A barrage of homers carried the Phillies to an 8-4 victory over the Astros. Keith Moreland belted solo round-trippers in the second and fifth innings, Manny Trillo slammed a two-run shot in the fourth and Mike Schmidt connected for his 19th of the season with a mate aboard in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

Philadelphia Phillies 8, Houston Astros 4

Game Played on Saturday, August 22, 1981 (Day game) at Veterans Stadium

Astros 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 - 4 7 0 Phillies 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 x - 8 12 0 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Scott cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .251 Rose 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .327 Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .252 Aguayo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 LaCorte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 McBride rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .306 Puhl rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .272 D. Davis rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .365 Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Matthews lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .302 Cedeno 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .293 Schmidt 3b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .291 Howe 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .308 Moreland c 3 3 2 2 1 1 .250 Roberts 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Maddox cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Ashby c 2 1 1 0 1 0 .245 Trillo 2b 3 1 3 2 0 0 .289 Pujols ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243 J. Vukovich 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Pittman 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .277 Bowa ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Niekro p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Unser 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .194 Spilman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Ruthven p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .143 B. Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Walling ph 1 1 1 2 0 0 .231 Thon ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Totals 33 4 7 4 2 3 Totals 32 8 12 8 2 3 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 35,199 Left on Base: Astros 5, Phillies 3 DP: Astros 1, Phillies 0 Doubles: Cedeno (14), Walling (6), Trillo (7) Triples: Scott (4) Home Runs: Moreland 2 (5), Trillo (4), Schmidt (19) Stolen Bases: Trillo (7), Schmidt (7) Caught Stealing: Matthews (2) Sacrifice Flies: Pittman (1), Matthews (4) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro L(7-7) 4 7 5 5 1 0 2 18 3.04 B. Smith 2 4 3 3 0 0 2 10 6.75 LaCorte 2 1 0 0 1 3 0 7 4.03 Totals 8 12 8 8 2 3 4 35 Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruthven W(9-5) 6.2 6 4 4 2 2 0 28 4.56 Lyle 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 4.67 Totals 9 7 4 4 2 3 0 36 Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Dick Stello, 3B - Lanny Harris ASTROS 1ST: Scott flied out to center; Reynolds was called out on strikes; Puhl walked; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Rose grounded out (shortstop to first); McBride singled to center; Matthews lined into a double play (first unassisted) [McBride out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cedeno flied out to right; Howe popped to third in foul territory; Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Schmidt made an out to shortstop; Moreland homered; Maddox flied out to right; Trillo singled to shortstop; Trillo stole second; Bowa grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 1. ASTROS 3RD: Pittman grounded out (shortstop to first); Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott tripled to center; Reynolds struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 3RD: Ruthven singled to second; Rose singled to second [Ruthven to second]; McBride singled to right [Ruthven scored, Rose to third, McBride out at second (right to first to shortstop to first)]; Matthews hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rose scored]; Schmidt flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 3. ASTROS 4TH: Puhl flied out to center; Cruz popped to first in foul territory; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 3. PHILLIES 4TH: Moreland walked; Maddox flied out to left; Trillo homered [Moreland scored]; Bowa made an out to shortstop; Ruthven made an out to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Phillies 5. ASTROS 5TH: Howe singled to center; Ashby singled to right [Howe to third]; Pittman hit a sacrifice fly to right [Howe scored]; SPILMAN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Spilman forced Ashby (first to shortstop); Scott lined to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 5. PHILLIES 5TH: B. SMITH REPLACED SPILMAN (PITCHING); Rose lined to shortstop; McBride grounded out (second to first); Matthews singled to center; Schmidt homered [Matthews scored]; Moreland homered; Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 8. ASTROS 6TH: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Puhl popped to third in foul territory; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 8. PHILLIES 6TH: Trillo doubled to right; Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Ruthven grounded out (second to first) [Trillo to third]; Rose grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 8. ASTROS 7TH: AGUAYO REPLACED ROSE (PLAYING SS); D. DAVIS REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING RF); J. VUKOVICH REPLACED TRILLO (PLAYING 2B); UNSER REPLACED BOWA (PLAYING 1B); Cedeno doubled to center; Howe made an out to second; Ashby walked; Pittman flied out to right; WALLING BATTED FOR B. SMITH; Walling doubled to center [Cedeno scored, Ashby scored]; Scott singled to center [Walling scored]; LYLE REPLACED RUTHVEN (PITCHING); Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Phillies 8. PHILLIES 7TH: ROBERTS REPLACED HOWE (PLAYING 3B); THON REPLACED WALLING (PLAYING SS); LACORTE REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); D. Davis made an out to third; Matthews singled to center; Matthews was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Schmidt walked; Schmidt stole second; Moreland was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Phillies 8. ASTROS 8TH: Puhl was called out on strikes; Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); Cedeno singled to center; Roberts flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Phillies 8. PHILLIES 8TH: Maddox grounded out (pitcher to first); J. Vukovich struck out; Unser struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Phillies 8. ASTROS 9TH: PUJOLS BATTED FOR ASHBY; Pujols grounded out (third to first); Pittman grounded out (shortstop to first); Thon popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Phillies 8.

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