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The Houston Astros faced the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia
for a Wednesday night game on May 10th, 1978.
Houston was managed by Bill Verdon and were looking to break into the upper level of the NL West
after finishing in 3rd or 4th place in 7 of the past 8 seasons.
They started off 1978 slow, however, entering this game with an 11-15 record.
Philadelphia was managed by Danny Ozark and were an exceptional team,
having won back-to-back NL East crowns with 101 wins in both 1976 and 77,
but losing the NLCS in both seasons.
They entered this game still atop the NL East with a 14-9 record.
This audio recording is from the Philadelphia Radio broadcast featuring announcers Andy Musser and Chris Wheeler.
Our national anthem and we're about ready to play baseball and here are the lineups for tonight's game.
Here's Chris to give them to you.
Okay Andy, thank you very much for the visiting Houston Astros.
They'll go with Terry Poole in left field.
Enos Cabell will hit number 2 and play 3rd base.
Cesar Cedeno in center field.
Mike Cruz will play right field and hit 4th.
Bob Watson at 1st base batting 5th.
Art Howell will be the 2nd baseman.
He'll hit number 6.
Joe Ferguson, the catcher, batting 7th.
Roger Metzger at shortstop.
He'll hit number 8.
The pitcher right-hander Mark Lemongelo.
For the Philadelphia Phillies, Bake McBride will lead off and play right field.
Larry Boa at shortstop.
Mike Schmidt at 3rd base hitting number 3.
Greg Luzinski in left field batting 4th.
Jay Johnstone will get a start and play 1st base tonight.
He'll hit number 5.
Gary Maddox in center field batting 6th.
Bob Boone will catch and hit number 7.
Jim Morrison, the 2nd baseman, will bat 8th.
The pitcher for the Phillies is right-hander Jim Lomborg.
Remember that during tonight's Phillies game,
each Phillie that homers receives a free case of tasty cake
and one for the Lafayette School.
And the same goes for the Phillies winning pitcher.
Bruce Frumming is behind the plate tonight.
Eric Gregg at 1st.
Billy Williams at 2nd.
And Dextello at 3rd.
Now you can win even more money in the Daily News Home Run payoff
because this season every hit pays off.
Tonight's payoff inning will be the 7th.
Right-hander Jim Lomborg completing his warmups out front
as Boone tosses the ball down to 2nd baseman Jim Morrison.
Bonnie has won 3 games and has lost only twice.
He bids to become the 1st Phillies pitcher to win 4 games this year.
Lomborg with 3 victories.
Steve Carlton has 3.
And so does Randy Lurch.
Lurch has a 3-1 record.
Here's the left-handed batting Terry Poole to lead it off for Houston.
The Astros winning last night's ball game 5-1 behind the 4-hit pitching of J.R. Richard.
Lomborg into his windup and the first pitch to Poole is a strike right over the plate.
Bob Lulis coaching at 3rd base for the Astros and Tony Pacheco at 1st.
Poole is batting at 270.
Last night he had one of the key hits in the ball game
as he drove in 2 runs in the 7th inning as the Astros salted it away.
A slider is low and inside, one ball and one strike.
Poole has one home run and has knocked in 6.
Swing and a miss.
1-2 the count to Terry Poole. Enos Cabell is on deck.
The Astros have lost 6 of their last games.
They are in 4th place in the National League West.
A breaking ball is outside.
And the count to Terry Poole is 2 balls and 2 strikes.
Lomborg getting his 6th start of the year tonight.
Here's the 2-2 pitch and it's tapped into right center field for a base hit
and it's getting between the outfielders.
It'll go in for extra bases for Poole.
He's taking a big turn at 2nd and heading for 3rd.
Here's Boas relay. He is safe.
A triple for Terry Poole on a ball that really wasn't stung that hard,
but it went to the proper place between Maddox and McBride and Poole has a triple.
The one thing about Terry Poole is he runs very well.
People really don't know much about him.
The Astros are kind of one of those no-name teams
and you don't know a lot about some of their players,
but it's a contact hitter and he's got good speed.
He smelled that triple about halfway to 2nd base
because the ball came off the wall kind of funny to Gary Maddox.
He never slowed up and he made it easily.
That is his first triple of the year.
Here is right-handed batting Enos Cabell.
And the Phillies are keeping the infield back.
