Although held to only four hits by J.R. Richard, the Phillies were able to beat the Astros, 1-0, when pinch-hitter Del Unser walked in the eighth inning and Greg Gross tripled. The Phillies used three pitchers, Larry Christenson, Tug McGraw and Ron Reed, who gave up 10 hits among them but managed to combine on a shutout. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 1, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    18, 1979 (Night game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0 10  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
McBride rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .268      Cedeno 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .270
Gross lf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .333      Reynolds ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .270
Rose 1b               2   0   0   0     2   0   .310      Puhl cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .291
Schmidt 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Cruz lf               3   0   2   0     1   1   .295
Boone c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .298      Cabell 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .268
Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .280      Leonard rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .299
Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Ashby c               2   0   0   0     1   1   .206
Trillo 2b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .252        Walling ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .296
Christenson p         2   0   0   0     0   2   .360      Landestoy 2b          3   0   2   0     0   0   .215
  Unser ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .311      Richard p             3   0   0   0     0   1   .130
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Reed p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               30   1   4   1     4   6             Totals               31   0  10   0     3   4

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 37,735
Left on Base: Phillies 6, Astros 7
DP: Phillies 3, Astros 0
Errors: Richard
Doubles: Landestoy (3)
Triples: Gross (3)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (25)
Caught Stealing: Trillo (6), Cedeno (10), Puhl (20)
GIDP: Cabell (16), Leonard 2 (9)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Christenson W(4-8)      7     8   0   0   3   3   0  27   4.53
McGraw                  1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.77
Reed SV(4)              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.03
Totals                  9    10   0   0   3   4   0  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard L(12-12)        9     4   1   1   4   6   0  34   3.33
Totals                  9     4   1   1   4   6   0  34

Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Doug Harvey


PHILLIES 1ST: McBride grounded out (first unassisted); Gross
grounded out (shortstop to first); Rose lined to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno stole second;
Reynolds flied out to center; Puhl walked; Cruz walked [Cedeno
to third, Puhl to second]; Cabell grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt popped to first; Boone flied out to left;
Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Leonard lined to second; Ashby struck out; Landestoy
singled to center; Richard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Trillo
grounded out (shortstop to first); Christenson struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Reynolds singled to right; Puhl
forced Reynolds (third to second); Puhl was picked off first
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: McBride singled to left; McBride was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Richard [McBride to second];
Gross flied out to left; Rose walked; Schmidt flied out to left;
Boone walked [McBride to third, Rose to second]; Maddox flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz singled to left; Cabell singled to center [Cruz
to second]; Leonard grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Cruz to third, Cabell out at second]; Ashby grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros
0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Trillo
singled to center; Trillo was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Christenson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Landestoy grounded out (second to first); Richard
grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: McBride struck out; Gross singled to center; Rose
flied out to center; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Reynolds flied out to right; Puhl singled to center;
Puhl was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cruz struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Boone grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Cabell flied out to right; Leonard flied out to
center; Ashby walked; Landestoy doubled to center [Ashby to
third]; Richard grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Trillo struck out; UNSER BATTED FOR CHRISTENSON;
Unser walked; McBride flied out to left; Gross tripled to right
[Unser scored]; Rose was walked intentionally; Schmidt forced
Rose (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Cedeno was called
out on strikes; Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Puhl
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: Boone made an out to first; Maddox flied out to
center; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Cruz singled to left; Cabell singled to right [Cruz
to third]; REED REPLACED MCGRAW (PITCHING); Leonard grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Cruz stayed
at third, Cabell out at second]; WALLING BATTED FOR ASHBY;
Walling lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1,
Astros 0.