Astros @ Phillies
May 5, 1976

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 3 6 1
Phillies 6 6 0
Top 9 R H E
Astros 3 6 1
Phillies 6 6 0

Wilbur Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .145
OBP .000 .190
At Bats 3 55
Hits 0 8
• Singles 0 7
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 1

Gene Garber Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 2
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Veterans Stadium - May 5, 1976
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Gene Garber
Bob Boone
Tom Hutton
Dave Cash
Mike Schmidt
Larry Bowa
Bobby Tolan
Jerry Martin
Jay Johnstone
Wilbur Howard
Cliff Johnson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 3 6 1 4
Philadelphia Phillies 6 6 0 7
Winning Pitcher Ron Reed
Losing Pitcher Joe Niekro
Save Gene Garber
Game Winning RBI Bobby Tolan
Attendance 17,944
Time of Game 2 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Roberts hits a line drive towards third. Schmidt reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Johnson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Garber bunts towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Milbourne covering, for the out. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 8 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hutton hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gross hits a popup, foul, towards short. Bowa settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Tolan now playing left field. Jerry Martin now playing center field. Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tolan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Johnstone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Luzinski strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mike Barlow now pitching. Schmidt hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ken Boswell pinch hits for Mike Cosgrove. Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hutton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boswell for the out.
Top 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Gene Garber now pitching. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garber fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ollie Brown pinch hits for Ron Reed. Brown hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Boone bunts towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boone for the out. Hutton moves to third.
Bottom 6 Mike Cosgrove now pitching. Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson juggles the ball. That's an error on Watson. Hutton moves to second.
Bottom 6 Tolan hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 6 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schmidt moves to third. Luzinski moves to second.
Bottom 6 Luzinski is hit by the pitch. Schmidt moves to second.
Bottom 6 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Johnson strikes out.
Top 6 Ron Reed now pitching. Watson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tim McCarver pinch hits for Steve Carlton. McCarver takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Hutton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Gross 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 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Milbourne hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Luzinski. Milbourne reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tolan hits a fly ball towards center. Howard catches it and throws to second to double up Schmidt.
Bottom 4 Johnstone hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Luzinski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schmidt moves to second.
Bottom 4 Schmidt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Metzger 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 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Roberts hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Bowa is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Greg Gross now playing right field. Wilbur Howard now playing center field. Carlton strikes out. Johnson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Carlton out.
Top 3 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Greg Gross pinch runs for Cesar Cedeno. There goes Gross. The throw from Boone and he is out, Cash applying the tag.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cabell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hutton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hutton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Milbourne for the out.
Top 2 Niekro bunts towards the mound. Carlton fields it and throws to first for the out. Metzger moves to second.
Top 2 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Johnstone hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Luzinski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bowa takes first base on ball four. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cash takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Roberts strikes out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno scores.
Top 1 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Johnstone. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Milbourne scores.
Top 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Milbourne moves to third.
Top 1 The umpire calls a balk on Carlton Milbourne moves to second.
Top 1 Milbourne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.