The pitch to Cabell is swung on a miss,
throw to 3rd base, back in time is Poole.
It was a close play. Good snap throw by Boon.
Cabell, who was 0-4 last night, is hitting at 2.55.
Cabell right-handed batter.
Lomborg winds. Here's the one-strike pitch.
Ball topped toward 3rd base. It's going foul.
Nothing in 2 to count on Cabell with Cesar Cedeno on deck.
Cabell only faced Lomborg two times last year. He went 0-2.
Lonnie had no record against the Astros last year in one appearance.
Here's a swing and a miss on a slider. Cabell strikes out.
Lomborg picking up the first out of the inning on a strikeout.
And it brings up Cedeno.
Well, he was the big shot last night with a first inning home run
and a triple in the seventh.
Cesar on a 2-4 night, scored two of the Astros' five runs.
Cedeno batting at 2.86 as he digs in right-handed batter.
Runner at third, one down. Lomborg winds.
Here's the pitch to Cesar, and it chases him back from the plate as it comes inside.
Ball won.
Cedeno was 1-2 off Lonnie last year. That one hit a home run.
Wind up in the pitch to Cedeno.
Catches the inside corner, a strike call.
Cesar signed a 10-year contract before the season began, estimated to be worth $3.5 million.
That is, to our knowledge, the longest term contract given out in baseball currently.
One ball, one strike to Cedeno.
Pool at third with one out. Lomborg from the full windup. The pitch is low.
Two balls and one strike.
Fly ball scores the run here.
And Cedeno good at getting the ball to the outfield.
Cesar also among the National League leaders in stolen bases. He has 10. That ranks him fourth.
Here's the 2-1 pitch. Just a little bit low. Three balls and a strike.
Lomborg's pitching him. He's trying to make Cedeno go after a bad ball.
He really doesn't want to pitch around him in this spot, especially with the left-handed hitting Cruz coming up.
But Cesar Cedeno is such a good hitter and such a good RBI man.
He's just trying to get him to go after some kind of bad breaking ball.
Lomborg ready. Here's his 3-1 pitch to Cedeno. It is inside, ball four, and Cesar takes a walk.
Runners at the corners as the left-handed batting Jose Cruz heads for the plate, hitting at 2.86.
Cruz has knocked in five runs.
Gula third base. Cedeno at first with one down.
This is one of those guys who's really tough to defense because he's a wild swinger.
He doesn't know where he's going to hit the ball half the time, so the Phillies don't.
If you notice the defense, you almost have to play him straight away and hope.
Lomborg makes a check through to first base. Cedeno is back in time.
Last year, Cruz was the Astros' most valuable player. He batted 2.99.
Another throw to first base, a little crisper this time.
Cruz also tied for the lead in the National League lead with 10 sacrifice flies.
He and Bobby Mercer each chased home 10 runs on fly balls.
There goes Cedeno. The pitch is grounded to first base.
Hebner will curve. Jay Johnstone comes home, and in time to get the out on Poole.
Jay Johnstone playing at first base had a little trouble getting that ball out of his glove,
but he made the throw to the plate, and Poole is out.
On the play, a fielder's choice. Cruz safe at first, and Cedeno to second.
Terry Poole did not get a good jump off at third base, because like Andy said, Johnstone hesitated.
The ball was stuck in his glove a little bit, and the play was close, but not that close.
He was definitely out, and I think you'd say that Poole just hesitated a little bit at third base,
and that was what got him thrown out at home plate. It was a good play by Johnstone, a good tag by Booney.
That's the second out of the inning, and it brings up Bob Watson with runners at first and second.
There goes Cedeno to third. The pitch is inside. Boone makes a bad throw to third.
It bounces, and Cedeno came up with it, but no chance to nail Cedeno, who gets his 11th stolen base.
Bob Watson really pulls the ball, and the third baseman has to play very, very deep,
and Cedeno loves to run the bases, and he's caught Cedeno way back, and there's not much Mike can do about it,
and Booney saw how far back he was, so he wanted to make sure he didn't throw that ball in the outfield,
and missed Cedeno, because he had already started to throw it.
What a nothing to count to Watson. Best ball is inside, two and nothing. Watson batting at 293.
Watson, a career 300 hitter. In fact, his career average is right on that mark, 300.
The 10th highest average among current National League players.
Here's a breaking ball, tap foul outside of third. Two balls and a strike to Bob Watson.
