Sparked by Bake McBride, who went 5-for-5, the Phillies defeated the Astros, 9-6. The score was 6-6 when Larry Bowa opened the Philadelphia eighth inning with an infield hit and stole second.

After pinch-hitter Del Unser walked, a single by Lonnie Smith scored Bowa. A single by Pete Rose loaded the bases and McBride then rammed a two-run single through the drawn-in infield. [The Sporting News]



Philadelphia Phillies 9, Houston Astros 6
Game Played on Tuesday, July      29, 1980 (Night game) at Veterans Stadium
Astros       0  1  3    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   6 12  2
Phillies     0  0  3    0  0  0    3  3  x  -   9 14  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landestoy ss,2b       3   0   2   0     0   0   .252      Smith lf              3   3   2   1     1   0   .352
  Walling ph,1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Rose 1b               5   1   3   0     0   0   .291
Cabell 3b             4   1   3   1     1   0   .279      McBride rf            5   2   5   3     0   0   .312
Cruz lf               3   1   0   0     2   1   .306      Schmidt 3b            3   1   1   2     2   1   .270
Cedeno cf             5   0   1   1     0   1   .299      Moreland c            4   0   2   1     0   0   .321
Howe 1b,2b            4   1   2   3     0   0   .255      Maddox cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Morgan 2b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .236      Trillo 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .316
  Reynolds ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Bowa ss               4   1   1   0     0   0   .253
Leonard rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .218      Lerch p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Pujols c              2   1   2   1     0   0   .240        Noles p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .300
  Ashby c             1   0   1   0     0   0   .258        G. Vukovich ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .188
Andujar p             1   1   0   0     1   1   .154        Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Roberge p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Saucier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaCorte p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Unser ph            0   1   0   0     1   0   .254
                                                            McGraw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               33   6  12   6     5   5             Totals               35   9  14   7     4   2

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 30,252
Left on Base: Astros 9, Phillies 7
DP: Astros 1, Phillies 0
Errors: Cruz 2, Moreland
Doubles: Ashby (11)
Triples: Leonard (4)
Home Runs: Howe (5), Schmidt (27)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (23), Smith 3 (17), Bowa (13)
Caught Stealing: Landestoy (11), Cabell (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Landestoy (5), LaCorte (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Howe (2), Pujols (2)
GIDP: Maddox (8)
Hit by Pitch: Smith (2,by Roberge)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Andujar                 4     7   3   3   3   2   0  22   4.21
Roberge                 2.1   3   3   3   0   0   1  10   4.50
LaCorte L(7-3)          1.2   4   3   3   1   0   0   8   2.06
Totals                  8    14   9   9   4   2   1  40

Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lerch                   2.2   7   4   4   2   1   1  15   5.03
Noles                   3.1   4   2   1   2   2   0  16   4.17
Brusstar                1.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.15
Saucier W(5-3)          0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.48
McGraw SV(8)            1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.31
Totals                  9    12   6   5   5   5   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Roberge (1)
Wild Pitches: Noles (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Fred Brocklander, 3B - Doug Harvey


ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy singled to left; Landestoy was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Cabell singled to left;
Cabell was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to
first to shortstop); Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 1ST: Smith grounded out (pitcher to first); Rose
singled to left; McBride singled to left [Rose to second];
Schmidt struck out; Moreland popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 0, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cedeno flied out to right; Howe homered; Morgan
grounded out (first to pitcher); Leonard grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 2ND: Maddox flied out to left; Trillo grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bowa grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Phillies 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Pujols singled to shortstop; Andujar walked [Pujols
to second]; Landestoy out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Pujols to third, Andujar to second]; Cabell singled to left
[Pujols scored, Andujar to third]; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Cedeno singled to center [Andujar scored, Cabell to
second]; Howe singled to left [Cabell scored, Cedeno to second];
Morgan walked [Cedeno to third, Howe to second]; NOLES REPLACED
LERCH (PITCHING); Leonard made an out to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Astros 4, Phillies 0.

PHILLIES 3RD: On a bunt Noles struck out; Smith singled to
center; Smith stole second; Rose singled to left [Smith scored
(error by Cruz), Rose to second]; McBride singled to left [Rose
scored (error by Cruz), McBride to second]; Schmidt walked;
Moreland singled to center [McBride scored, Schmidt to second];
Maddox flied out to center [Schmidt to third]; Trillo forced
Moreland (first to shortstop); 3 R, 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4,
Phillies 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Pujols singled to right; Andujar was called out on
strikes; Landestoy grounded out (second to first) [Pujols to
second]; Cabell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
4, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 4TH: Bowa made an out to second; Noles made an out to
shortstop; Smith walked; Smith stole second; Rose grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Cruz walked; Cruz stole second [Cruz to third (error
by Moreland)]; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); Howe hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Cruz scored (unearned)]; Morgan
grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 5, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 5TH: McBride singled to left; Schmidt walked [McBride
to second]; ROBERGE REPLACED ANDUJAR (PITCHING); Moreland forced
McBride (third unassisted) [Schmidt to second]; Schmidt was
picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Maddox popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Phillies 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Leonard tripled to right; Phillies Manager Dallas
Green ejected by 1B umpire Andy Olsen for arguing that Jeffrey
Leonard's triple was foul; Pujols hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Leonard scored]; Roberge was called out on strikes;
Landestoy singled to right; Cabell singled to left [Landestoy to
second]; Noles threw a wild pitch [Landestoy to third, Cabell to
second]; Cruz was walked intentionally; Cedeno flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 6, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 6TH: Trillo flied out to center; Bowa made an out to
shortstop; G. VUKOVICH BATTED FOR NOLES; G. Vukovich grounded
out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6,
Phillies 3.

ASTROS 7TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED G. VUKOVICH (PITCHING); Howe
grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan grounded out (second
to first); Leonard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 6, Phillies 3.

PHILLIES 7TH: LANDESTOY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); REYNOLDS
REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING SS); ASHBY REPLACED PUJOLS (PLAYING C
); Smith was hit by a pitch; Smith stole second; Rose flied out
to right [Smith to third]; McBride singled to left [Smith
scored]; Schmidt homered [McBride scored]; Moreland singled to
left; LACORTE REPLACED ROBERGE (PITCHING); Maddox grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Moreland out at
second]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Phillies 6.

ASTROS 8TH: Ashby doubled to left; LaCorte out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Ashby to third]; WALLING BATTED FOR
LANDESTOY; SAUCIER REPLACED BRUSSTAR (PITCHING); Walling
grounded out (first to pitcher); Cabell was walked
intentionally; Cruz grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 6, Phillies 6.

PHILLIES 8TH: WALLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); HOWE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Trillo flied out to center; Bowa singled
to second; UNSER BATTED FOR SAUCIER; Bowa stole second; Unser
was walked intentionally; Smith singled to left [Bowa scored,
Unser to second]; Rose singled [Unser to third, Smith to
second]; McBride singled to right [Unser scored, Smith scored,
Rose to third, McBride out at second (right to catcher to second
to first)]; Schmidt flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 6, Phillies 9.

ASTROS 9TH: MCGRAW REPLACED UNSER (PITCHING); Cedeno was called
out on strikes; Howe grounded out (third to first); Reynolds
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Phillies 9.