Dave Roberts, relieving for only the third time this season, struck out Ollie Brown with the bases loaded in the seventh inning and saved the Astros' 9-5 victory over the Phillies. Wilbur Howard and Cliff Johnson had three hits apiece in the Astros' total of 15. Johnson drove in three runs. Mike Schmidt homered among the Phillies' nine hits. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 9, Philadelphia Phillies 5
Game Played on Sunday, July      13, 1975 (Day game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  0  4    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   5  9  0
Astros       2  0  0    3  2  1    0  1  x  -   9 15  3


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cash 2b               5   1   2   0     0   0   .324      Howard lf             5   1   3   1     0   0   .366
Bowa ss               5   1   3   0     0   0   .321      Gross rf              4   1   2   1     1   1   .290
Johnstone rf          4   2   1   1     1   0   .354      Cedeno cf             4   2   2   0     1   1   .255
Luzinski lf           5   0   1   1     0   1   .312      Watson 1b             3   2   2   1     2   0   .326
Allen 1b              3   0   0   0     2   1   .234        Cabell 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Schmidt 3b            4   1   2   1     1   0   .226      Johnson c             4   1   3   3     0   0   .290
Maddox cf             3   0   0   1     2   2   .238      Rader 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .241
Boone c               2   0   0   0     1   0   .263      Metzger ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .244
  McCarver ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .407      Andrews 2b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .200
  Brown ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .373      Dierker p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
  Oates c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .276        Forsch p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .063
Underwood p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .095        Roberts p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .132
  Garber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Hutton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .209
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Taylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               37   5   9   4     7   6             Totals               36   9  15   9     4   2

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 12,870
Left on Base: Phillies 12, Astros 7
DP: Phillies 0, Astros 1
Errors: Cedeno, Watson, Rader
Doubles: Bowa (12), Andrews (2), Watson (18)
Triples: Cedeno (3), Johnson (1), Howard (4)
Home Runs: Schmidt (16)
Stolen Bases: Bowa (11), Maddox (9), Cedeno 2 (36)
Caught Stealing: Howard 2 (6)
GIDP: Luzinski (6)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Underwood L(9-7)        4    10   7   7   2   1   0  23   3.42
Garber                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.11
Schueler                2     2   1   1   2   0   0   9   5.59
McGraw                  1     2   1   1   0   1   0   4   2.67
Totals                  8    15   9   9   4   2   0  40

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker                 2.2   6   4   4   3   1   1  16   4.22
Forsch W(3-6)           4     1   1   1   4   2   0  18   3.38
Roberts SV(1)           2.1   2   0   0   0   3   0  10   3.79
Totals                  9     9   5   5   7   6   1  44

Wild Pitches: McGraw (4), Dierker (6)

Umpires: HP - Bill Williams, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Andy Olsen


PHILLIES 1ST: Cash singled to right; Bowa singled to right [Cash
to third]; Johnstone flied out to center; Luzinski grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Bowa out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard singled to left; Gross was called out on
strikes; Howard was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Cedeno tripled to left; Watson walked; Johnson tripled to right
[Cedeno scored, Watson scored]; Rader grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 2.

PHILLIES 2ND: Allen walked; Schmidt walked [Allen to second];
Maddox struck out; Boone flied out to center; Underwood forced
Schmidt (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 0,
Astros 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Metzger grounded out (third to first); Andrews
grounded out (third to first); Dierker grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Cash singled to center; Bowa singled to right
[Cash to third]; Bowa stole second; Johnstone singled to first
[Cash scored, Bowa to third]; Luzinski grounded out (third to
first) [Bowa scored, Johnstone to second]; Allen flied out to
right [Johnstone to third]; Dierker threw a wild pitch
[Johnstone scored]; Schmidt homered; Maddox walked; FORSCH
REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Maddox stole second; Boone walked;
Underwood struck out; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros
2.

ASTROS 3RD: Howard grounded out (third to first); Gross walked;
Cedeno singled to left [Gross to second]; Watson forced Cedeno
(shortstop to second) [Gross to third]; Johnson flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 2.

PHILLIES 4TH: Cash grounded out (third to first); Bowa grounded
out (shortstop to first); Johnstone flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Rader grounded out (second to first); Metzger
singled to center; Andrews doubled to left [Metzger scored];
Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard tripled to
center [Andrews scored]; Gross singled to second [Howard
scored]; Cedeno forced Gross (third to second); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 5.

PHILLIES 5TH: Luzinski reached on an error by Rader [Luzinski to
first]; Allen lined to right; Schmidt flied out to left; Maddox
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4,
Astros 5.

ASTROS 5TH: Watson doubled to left; Johnson singled to left
[Watson to third]; GARBER REPLACED UNDERWOOD (PITCHING); Rader
singled to left [Watson scored, Johnson to third]; Metzger lined
to pitcher; Andrews grounded out (second to first) [Johnson
scored, Rader to second]; Forsch grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 7.

PHILLIES 6TH: Boone grounded out (shortstop to first); HUTTON
BATTED FOR GARBER; Hutton grounded out (second to first); Cash
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 4, Astros 7.

ASTROS 6TH: SCHUELER REPLACED HUTTON (PITCHING); Howard singled
to left; Howard was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Gross grounded out (second to first); Cedeno walked;
Cedeno stole second; Cedeno stole third; Watson walked; Johnson
singled to left [Cedeno scored, Watson to second]; Rader lined
to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 8.

PHILLIES 7TH: Bowa grounded out (second to first); Johnstone
walked; Luzinski singled to right [Johnstone to second]; Allen
walked [Johnstone to third, Luzinski to second]; Schmidt popped
to third in foul territory; Maddox walked [Johnstone scored,
Luzinski to third, Allen to second]; MCCARVER BATTED FOR BOONE;
ROBERTS REPLACED FORSCH (PITCHING); BROWN BATTED FOR MCCARVER;
Brown struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 8.

ASTROS 7TH: OATES REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING C ); Metzger grounded
out (pitcher to first); Andrews made an out to shortstop;
Roberts flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Astros 8.

PHILLIES 8TH: TAYLOR BATTED FOR SCHUELER; Taylor grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Bowa
doubled to left; Johnstone reached on an error by Watson [Bowa
to third, Johnstone to first]; Luzinski struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 8.

ASTROS 8TH: MCGRAW REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Howard flied out
to right; Gross singled to right; McGraw threw a wild pitch
[Gross to second]; Cedeno was called out on strikes; Watson
singled to right [Gross scored, Watson out at second (right to
catcher to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 5,
Astros 9.

PHILLIES 9TH: CABELL REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING 1B); Allen struck
out; Schmidt singled to center [Schmidt to second (error by
Cedeno)]; Maddox flied out to right; Oates grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 5, Astros 9.