He leads the Astros in RBI as he has 19.
Well, I like Lzezinski, and he's a big guy who hits for an average.
He doesn't get many leg hits and hits his ground balls very hard.
Von Bork stretches. Here's the 2-1 pitch to Watson. It's popped up off the handle of the bat.
Easy play in the infield left side. Mike Schmidt takes the ball in fair ground for the out,
and the Phillies are out of a jam in the first inning. No runs. One hit, and two men left on base
at the end of the half inning. The Astros nothing, the Phillies coming in.
Two-year-old Mark Lemongelo out of Jersey City in his second big league season.
We'll pitch the game for Houston tonight. Lemongelo has won two and has lost three.
Both of his victories were complete games. He three-hit the Cincinnati Reds, beating them 6-1,
and he had a six-hitter against San Diego, winning that game 4-3.
Lemongelo lost his last start, but he did not pitch badly.
Lemongelo with a 3.65 earned run average last year in two appearances against the Phillies.
He lost them both, pitching to an earned run average of 7.20.
Mike McBride will start it for the Phillies, baked with a seven-game hit streak going.
The Pirates won their game this afternoon over San Francisco by a 5-1 score.
Bert Plylev in the winner is two and three, and Jim Barr, the loser, he is two and four.
Billy Damaris coaches a third base. Tony Taylor at first base for the Phillies.
Lemongelo right-hander winds and here's the pitch to bake. It is outside ball one.
Phillies with a half-game lead in the National League East, ahead of the Montreal Expos,
who miraculously pulled out that second game in Atlanta last night.
Here's another pitch by Lemongelo that misses. Two and nothing to count.
Montreal went into the last inning of that game last night in the second end of that doubleheader, trailing by two runs.
Breaking ball catches the outside corner two and one.
There were two outs in the inning and two strikes on the batter.
They got a couple of base hits and a home run by Carter and won that ball game.
Two-one pitch to McBride, swinging a ball, tapped toward first, it goes foul. Two and two to count.
It's like a playoff game I saw once.
Had an ending like our playoff game here last year, you're right.
Two runs up, two out, two strikes. I think it happened in this great game.
During bake's seven-game batting streak, he is hit at a 4.52 clip.
Lemongelo winds, here's the pitch to McBride and a slider just misses, full count.
Well, we hope you're hearing us loud and clear tonight.
All of our network affiliates are here at the ballpark. I don't know who's running the shop back there,
but hey, and here is the home plate umpire Bruce Frimming warning somebody in the Houston dugout.
He is over in front of the dugout saying on the next one, I'm going to get you.
Well, he's got the great rabbit ears, you know, he, for a home plate umpire to, you know,
to be worrying about that in the first inning and the first batter, unbelievable.
You better be careful, he'll hear you. Sorry.
Three balls and two strikes on McBride.
Here's the pitch to bake. It's laced to left field and a base hit.
Terry Pool over trying to cut it off. It gets away from him. McBride will go to second
and that'll be a double for a big McBride.
Big McBride doubles between left fielder Pool on the line and bake now has hit safely in eight straight ball games.
There's still some wet spots in the outfield from the rain that we've had so much here.
That ball hit one of those wet spots and really skidded on Terry Pool and he had to try and make a tougher play
than it was going to be and bake was going all the way on and made it the second easel.
So bake has batted safely in eight straight and here's a guy who is trying to extend his streak to nine tonight.
Larry Boa. Larry batting at three seventeen. Switch hitter batting left handed.
Pitch on the way to Bowie, drops a bunt off the plate, fielded by the pitcher who will go to first.
Gets it there in time for the out and bake McBride was not expecting that play and he is still standing on second base.
Now Boa made a poor bunt on that for a sacrifice and I guess bake just figured well I better not go on that and get thrown out here in the first inning and he didn't go.
And Clem and Jell-O probably would have had a heck of a shot to throw him out of third base so he figures his best bet is to stay put.
Larry Boa did not want to bunt that ball right back to the pitcher.
Here's Mike Schmidt batting at three nineteen.
Mike with five home runs, seventeen runs batted in. McBride at second with one out.
Schmidt takes a fastball low ball one.
The right hander stretches here's his pitch to Mike and it's popped up on the right side behind first base.
It could be a tough play. Three fielders converging and is taken by the right fielder Cruz and again no chance for McBride to advance.
