Losing their fourth straight game, the Astros collected only five hits off Dick Ruthven and bowed to the Phillies, 3-0. With this shutout, the Astros had not scored in 22 innings. The outcome of the game was decided in the fourth when the Phillies reached J.R. Richard for a run on a triple by Del Unser and a sacrifice fly by Mike Schmidt. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 3, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Friday, May       16, 1980 (Night game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   3  6  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 1b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .236      Walling 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
McBride rf            4   0   2   2     0   2   .307      Puhl rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .299
Unser cf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .316      Morgan 2b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .218
Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .302      Cruz lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .302
Boone c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .321
Gross lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .128      Cabell 3b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Bowa ss               3   1   0   0     0   0   .265      Ashby c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .246
Trillo 2b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .368      Reynolds ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .202
Ruthven p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .308      Richard p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .105
                                                            Landestoy ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
                                                            Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   3   6   3     1   6             Totals               31   0   5   0     1   1

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 33,610
Left on Base: Phillies 3, Astros 5
DP: Phillies 1, Astros 1
Errors: Reynolds
Triples: Unser (3), Reynolds (2)
Stolen Bases: Schmidt (3), Puhl (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Ruthven (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Schmidt (2)
GIDP: Rose (5)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruthven W(4-2)          9     5   0   0   1   1   0  32   4.53
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   1   0  32

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard L(4-2)          8     6   3   2   1   6   0  30   2.45
Smith                   1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.69
Totals                  9     6   3   2   1   6   0  33

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Jim Quick, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Lanny Harris


PHILLIES 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); McBride
struck out; Unser struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Walling grounded out (second to first); Puhl flied
out to center; Morgan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Phillies 0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt singled to center; Schmidt stole second;
Boone struck out; Gross grounded out (second to first) [Schmidt
to third]; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz singled to left; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Cruz to second]; Cabell grounded out (third to
first); Ashby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Astros 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Trillo flied out to right; Ruthven singled to
left; Rose grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Ruthven out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Reynolds tripled to right; Richard grounded out
(pitcher to first); Walling hit into a double play (left to
catcher) [Reynolds out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
0, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: McBride struck out; Unser tripled to center;
Schmidt hit a sacrifice fly to center [Unser scored]; Boone
flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Puhl grounded out (second to first); Morgan singled
to third; Cruz forced Morgan (shortstop to second); Cedeno
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
1, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Gross flied out to left; Bowa grounded out (third
to first); Trillo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Cabell flied out to left; Ashby singled to center;
Reynolds forced Ashby (first to shortstop); Richard grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Ruthven struck out; Rose grounded out (second to
first); McBride singled to center; Unser lined to second; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Walling grounded out (second to first); Puhl singled
to center; Puhl stole second; Morgan walked; Cruz grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Puhl to third, Morgan to second]; Cedeno
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt flied out to center; Boone grounded out
(third to first); Gross lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby
flied out to center; Reynolds popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 1, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa reached on an error by Reynolds; Trillo
singled to right [Bowa to second]; Ruthven out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Bowa to third, Trillo to second]; Rose
walked; McBride singled to right [Bowa scored (unearned), Trillo
scored, Rose to third, McBride out at second (right to shortstop
to first)]; Unser struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: LANDESTOY BATTED FOR RICHARD; Landestoy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Walling lined to center; Puhl flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: SMITH REPLACED LANDESTOY (PITCHING); Schmidt flied
out to center; Boone grounded out (third to first); Gross
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies
3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Morgan flied out to center; Cruz popped to
shortstop; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 0.