Astros @ Phillies
August 20, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 4 11 2
Phillies 4 8 3
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 4 11 3
Phillies 5 9 3

Davey Johnson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .319
OBP .000 .397
At Bats 0 113
Hits 0 36
• Singles 0 20
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 27

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 5
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Veterans Stadium - August 20, 1977
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Single
Joe Sambito
Joe Ferguson
Bob Watson
Art Howe
Enos Cabell
Rob Sperring
Jim Fuller
Wilbur Howard
Jose Cruz
Davey Johnson
Greg Luzinski
Mike Schmidt

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 4 11 3 7
Philadelphia Phillies 5 9 3 12
Winning Pitcher Tug McGraw
Losing Pitcher Bo McLaughlin
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 47,048
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Joe Sambito now pitching. Davey Johnson pinch hits for Richie Hebner. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell throws towards first, with the pitcher covering. Sambito fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Sambito. Schmidt scores. Luzinski moves to second. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Luzinski takes first base on ball four. Schmidt moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bo McLaughlin now pitching. Schmidt is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Luzinski throws the ball in to Sizemore who tags Cabell, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 9 Howard hits a popup, foul, towards third. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cesar Cedeno pinch hits for Dan Larson. Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bowa hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McBride hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McGraw moves to second.
Bottom 8 McGraw hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Sizemore hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sperring strikes out.
Top 8 Fuller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Johnstone throws the ball in to Sizemore who tags Fuller trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Ferguson moves to third.
Top 8 Howe strikes out.
Top 8 Ferguson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McBride. Ferguson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Johnstone for the out.
Bottom 7 Hebner takes first base on ball four. Luzinski moves to second.
Bottom 7 Luzinski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sperring misplays the ball. That's an error on Sperring.
Bottom 7 Schmidt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Watson strikes out.
Top 7 Cruz hits a fly ball towards center field. McBride fields the ball and throws to short. Bowa drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Bowa. Cabell moves to second.
Top 7 Cabell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Tug McGraw now pitching. Howard strikes out.
Bottom 6 McBride hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McBride for the out.
Bottom 6 Tim McCarver pinch hits for Jim Kaat. McCarver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. McCarver reaches second base with a double. Cruz throws the ball in to Cabell who tags McCarver trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Sizemore scores.
Bottom 6 Sizemore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Fuller. Sizemore reaches second base with a double. Boone goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell juggles the ball. That's an error on Cabell.
Bottom 6 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first, with Larson covering, for the out.
Top 6 Larson strikes out.
Top 6 Sperring hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Howe tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Fuller takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Boone fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Boone. Howe moves to third.
Top 6 Howe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Ferguson hits a fly ball into center field. McBride settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Watson, and towards Howe, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Luzinski strikes out.
Bottom 5 Schmidt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 McBride hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kaat hits a line drive into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Sizemore. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Sperring applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Sizemore takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sizemore fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Larson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out. Fuller moves to third.
Top 4 Sperring hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howe scores. Fuller moves to second.
Top 4 Fuller takes first base on ball four. Howe moves to second.
Top 4 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Ferguson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sperring fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Johnstone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hebner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Luzinski. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Luzinski steals second.
Bottom 3 Luzinski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McBride scores. Bowa scores. Schmidt moves to third.
Bottom 3 Schmidt takes first base on ball four. McBride moves to third. Bowa moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larson fields it and throws to third for the out. McBride moves to second.
Bottom 3 McBride takes first base on ball four. Kaat moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kaat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 There goes Cruz. The throw from Boone and he is out, Schmidt applying the tag.
Top 3 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Howard scores. Cruz moves to second.
Top 3 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to third.
Top 3 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Sizemore strikes out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 2 There goes Boone. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Boone steals second.
Bottom 2 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Johnstone hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hebner hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Larson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hebner for the out.
Top 2 Larson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sperring hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Fuller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Luzinski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bowa hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes McBride. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. McBride steals second.
Bottom 1 McBride hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Ferguson hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cruz moves to second.
Top 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hebner fields the ball and throws to Kaat covering. Safe.
Top 1 Kaat spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Kaat. Cabell scores.
Top 1 Cabell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Cabell reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Howard strikes out.