As Cruz rifles a strong throw to third baseman Cabell following the catch.
Schmidt pops up to Cruz and shallow right field that's the second out and it's up to the ball.
Still no score in this ball game. Here's Luzinski batting at an even three hundred.
Greg leading the Phillies in both home runs with six and RBI's eighteen.
Greg Luzinski with a three eleven lifetime average against Houston pitching.
Hits to the ball is in for a strike called. Oakland and Toronto tonight scoreless at the end of an inning.
Rick Langford pitching for Oakland and Jim Clancy for Toronto.
Here's a high fly ball into shallow right field Cruz signals he can get it and he takes it for the third out of the inning.
The Phillies in the first no runs one hit and one left at the end of an inning no score.
Which is why they say.
Well tomorrow one of the season's best pitching matchups between Tom Siever and Steve Carle and the Phillies in the Reds here at seven thirty five tomorrow.
Friday the teams will meet again at eight oh five. It'll be Randy Lurch against Bill Bonham back after some elbow problems he has not pitched since the twenty first of April.
Saturday the fills in the Reds again it'll be Fred Norman and Jim Cotter seven thirty five.
And on Sunday Larry Christensen and Tom whom. And it'll be free canvas tote bags for all women compliments of the Phillies and tasty cake.
So big four game series coming up against the Cincinnati Reds.
Sales have been brisk for that four game series but no game is sold out and there are no bad seats here in Veterans Stadium.
So come on out this weekend we'll look for you in the Phillies play the Cincinnati Reds.
Art Howell started for the Astros in the second pitch to the right handed batter low ball one how hitting a two ninety three.
How Ferguson and Metzger to face Lomborg in the second. Here's one in for a strike.
How was two for two off Lomborg last year one of his hits a home run.
Here's a breaking ball and it's a very high fly ball the left field Greg Lusinski has room and the ball a few steps toward the line takes it for the out.
How flies out to left field first out of the second inning in this scoreless ball game. And here's a catcher with power Joe Ferguson.
Fergie hitting a two thirteen Ferguson standing deep in the batter's box.
Lomborg winds and the pitch is swung on and missed a strike Fergie tried to check his swing and couldn't.
Slider by Lomborg is low one ball and one strike.
Switch hitting shortstop Roger Metzger is on deck.
Ferguson swings and fouls off the one one pitch a ball and two strikes to catcher Joe Ferguson.
A ball and two strikes on Ferguson. Here's Lomborg's delivery a slider swing and did he go all the way around.
There's an appeal and the Phillies are throwing the ball around and apparently it is a strikeout.
Ferguson goes down swinging he walks away from the plate he wasn't concerned about it and that'll be the second strikeout for Lomborg.
When I say he wasn't concerned about it I mean he did not question the call.
He knew he swung at that one if he'd hit that ball might have gone in the seats.
The batter is Metzger and the pitch to him is low inside ball one. Metzger a switch hitter batting from the left side he's hitting a two oh six.
Lomborg winds and the pitch is a fastball outside two and nothing to count.
Pitcher Mark Lamangelo is on deck.
No score in this ball game Astros batting top of the second.
Here's a strike on the outside corner right at the knees.
Two and one to count.
Here's a ball topped off the plate behind the mound Lonnie gets it on a big hop and rifles a throw to first in time for the out of good field.
Play by Lomborg and he has a one two three inning at the end of an inning and a half.
No score right now.
Jay Johnstone leads off the Phillies second inning Jay still looking for his first hit this year and in fact tonight is only his second start of the season.
Jay's only other start was Sunday April twenty third at Montreal at first base.
So here's Jay left handed batter. It'll be Johnstone Maddox and Boone to hit for the Phillies in the second inning of a scoreless ballgame.
Each team has one hit right hander lemon jello winds and the pitch to Jay is over for a strike called Boston and Baltimore scoreless at the end of an inning.
Alan Ripley pitching for the Sox against Mike Flanagan of the Birds.
Here's the one strike pitch to Johnstone and it's a breaking ball low.
He has a good sense of humor you know Jay told me this afternoon he can't understand why they don't get a contest going on what time place and date he'll get his first hit.
The one one pitch to the Jay Bird is outside he says when he does get a hit they'll probably stop the game and give him the ball.
