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August 30, 1976

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Top 9	R	H	E
Phillies	1	5	1
Astros	3	7	0

Top 9	R	H	E
Phillies	1	5	1
Astros	3	7	0

Mike Schmidt Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.271
OBP	.000	.383
At Bats	3	476
Hits	0	129
• Singles	0	68
• Doubles	0	25
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	32
Walks	0	80
RBI’s	0	87

Dan Larson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	5	0

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Astrodome - August 30, 1976

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Out

Dan Larson

Ed Herrmann

Bob Watson

Jerry DaVanon

Enos Cabell

Roger Metzger

Jose Cruz

Cesar Cedeno

Greg Gross

Mike Schmidt

Larry Bowa

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Philadelphia Phillies	1	5	1	3
Houston Astros	3	7	0	5
Winning Pitcher	Dan Larson
Losing Pitcher	Larry Christenson
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Greg Gross
Attendance	5,437
Time of Game	1 hour 48 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Schmidt hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McCarver tags and scores.

Top 9 Bowa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McCarver moves to third.

Top 9 Tim McCarver pinch hits for Gene Garber. McCarver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. McCarver reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cedeno moves to third.

Bottom 8 Gene Garber now pitching. Cedeno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Larson scores. Cabell goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 8 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt juggles the ball. That's an error on Schmidt. Larson moves to third.

Bottom 8 Gross hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Larson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Larson reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Metzger hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 DaVanon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Larson covering, for the out.

Top 7 Schmidt strikes out.

Top 7 Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Cruz hits a line drive towards first. Tolan catches it and throws to second to double up Cedeno.

Bottom 6 Watson is walked intentionally.

Bottom 6 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Boone and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.

Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gross moves to third.

Bottom 6 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Gross moves to second.

Bottom 6 Gross takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Christenson strikes out.

Bottom 5 Larson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Metzger strikes out.

Bottom 5 DaVanon hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 5 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Boone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Herrmann hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Johnstone hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Schmidt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 There goes Maddox. The throw from Herrmann and he is out, Cabell applying the tag.

Top 4 The umpire calls a balk on Larson Maddox moves to second.

Top 4 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 3 Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Larson moves to third. Gross moves to second.

Bottom 3 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DaVanon scores. Larson moves to second.

Bottom 3 Larson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. DaVanon moves to third.

Bottom 3 Metzger bunts towards the mound. Christenson fields it and throws to first for the out. DaVanon moves to second.

Bottom 3 DaVanon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 3 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. Christenson moves to second.

Top 3 Christenson takes first base on ball four.

Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Herrmann hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Cruz strikes out.

Bottom 2 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Gross takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Schmidt hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Maddox hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bowa for the out. Cash moves to second.

Top 1 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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