Bake McBride hit his second triple of the game in the seventh inning and scored on a groundout by Bob Boone to give the Phillies their deciding run in a 5-4 victory over the Astros. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 5, Houston Astros 4
Game Played on Saturday, May       24, 1980 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       0  1  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   4  6  0
Phillies     0  0  2    0  0  2    1  0  x  -   5  8  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landestoy 2b          4   2   2   0     0   0   .255      Rose 1b               3   1   0   0     1   0   .258
Reynolds ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .197      McBride rf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .313
Puhl rf               3   0   1   2     0   0   .304      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .292
Cruz lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .309      Luzinski lf           3   1   2   1     1   0   .289
Walling 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .266        Gross pr,lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
Cabell 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Boone c               3   0   0   1     1   0   .216
Cedeno cf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .308      Maddox cf             4   1   0   0     0   0   .248
Ashby c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .253      Bowa ss               4   0   2   1     0   0   .241
  Leonard ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Trillo 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .349
Andujar p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Larson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Morgan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .218        G. Vukovich ph      0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moreland ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
                                                            McGraw p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               31   4   6   4     3   2             Totals               32   5   8   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 28,539
Left on Base: Astros 4, Phillies 7
DP: Astros 0, Phillies 0
Doubles: Cruz (5), Reynolds (2), Luzinski (7)
Triples: Puhl (1), McBride 2 (4), Schmidt (2)
Home Runs: Walling (1)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (14), Landestoy (3), Bowa 2 (3), Luzinski (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Puhl (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Andujar L(0-2)          5.2   7   4   4   2   2   0  26   3.72
Sambito                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.41
Smith                   2     1   1   1   2   0   0   9   1.89
Totals                  8     8   5   5   4   3   0  36

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Larson                  5.1   3   2   2   2   1   1  20   3.38
Saucier W(2-0)          0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.00
McGraw SV(3)            3     2   2   2   1   1   0  12   2.95
Totals                  9     6   4   4   3   2   1  35

Wild Pitches: Larson (1)
Balks: Larson (1)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Dick Stello, 2B - Bruce Froemming, 3B - Terry Tata


ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy flied out to left; Reynolds flied out to
right; Puhl tripled to center; Cruz grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Rose lined to pitcher; McBride tripled to center;
Schmidt popped to first; Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Walling homered; Cabell flied out to right; Cedeno
walked; Cedeno stole second; Larson threw a wild pitch [Cedeno
to third]; Cedeno was picked off third (catcher to third); Ashby
walked; Larson balked [Ashby to second]; Andujar flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Boone grounded out (second to first); Maddox
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa singled to center; Bowa
stole second; Trillo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Landestoy grounded out (shortstop to first);
Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies
0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Larson was called out on strikes; Rose walked;
McBride grounded out (third to first) [Rose to second]; Schmidt
tripled to center [Rose scored]; Luzinski singled to right
[Schmidt scored]; Luzinski stole second; Boone flied out to
left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz flied out to left; Walling popped to first;
Cabell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa
grounded out (second to first); Trillo grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno flied out to center; Ashby grounded out
(first unassisted); Andujar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 5TH: Larson grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose
grounded out (second to first); McBride grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Landestoy singled to center; Landestoy stole second;
Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher) [Landestoy to third];
SAUCIER REPLACED LARSON (PITCHING); Puhl hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Landestoy scored]; Cruz doubled to right; Walling
grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
2, Phillies 2.

PHILLIES 6TH: Schmidt flied out to right; Luzinski doubled to
center; Boone walked; Maddox forced Boone (shortstop to second)
[Luzinski to third]; Bowa singled to right [Luzinski scored,
Maddox to third]; Bowa stole second; Trillo singled to shortstop
[Maddox scored, Bowa to third]; G. VUKOVICH BATTED FOR SAUCIER;
SAMBITO REPLACED ANDUJAR (PITCHING); MORELAND BATTED FOR G.
VUKOVICH; Moreland struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2,
Phillies 4.

ASTROS 7TH: MCGRAW REPLACED MORELAND (PITCHING); Cabell flied
out to right; Cedeno walked; Ashby made an out to shortstop;
MORGAN BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Morgan popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: SMITH REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); Rose grounded
out (second to first); McBride tripled to center; Schmidt was
walked intentionally; Luzinski walked [Schmidt to second]; GROSS
RAN FOR LUZINSKI; Boone grounded out (third to first) [McBride
scored, Schmidt to third, Gross to second]; Maddox grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Phillies
5.

ASTROS 8TH: GROSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Landestoy singled
to right; Reynolds doubled to right [Landestoy to third]; Puhl
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Landestoy scored, Reynolds to
third]; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted) [Reynolds scored];
Walling grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 4, Phillies 5.

PHILLIES 8TH: Bowa grounded out (first unassisted); Trillo
grounded out (pitcher to first); McGraw grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Phillies 5.

ASTROS 9TH: Cabell grounded out (third to first); Cedeno flied
out to left; LEONARD BATTED FOR ASHBY; Leonard struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Phillies 5.