He said you can't understand why they paid so much attention to Rose he said you know they could at least do the same thing for him when he gets ahead.
Here's a pitch outside and the count is three and one on Johnstone Oakland and Toronto scoreless in the third inning Langford against Clancy Seattle did not score in the first against Cleveland outside ball for and Jay Johnstone takes a walk.
So they won't stop the game for that as Jay goes down to first base and here is Gary Maddox Gary hitting at two ninety four.
Gary is batted safely in seven of the last eight ballgames including last night when he doubled in his last at bat against a very tough J.R. Richard Maddox right handed batter with the widespread stance lemon jello chases Johnstone back to first with a check throw.
Another throw to first and this time Jay has to scramble back lemon jello made a surprise move to first that time.
Johnstone of course is not a base stealing threat but the Phillies will hit and run a lot of times with Maddox pitch to Gary is inside ball one Maddox has not homered this year but he has knocked in 13 runs and Gary is having a fine start.
Lemon Jello lines. Here's the pitch to Maddox breaking ball swinging in a mess it was a slider one ball and one strike.
Well after this weekend series with the Reds the Phillies are hitting the road for two weeks and four different cities.
They'll be away so you better get out this weekend.
It'll be a long time before the Phillies are back here at veteran stadium.
Here's a pitch out and nothing was happening with Johnstone so it's two balls and one strike to Maddox Phillies will not be back here until the 29th of May a Monday night game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Johnstone is going to pitch to Maddox is laced down the left field line but foul a one hopper into the picnic area with Johnstone running on the pitch he was going to really do some lumbering on that when he was all the way around second.
Well the way he would say you can usually bet your house on that play with a 2 1 count and especially after the Houston Astros had just called for a pitch out that's a perfect time to hit and run and that's exactly what the Phillies tried to do then was start Johnstone and hit and run with Gary Maddox and he really ripped that thing but just foul.
Two and two on Maddox nobody out on the inning Johnstone who walked us at first lemon jello stretches here's the pitch swinging a foul back to the screen.
Phillies have won seven of their last nine ballgames and they are 14 and nine on this still young season.
Go to first base Jay back head first.
To two on Maddox the young right hander stretches here's the pitch to Gary swing and a miss he struck him out Maddox goes out on a fastball and that's the first strikeout for lemon jello.
Here's Bob Boone.
Boone hitting a two sixty four Bob failed to get any RBI is last night breaking a streak of having knocked in runs and five consecutive games in which he had played.
Well can the Phillies due to Tom Seaver tomorrow what they did to him last time in Cincinnati knocking out of the ballgame and winning by a 12 to one score.
They'll try tomorrow night when the Reds move in town the pitch to Boone is a slider low ball one.
No score in the game Phillies batting in the last of the second inning.
Boone takes another slider just a little low to nothing.
Bob with three home runs and he has knocked in 14.
Lemon Jello has the sign here's his pitch in for a strike call got the slider over that time after missing with two previous sliders.
Boone takes a swing and fouls one back two balls and two strikes to Bob Boone.
Twenty two year old Mark Lemon Jello starting against the Phillies for only the third time what a rocky start he had last year he lost 11 of his first 12 ballgames.
Match in the pitch to Boone swinging a ground ball to third Cabell has a little trouble picking it out throws to second for a force and that's all they get.
Boone safe at first on the force out at second as Jay Johnstone was erased on the ground ball to Cabell two outs in the inning.
He's got a break on that because that was a double play ball in his Cabell he's down there looking at his glove right now figuring why he couldn't get it out of there.
Just that little bit of hesitation he took allowed Bob Boone to beat it out and keep the inning alive.
And then finally Randall left his glove here Randall was having the same kind of problems here the other night.
He really had the drop season this series they finally it got so bad they finally sat him down on Sunday.
Here's Jim Morrison batting at 280 rookie second baseman.
Pitch on the way to Morrison low inside ball one Morrison playing and only his ninth ballgame tonight of this year.
He was up briefly at the end of last season incidentally Ted Sizemore was here at the ballpark tonight.
Says things are going well in his mending process here's a check for the first base not in time to get Boone.
Someone else would say Bob Boone really looks a runner ish the Phillies like to run with two outs in these situations.
Morrison long drive to left field way back it is gone.
Jim Morrison has hit his first major league home run and the Phillies lead the ballgame two to nothing.
