PHI @ HOU
Final Score: PHI 8 - HOU 7
Game Information
- Ballpark
- Astrodome
- Attendance
- 44,802
- Game Duration
- 218 minutes
- Day/Night
- Night
- Winning Pitcher
- Dick Ruthven
- Losing Pitcher
- Frank LaCorte
Umpires
- Home Plate
- Ed Vargo
- First Base
- Jerry Crawford
- Second Base
- Bob Engel
- Third Base
- Terry Tata
Weather & Field Conditions
- Sky
- Dome
- Field Condition
- Dry
- Precipitation
- None
Line Score
PHI Batting
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Aviles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Bob Boone | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Larry Bowa | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Warren Brusstar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Marty Bystrom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Larry Christenson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Greg Gross | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Greg Luzinski | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Garry Maddox | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Bake McBride | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tug McGraw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Keith Moreland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ron Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pete Rose | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Dick Ruthven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mike Schmidt | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Lonnie Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Manny Trillo | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .600 |
| Del Unser | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| George Vukovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
HOU Batting
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Ashby | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Dave Bergman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Enos Cabell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Jose Cruz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Ken Forsch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Danny Heep | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Art Howe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Frank LaCorte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rafael Landestoy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Joe Morgan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Terry Puhl | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .667 |
| Luis Pujols | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Craig Reynolds | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
| Nolan Ryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Joe Sambito | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Denny Walling | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Gary Woods | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Team Totals | 43 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .326 |
PHI Pitching
| Pitcher | Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren Brusstar | - | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Marty Bystrom | - | 5.1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Larry Christenson | - | 0.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 |
| Tug McGraw | - | 1.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18.00 |
| Ron Reed | - | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Dick Ruthven (W) | W | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Team Totals | 10.0 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5.40 | |
HOU Pitching
| Pitcher | Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Forsch | - | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 |
| Frank LaCorte (L) | L | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.50 |
| Nolan Ryan | - | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 7.71 |
| Joe Sambito | - | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Team Totals | 10.0 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7.20 | |
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