Larry Bowa drove in three runs with a pair of singles to lead the Phillies to a 4-3 victory over the Astros. The Phils scored twice in the second on a single by Dick Davis, double by Garry Maddox and two-run single by Bowa.

They added two more in the fourth frame on a single by Davis, error by Houston second baseman Joe Pittman on a grounder by Maddox, a run-scoring single by Bowa and sacrifice fly by Bob Boone. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 4, Houston Astros 3

Game Played on Monday, June 8, 1981 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium

Astros 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 2 Phillies 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 4 8 2 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Scott cf 4 1 1 0 1 1 .228 Rose 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .329 Reynolds ss 5 0 1 0 0 1 .251 Aguayo 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .175 Puhl rf 5 1 2 0 0 1 .266 Proly p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz lf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .275 McGraw p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cedeno 1b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .300 Matthews lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .320 Howe 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .351 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Pittman 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .320 D. Davis rf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .392 Pujols c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .264 Maddox cf 4 2 1 0 0 1 .292 Sutton p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bowa ss 4 0 3 3 0 0 .271 D. Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Boone c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .238 Walling ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Ruthven p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .103 LaCorte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .283 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Aviles 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Totals 39 3 12 3 1 4 Totals 30 4 8 4 1 4 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 31,664 Left on Base: Astros 11, Phillies 6 DP: Astros 0, Phillies 0 Errors: Scott, Pittman, Bowa, Boone Doubles: Maddox (5) Home Runs: Cruz (10) Stolen Bases: Scott (11), Puhl (16), Cedeno (7) Sacrifice Hits: Sutton (3), Aguayo (1), Ruthven (4) Sacrifice Flies: Boone (2) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton L(4-7) 6 7 4 3 1 3 0 27 3.42 D. Smith 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.54 LaCorte 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.54 Totals 8 8 4 3 1 4 0 34 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven W(8-3) 6 9 3 3 1 4 1 29 4.05 Lyle 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.41 Proly 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.73 McGraw SV(6) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4.15 Totals 9 12 3 3 1 4 1 41 Wild Pitches: D. Smith (4) Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Lanny Harris, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Nick Colosi ASTROS 1ST: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds singled to third; Puhl singled to right [Reynolds to second]; Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher) [Reynolds to third, Puhl to second]; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Aguayo flied out to center; Matthews popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. ASTROS 2ND: Howe grounded out (pitcher to first to pitcher); Pittman grounded out (third to first); Pujols grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt grounded out (shortstop to first); D. Davis singled to left; Maddox doubled to center [D. Davis to third]; Bowa singled to center [D. Davis scored, Maddox scored, Bowa to third (error by Scott)]; Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); Ruthven grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 2. ASTROS 3RD: Sutton made an out to second; Scott singled to left; Reynolds flied out to center; Scott stole second; Puhl struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 3RD: Rose singled to center; Aguayo out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Rose to second]; Matthews struck out; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 2. ASTROS 4TH: Cruz homered; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Howe reached on an error by Bowa [Howe to first]; Pittman singled to second [Howe to second]; Pujols flied out to center [Howe to third]; Sutton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 4TH: D. Davis singled to center; Maddox reached on an error by Pittman [D. Davis to second]; Bowa singled to center [D. Davis scored, Maddox to third]; Boone hit a sacrifice fly to right [Maddox scored (unearned)]; Ruthven out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Bowa to second]; Rose was walked intentionally; Aguayo struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 4. ASTROS 5TH: Scott walked; Reynolds was called out on strikes; Puhl singled to center [Scott to third]; Puhl stole second; Cruz struck out; Cedeno singled to right [Scott scored, Puhl scored]; Howe singled to left [Cedeno to second]; Pittman flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 5TH: Matthews popped to first; Schmidt grounded out (third to first); D. Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4. ASTROS 6TH: Pujols singled to third; Sutton out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Pujols to second]; Scott struck out; Reynolds flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 6TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa singled to second; Boone popped to first in foul territory; GROSS BATTED FOR RUTHVEN; Gross was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4. ASTROS 7TH: LYLE REPLACED GROSS (PITCHING); Puhl grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); Cedeno singled to third; Cedeno stole second [Cedeno to third (error by Boone)]; Howe grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 7TH: D. SMITH REPLACED SUTTON (PITCHING); Rose grounded out (second to first); Aguayo singled to left; Matthews grounded out (second to first) [Aguayo to second]; D. Smith threw a wild pitch [Aguayo to third]; Schmidt flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4. ASTROS 8TH: PROLY REPLACED AGUAYO (PITCHING); AVILES REPLACED LYLE (PLAYING 2B); Pittman singled to left; Pujols singled to left [Pittman to second]; WALLING BATTED FOR D. SMITH; Walling flied out to center [Pittman to third]; MCGRAW REPLACED PROLY (PITCHING); Scott reached on a fielder's choice [Pittman out at home (shortstop to catcher), Pujols to second]; Reynolds flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4. PHILLIES 8TH: LACORTE REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); D. Davis grounded out (second to first); Maddox struck out; Bowa flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4. ASTROS 9TH: Puhl grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz flied out to center; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Phillies 4.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".