No doubt about it smash for Morrison who homers for a taste of tasty cake and one for the Lafayette school.
That's super Jimmy Morrison really a good kid we were talking about him a lot and really jumped on a high pitch from Lemon Jello.
It might have been a high that was a high fastball and he got all of it and put it in the seats in left field.
He said his power will surprise you know that ball really jumped out of here and failure the Houston Astros to complete that double play gives the Phillies two runs.
And the crowd still buzzing as Jim Lundborg stands at the plate the pitch to Lonnie is low ball one Jim Benning one eighty two with two hits and eleven tries this year.
And a little delayed reaction by the scoreboard here's a swing and a foul.
A little firecracker going off there to salute the first major league home run for Jim Morrison.
That one was on about a 20 second delay that one ball and one strike to Lundborg wind up in the pitch by Lemon Jello swing in a minute says Lonnie went around weakly.
Lemon Jello misses low two and two that is the sixth home run given up by Lemon Jello that is high on the Houston staff.
Quite a few home runs to have given up at this stage of the season.
Here's the two to Lundborg swing and a miss he strikes him out on the inning is over.
But the Phillies get two runs on Morrison's home run one hit in the inning and nobody left on base at the end of two of the Phillies lead it to nothing now time for a taste.
The crowd is still stirred up over Jimmy Morrison's first major league home run.
No doubt about it shot the left field he really hit that ball on the button.
So the Phillies have a two nothing start tonight.
And here is pitcher Mark Lemon Jello to lead off the third for the Astros.
Lemon Jello batting at one forty three as one hit in seven tries.
Lundborg to face off against Lemon Jello the Mets lead the Montreal Expos two to one at the end of an inning tonight in Montreal.
A breaking ball is low ball one Nino Espinoza pitching for the Mets Rudy May going for the Expos this afternoon Pittsburgh beat San Francisco five to one hard hit ground ball in the hole a base at the left field.
Lemon Jello looked like a hitter on that one as he jumped on a pitch and laced it between Bola and Schmidt for a base hit.
That is only the second hit for the Astros.
Lemon Jello will put the warm up jacket on at first and Terry Poole will hit Cincinnati and Atlanta are not scheduled today later St. Louis will play at Los Angeles and Chicago at San Diego.
Boston leads Baltimore one to nothing at the end of an inning and a half Alan Ripley pitching against Mike Flanagan Seattle and Cleveland scoreless in the last of the second Rick Honeycutt against Rick Wise.
Pitch to the left handed batting pool is outside ball one Oakland and Toronto scoreless at the end of two Rick Langford against Jim Clancy later Minnesota at Chicago and Texas at Milwaukee.
Four American League teams including the Yankees are not scheduled. Here's Poole bluffing a bond the pitch is over for a strike call one ball one strike.
The other American League teams not playing today California Detroit and Kansas City.
Here's the one one pitch to pool breaking ball tap the first base John Stone has it goes over to Bola there's one back to first safe a collision at first base between John Stone and a line Borg and Lonnie went down he has dirt all over his uniform Jay actually took the relay throw.
But Lonnie went down in a spell but they did not get the man at first base that'll go as a force out three six three or three six one double plays probably one of the toughest ones and all of baseball because you've got two fielders coming to a position and Lonnie
was trying to get out of the way at Jay Johnson on that and he banged into him a little bit and Jay Ray made a really fine play on that by getting the ball over to Bola gave him the good toss up high where he could see it tough double play to make them one out of the
inning here Zenos Cabello struck out throw to first base back in time as pool the Astros have a single by Lamond Jello and a triple by pool off on Borg so far in this game that's it swinging a hard hit ball to Bola over to Mars and there is one to first double play.
Billy's out of the inning on a twin killing and for the Astros no runs one hit and nobody left at the end of two and a half Phillies lead two to nothing a luxury car ought to give you your money's worth of luxury.
Here's McBride to lead it off big double his first time up to keep his batting streak alive.
Here's a foul backstrike one he has now hit safely in eight straight.
Did anybody ask who holds the best fielding percentage for a shortstop in the history of baseball.
We both could have answered that.
He would have loved to have that question.
Hey I did get one that had to do with whitey though and I happen to know it.
That's on the way to McBride breaking ball is fouled back.
Question was who holds the Phillies all time record for grounding into fewest double plays in a season.
