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.