A tremendous relief performance by Mike Cosgrove was rewarded when Tommy Helms hit a homer in the second inning to enable the Astros' rookie lefthander to beat the Phillies, 1-0. Dave Roberts started for the Astros and gave up two hits with one out in the first inning before pulling his shoulder muscle. Cosgrove relieved and, pitching the rest of the way, allowed only two hits on safe bunts by Willie Montanez and Ron Schueler. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Game Played on Tuesday, June      18, 1974 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Phillies     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf,lf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .343      Cash 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .313
Metzger ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Bowa ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .272      Schmidt 3b            3   0   1   0     1   1   .316
Watson lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .317      Robinson cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .246
  Gallagher rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Anderson rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .283
L. May 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .272      Montanez 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .253
Edwards c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Grabarkewitz lf       2   0   0   0     1   1   .136
Menke 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .087      Boone c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Helms 2b              3   1   2   1     1   0   .295      Schueler p            1   0   1   0     1   0   .167
  Milbourne 2b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Roberts p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .206        Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cosgrove p          4   0   0   0     0   2   .000

Totals               32   1   5   1     4   3             Totals               29   0   4   0     4   4

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 14,165
Left on Base: Astros 8, Phillies 6
DP: Astros 2, Phillies 0
Errors: Boone
Home Runs: Helms (3)
Stolen Bases: Gross (7), Cedeno (29)
GIDP: Boone (9), Anderson (5)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts                 0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.87
Cosgrove W(2-0)         8.2   2   0   0   4   4   0  30   0.32
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   4   0  33

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler L(3-8)         7     5   1   1   4   2   1  30   3.62
Linzy                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.95
Totals                  9     5   1   1   4   3   1  36

Balks: Schueler (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Dale, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Bob Engel


ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled to third; Gross stole second; Metzger
flied out to right; Cedeno made an out to third; Watson walked;
L. May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0,
Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa
singled to second; Schmidt singled to center [Bowa to second];
COSGROVE REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Robinson popped to
second; Dave Roberts injured; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards grounded out (second to first); Menke popped
to shortstop; Helms homered; Cosgrove grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: On a bunt Montanez singled to pitcher; On a bunt
Grabarkewitz struck out; Boone grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Montanez out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Gross grounded out (second to first); Metzger flied
out to center; Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno stole second
[Cedeno to third (error by Boone)]; Watson flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: On a bunt Schueler singled to second; Cash forced
Schueler (second to shortstop); Bowa flied out to right; Schmidt
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 4TH: L. May popped to catcher in foul territory; Edwards
flied out to center; Menke walked; Helms singled to center
[Menke to third]; Cosgrove flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 4TH: Robinson walked; Anderson grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Robinson out at second];
Montanez popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1,
Phillies 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Gross walked; Metzger forced Gross (pitcher to
shortstop); Cedeno flied out to center; Schueler balked [Metzger
to second]; Watson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 5TH: Grabarkewitz grounded out (third to first); Boone
flied out to right; Schueler walked; Cash flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 6TH: L. May singled to center; Edwards grounded out
(second to first) [L. May to second]; Menke flied out to left;
Helms was walked intentionally; Cosgrove struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 6TH: Bowa grounded out (shortstop to first); Schmidt
walked; Robinson flied out to right; Anderson flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Gross flied out to left; Metzger grounded out
(second to first); Cedeno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 7TH: Montanez grounded out (second to first);
Grabarkewitz walked; Boone flied out to right; TAYLOR BATTED FOR
SCHUELER; Taylor popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 8TH: LINZY REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Watson grounded
out (second to first); L. May flied out to left; Edwards flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 8TH: GALLAGHER REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING RF); GROSS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Cash flied out to left; Bowa
flied out to right; Schmidt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms flied
out to right; Cosgrove was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 9TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED HELMS (PLAYING 2B); Robinson
flied out to left; Anderson was called out on strikes; Montanez
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.