And the answer, not only is whitey but it's only one in a whole season.
Yeah, that is amazing.
He could run to pitch to McBride foul back.
I got a kick out of whitey last year after you played here in the old timers game came back to the broadcast booth that night and said right into this microphone.
I'm washed up.
But you say who don't know that.
Here's the 0 2 to McBride fly ball left field it'll stay in the ballpark though pool is retreating on it and he catches a just shy of the warning track McBride flies out to left field first out of the third inning.
The things big did so well last year was to hit the ball that way and last night he got one out of here hit a double hard and that was an off speed pitch he just got out in front of that a little bit and still hit it a long way so that'll really help his average to to keep hitting the ball that way.
Here's Larry Bola his second try tonight and Larry takes a strike called in a fastball over the outside corner ball was trying to bunt and sacrifice McBride over in the first inning but his bunt went right to the pitcher and McBride didn't move so he did not get a sacrifice.
Pitch to Larry check swing but it's a strike on the outside corner and Larry in the hole nothing and to Bola has batted safely in eight straight he and bake each have eight game hitting streaks now and that's the longest for a Philly this year.
During Larry streak he has batted at a 428 pace.
Here's the 0 2 pitch to him it's outside one ball two strikes to Bola batting at 314.
Phillies lead the Astros 2 to nothing as they bat in the third lemon jello wines and here's the pitch curveball and he just missed two and two.
Right hander wines here's his pitch to Bola it's outside and we've got a full count as Larry battles back from a 0 2.
Here's the payoff pitch to Bola it's a pop up it's in foul ground off third Cabell coming over he is out of room as it drops into the fourth row.
So Bola hangs in there with a full count three balls and two strikes.
Remember tomorrow night start at 735 tickets are available to see one of the pitching classics left hander Steve crowd and right hander Tom Seaver the three to the ball a fastball outside and Larry's aboard with a base on balls.
Second walk given up by lemon jello Phillies a runner with one out for Mike Schmidt.
Good at bat by both there one of the things that happens when he's hitting like he is right now is he's he's more confident the plate and he'll take pitches and he was 0 and 2 then lemon jello and took some close pitches and wound up getting himself a walk.
That's all in the confidence that comes with when you're hitting the ball.
Here's Mike Schmidt who played out the right field.
Mike still leading the National League and runs with 25 but Joe Morgan right behind at 24 Davy Lopes at 23.
Lemon jello steps off the rubber.
He had scored in seven straight ball games prior to last night's check for the first base chases ball back.
Larry can run of course and he gets a good lead stretch in the pitch to Schmidt fastball high ball one.
He's got a few years and 17 runs batted in Boa has stolen five bases he has been thrown out twice including once last night.
It's the Schmidt very high fly ball into deep right field but it'll stay in the park crew is drifting back on it and he takes it for the out ball bluffs a tag at first but he's not going anywhere as Schmidt flies out to right field for the second time.
He's got a little bit more of a harder than he did his first that's two down and Greg Lusinski with ball at first ball flight out to right field.
Greg the Phillies leader in home runs with six and an RBI is with 18.
Please have a home run tonight by Morrison.
It's the fifth straight game in which the Phillies have had at least one home run.
Check for the first base ball is back.
Again.
Lemon Jello checks ball back to first.
Pirates winners today by a five to one score at San Francisco.
Pitch to the ball high ball one.
That victory for the Pirates evens their record of 13 and 13 tied with the Chicago Cubs.
One and a half games behind the Phillies. Here's another throw to first base down in time to get Boa.
Lemon Jello stretches the pitch to Lusinski is fouled to the screen so hard it wedges there.
One ball one strike on the ball.
Greg has batted safely in 13 of the last 16 Phillies games.
Well he just had a real good swing at a lemon Jello pitch that time when a hitter foul a ball straight back like Lusinski just did.
That means that he just missed it and that's one of his better swings.
Next pitch to the ball is inside he backed him away.
Two and one the count. Pitcher will see that too and a lot of things that's what will happen.
He'll come back with a breaking ball away from the hitter or he'll try and push him back a little bit because he saw what a good swing he had at him.
Match two expose one that game is the third inning at Olympic Stadium in Montreal.
Lemon Jello walks off behind the mound to rub up the base ball.
Two balls and one strike on Greg Lusinski.
Here's the pitch to the ball hard hit the left field but foul all the way a real rope.
