McBride and Pete Rose to open the game before Schmidt followed with his triple. Schmidt then scored on a sacrifice fly by Greg Luzinski. Enos Cabell homered for one of the Astros' runs off Randy Lerch. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 2

Game Played on Friday, August 17, 1979 (Night game) at Astrodome

Phillies 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 8 0 Astros 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG McBride rf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .268 Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267 xRose 1b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .000 Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Schmidt 3b 4 1 1 2 1 1 .266 Puhl cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .291 Luzinski lf 3 0 0 1 0 1 .259 Leonard rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Anderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Cabell 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .266 Boone c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .300 Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Maddox cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .283 Howe 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Bowa ss 4 1 2 0 0 1 .255 Bochy c 3 0 2 0 0 1 .223 Trillo 2b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .251 LaCorte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lerch p 3 0 0 1 0 0 .115 Williams p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Alou ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Throop p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sexton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Ladd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 5 8 5 4 7 Totals 34 2 7 2 0 3 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 33,782 Left on Base: Phillies 8, Astros 5 DP: Phillies 0, Astros 0 Errors: Bochy Doubles: Trillo (15), Boone (21), Maddox (24), Cedeno (21) Triples: Schmidt (4) Home Runs: Cabell (6) Stolen Bases: Bowa (15) Caught Stealing: Lerch (1) Sacrifice Hits: Lerch (2) Sacrifice Flies: Luzinski (4) Hit by Pitch: Luzinski (9,by Throop) Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lerch W(7-11) 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 34 4.20 Totals 9 7 2 1 0 3 1 34 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA LaCorte L(1-1) 1.1 4 4 4 2 2 0 10 6.65 Williams 3.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 14 3.13 Throop 3 3 1 1 0 4 0 12 3.91 Ladd 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 8 5 5 4 7 0 40 Passed Balls: Boone (2) Hit by Pitch: Throop (1) Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Eric Gregg PHILLIES 1ST: McBride walked; Rose walked [McBride to second]; Schmidt tripled to right [McBride scored, Rose scored]; Luzinski hit a sacrifice fly to center [Schmidt scored]; Boone struck out; Maddox singled to center; Bowa struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno doubled to center; Boone allowed a passed ball [Cedeno to third]; Gonzalez lined to center; Puhl grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cedeno scored (unearned)]; Leonard grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 3, Astros 1. PHILLIES 2ND: Trillo doubled to center; Lerch out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Trillo to third]; McBride singled to right [Trillo scored]; WILLIAMS REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING); Rose reached on catcher's interference by Bochy [McBride to second]; Schmidt forced McBride (pitcher to third) [Rose to second]; Luzinski forced Schmidt (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Cabell was called out on strikes; Cruz grounded out (second to first); Howe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 1. PHILLIES 3RD: Boone doubled to right; Maddox lined to shortstop; Bowa grounded out (second to first) [Boone to third]; Trillo walked; Lerch grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Bochy singled to left; Williams struck out; Cedeno forced Bochy (shortstop to second); Gonzalez forced Cedeno (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 1. PHILLIES 4TH: McBride lined to right; Rose lined to third; Schmidt popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Puhl flied out to right; Leonard flied out to right; Cabell homered; Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 2. PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski was called out on strikes; Boone lined to center; Maddox grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: Howe flied out to center; Bochy singled to right; ALOU BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Alou forced Bochy (shortstop to second); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 2. PHILLIES 6TH: THROOP REPLACED ALOU (PITCHING); Bowa singled to left; Trillo grounded out (third to first) [Bowa to second]; Lerch grounded out (second to first) [Bowa to third]; McBride struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Gonzalez flied out to center; Puhl singled to center; Leonard flied out to center; Cabell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 2. PHILLIES 7TH: Rose struck out; Schmidt struck out; Luzinski was hit by a pitch; Boone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 2. ASTROS 7TH: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Howe flied out to center; Bochy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 4, Astros 2. PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox doubled to left; Bowa singled to catcher [Maddox to third]; Bowa stole second; Trillo reached on a fielder's choice [Maddox out at home (third to catcher), Bowa to third]; Lerch forced Trillo (second to shortstop) [Bowa scored]; Lerch was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Phillies 5, Astros 2. ASTROS 8TH: SEXTON BATTED FOR THROOP; Sexton grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno flied out to left; Gonzalez singled to left; Puhl popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 5, Astros 2. PHILLIES 9TH: LADD REPLACED SEXTON (PITCHING); McBride lined to center; Debut game for Peter Ladd; Rose grounded out (second to first); Schmidt walked; Luzinski popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 5, Astros 2. ASTROS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED LUZINSKI (PLAYING LF); Leonard singled to center; Cabell forced Leonard (shortstop to second); Cruz flied out to center; Howe flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Phillies 5, Astros 2.

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