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.