Houston Astros 8, Philadelphia Phillies 3
Regular Season Game 125
Played on Friday, August 20, 1976 (N) at Veterans Stadium
HOU N 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 - 8 14 0 PHI N 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 2
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Howard lf 4 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 Cabell 3b 5 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 Cedeno cf 5 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 Watson 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 11 1 Cruz rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 Johnson c 4 2 2 0 1 1 3 0 DaVanon 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 Metzger ss 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 Larson p 4 2 3 4 0 1 1 0 Totals 40 8 14 8 3 7 27 9 BATTING - 2B: Cedeno (22,off Twitchell). 3B: Larson (1,off Twitchell). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - SB: Howard 2 (7,2nd base off Twitchell/Oates 2).
Philadelphia Phillies AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Cash 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Bowa ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 Schmidt 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 Luzinski lf 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 0 Johnstone rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 Maddox cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Boone 1b 2 1 1 1 0 0 10 0 Oates c 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 Twitchell p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tolan ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Garber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Christenson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 5 3 1 3 27 11 FIELDING - E: Bowa (10), Boone (5). BATTING - 2B: Boone (16,off Larson). HR: Luzinski (19,9th inning off Larson 0 on 1 out). SF: Boone (5,off Larson); Tolan (4,off Larson). Team LOB: 3.
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Larson W(3-4) 9 5 3 3 1 3 1 33
Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Twitchell L(2-1) 5 6 5 1 3 6 0 24 Schueler 2.2 6 3 3 0 1 0 13 Garber 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Christenson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 Totals 9 14 8 4 3 7 0 43 WP: Twitchell (4). Inherited Runners - Scored: Garber 2-1. . Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Frank Pulli Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 36049 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros Philadelphia Phillies 1. Howard lf Cash 2b 2. Cabell 3b Bowa ss 3. Cedeno cf Schmidt 3b 4. Watson 1b Luzinski lf 5. Cruz rf Johnstone rf 6. Johnson c Maddox cf 7. DaVanon 2b Boone 1b 8. Metzger ss Oates c 9. Larson p Twitchell p ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled to first; Howard stole second; Cabell struck out; Cedeno doubled to right [Howard scored]; Watson grounded out (first unassisted) [Cedeno to third]; Cruz struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson struck out; DaVanon grounded out (second to first); Metzger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 0. PHILLIES 2ND: Luzinski walked; Johnstone singled to center [Luzinski to second]; Maddox singled to center [Luzinski to third, Johnstone to second]; Boone hit a sacrifice fly to center [Luzinski scored, Johnstone to third]; Oates popped to shortstop; Twitchell forced Maddox (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 1. ASTROS 3RD: Larson struck out; Howard walked; Howard stole second; Cabell grounded out (second to first); Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 3RD: Cash lined to second; Bowa grounded out (second to first); Schmidt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Phillies 1. ASTROS 4TH: Watson reached on an error by Boone [Watson to first]; Cruz popped to shortstop; Johnson walked [Watson to second]; DaVanon flied out to center; Metzger walked [Watson to third, Johnson to second]; Larson tripled to center [Watson scored (unearned), Johnson scored (unearned), Metzger scored (unearned)]; Howard singled to shortstop [Larson scored (unearned), Howard to second (error by Bowa)]; Cabell grounded out (third to first); 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 4TH: Luzinski grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnstone struck out; Maddox grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Phillies 1. ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson singled to right; Twitchell threw a wild pitch [Watson to second]; Cruz singled to right [Watson out at home (right to catcher)]; Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Phillies 1. PHILLIES 5TH: Boone doubled to left; Oates grounded out (first unassisted) [Boone to third]; TOLAN BATTED FOR TWITCHELL; Tolan hit a sacrifice fly to left [Boone scored]; Cash grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Phillies 2. ASTROS 6TH: SCHUELER REPLACED TOLAN (PITCHING); DaVanon grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger flied out to center; Larson singled to center; Howard flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa flied out to left; Schmidt flied out to right; Luzinski singled to left; Johnstone popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Phillies 2. ASTROS 7TH: Cabell struck out; Cedeno flied out to left; Watson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 7TH: Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Boone grounded out (third to first); Oates popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Phillies 2. ASTROS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson singled to left; DaVanon singled to center [Johnson to second]; Metzger singled to left [Johnson scored, DaVanon to third]; DaVanon was picked off third (catcher to third) [Metzger to second]; Larson singled to right [Metzger scored]; Howard singled to shortstop [Larson to second]; GARBER REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Cabell singled to left [Larson scored, Howard to second]; Cedeno flied out to center; 3 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 8, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 8TH: BROWN BATTED FOR GARBER; Brown grounded out (second to first); Cash lined to first; Bowa flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 8, Phillies 2. ASTROS 9TH: CHRISTENSON REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz flied out to left; Johnson singled to left; DaVanon flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 8, Phillies 2. PHILLIES 9TH: Schmidt struck out; Luzinski homered; Johnstone grounded out (first to pitcher); Maddox flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 8, Phillies 3. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 8 14 0 8 Phillies 3 5 2 3
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