In a duel between two former Cardinal teammates, Jerry Reuss came out ahead of Steve Carlton and pitched the Astros to a 3-0 victory over the Phillies. Jim Wynn homered in the fifth inning. The Astros' other runs followed in the seventh. Larry Howard doubled and scored on an infield out and passed ball. Wynn was hit by a pitch and, after stealing second, crossed the plate on a single by Hector Torres. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 3, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Tuesday, May       1, 1973 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    2  0  0  -   3 10  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wynn rf               4   2   1   1     0   0   .260      Bowa ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Torres ss             4   0   1   1     0   1   .100      Anderson rf           4   0   2   0     0   1   .333
Cedeno cf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .290      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .225
Watson lf,1b          4   0   1   0     0   2   .333      B. Robinson cf        4   0   0   0     0   2   .288
May 1b                3   0   2   0     1   0   .176      Luzinski lf           4   0   1   0     0   3   .217
  Agee lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .276
Rader 3b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .207      Boone c               3   0   1   0     0   1   .229
Howard c              4   1   1   0     0   2   .179      Harmon 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .232      Carlton p             2   0   1   0     0   1   .136
Reuss p               4   0   1   0     0   2   .278        Tovar ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Wilson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  10   2     1  10             Totals               32   0   7   0     1   9

Time of Game: 2:05   Attendance: 10,333
Left on Base: Astros 7, Phillies 6
DP: Astros 1, Phillies 1
Doubles: Cedeno (11), Howard (2), May (4)
Home Runs: Wynn (8)
Stolen Bases: Rader (1), Wynn (4)
Caught Stealing: Montanez (3)
GIDP: May (1), Bowa (1)
Hit by Pitch: Wynn (3,by Carlton)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(4-1)            9     7   0   0   1   9   0  33   1.50
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   9   0  33

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Carlton L(4-3)          8    10   3   3   1   9   1  34   2.59
Wilson                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.87
Totals                  9    10   3   3   1  10   1  37

Passed Balls: Boone (2)
Hit by Pitch: Carlton (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Tom Gorman, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Dick Stello


ASTROS 1ST: Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres
popped to second; Cedeno singled to third; Watson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies
0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson
struck out; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 2ND: May singled to center; Rader struck out; Howard
struck out; Helms singled to center [May to second]; Reuss
singled to center [Reuss out at second (center to catcher)]; 0
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: B. Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Luzinski struck out; Schmidt walked; Boone was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Torres flied out
to center; Cedeno doubled; Watson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: Harmon grounded out (shortstop to first); Carlton
singled; Bowa grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Carlton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 4TH: May walked; Rader forced May (first to shortstop);
Rader stole second; Howard was called out on strikes; Helms
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Anderson grounded out (second to first); Montanez
singled to center; Montanez was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); B. Robinson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Reuss grounded out (second to first); Wynn homered;
Torres struck out; Cedeno was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski singled to left; Schmidt singled
[Luzinski to second]; Boone singled to shortstop [Schmidt to
second, Luzinski to third]; Harmon popped to second; Carlton
struck out; Bowa flied out to left; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson singled to right; May grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Watson out at second]; Rader was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Anderson singled to center; On a bunt Montanez
made an out to pitcher [Anderson to second]; B. Robinson struck
out; Luzinski was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Howard doubled; Helms grounded out (first
unassisted) [Howard to third]; Boone allowed a passed ball
[Howard scored]; Reuss struck out; Wynn was hit by a pitch; Wynn
stole second; Torres singled to left [Wynn scored]; Cedeno flied
out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Schmidt grounded out (third to first); Boone
popped to third; Harmon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Watson was called out on strikes; May doubled to
right; Rader popped to third; Howard grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: AGEE REPLACED MAY (PLAYING LF); WATSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); TOVAR BATTED FOR CARLTON; Tovar grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bowa popped to shortstop; Anderson
singled to pitcher; Montanez grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED TOVAR (PITCHING); Helms grounded out
(third to first); Reuss struck out; Wynn grounded out (pitcher
to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first);
Luzinski struck out; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Phillies 0.