He hung that one out over top the picnic area.
A ball that was really stung but foul from the moment it left the bat.
He's right on this guy.
You can see that on that swing he had that we talked about and Greg got himself out in front a little bit on that pitch.
He's getting some good swings at Lemon Jello right now.
Count level at two and two. Two outs. Boa at first base. Phillies ahead two nothing.
The pitch to Lusinski it's a pop up shallow left field.
The shortstop Metzger is back and making the call.
He's chased off of it now by the left fielder Poole who catches it for the out.
So for the Phillies in the third no runs no hits and one man left.
Harry Callis will have the play by play in a moment.
At the end of three the Phillies leading.
Phillies leading at two nothing. Harry Callis along with Chris Wheeler and our engineer Maureen Shaughnessy from Veterans Stadium.
Leading off for the Houston Astros will be Sastar Sedaniel the center fielder he walked his first time up.
Sedaniel is off to a good start.
Hitting 286 last year at this time he was hitting about 130.
As of June 22nd Sedaniel was batting only 179.
Still finished hitting 279.
But it took a torrid month of September where he hit over 400 in the month of September.
Jim Lombard ready to work to Sastar Sedaniel and here's the pitch to him.
Swing and a long drive to deep left field.
This ball is out of here a home run.
Sedaniel jumped on a fast ball and sent it over the fence and left.
For his fifth home run of the year and it's now a two to one ball game.
The Phillies lead is cut in half.
Another first inning the Houston Astros had a runner on third base and I think it was one out and Sedaniel was up.
And the Phillies obviously pitched around him and walked him in that situation and you just saw why.
Lombard gave him something to hit that time and he really is a quality player and he jumped all over that pitch.
That's why they pitched around him.
So it's a two one ball game.
The Phillies lead it. Here's Jose Cruz and the pitch to him is high for a ball.
Cruz grounded into a fielder's choice his first time up.
Lombard's one-oh pitch.
High again ball two. It's two and nothing to Cruz.
Here's a two-oh pitch to Cruz. He swings and he misses at a breaking ball.
Two one ball game fourth inning Phillies lead.
All the runs coming on the homer.
Pitch is high for a ball. It's three and one.
But third base umpire Dick Stellow said that Cruz went around so it's two and two.
Jim Morrison a two run home run for the Phillies in the second.
Cesar Sedaniel a solo homer here in the fourth.
Two-two pitch. Swing and a foul back up over the screen and out of play.
Space two and two to Cruz.
Lombard's two-two pitch. High and away ball three full count.
Here's a three-two pitch to Cruz bouncing foul down the first base side. It remains three and two.
The arc leading Montreal two to one at the end of two. That's Nino Espinosa against Rudy May.
Pittsburgh beats San Francisco this afternoon five-one behind Burt Blylevin.
Three-two pitch. Swing a line drive base hit right field.
Fake McFry gets it back into the infield and Jose Cruz lines a single to right.
Hit number four given up by Lombard. That'll bring up Bob Watson.
Watson popped up to Mike Schmidt his first time up.
Lifetime 300 hitter in the major leagues Bob Watson.
Set a Houston club record for runs batted in last year with 110.
Here's a pitch to Watson swings and he misses. One strike to Bob Watson.
Jose Cruz at first base and nobody out. Cruz a threat to steal. He pilfered 44 last year.
Pitch to Watson is low for a ball. It's one-on-one.
Ball of a strike to Bob Watson.
Lombard's one-one pitch. Line shot to deep left field. Luzinski back at the warning track makes the running catch.
Cruz will hold out at first base. Watson gave it a pretty good ride to left caught by Luzinski at the rim of the warning track.
One down will pause for station identification on the Phil's baseball network.
At 831 this is KYW Philadelphia at the spectrum midway through the first quarter the 76ers led the Washington Bullets 15 to 6.
Here's Art Howell the second baseman he flied out to left his first time up.
Cruz at first base one out. Phillies lead 2-1 fourth inning.
There goes Cruz. The pitch is high. The throw by Boone not in time. Stolen base Jose Cruz. He had a tremendous jump.
His fourth steal of the year he has not been caught and Boone had no prayer.
That's one of those situations right there where you just can't get on the catcher at all.
Jose Cruz like Harry said had 44 stolen bases last year and he timed that perfectly.
It was like he knew exactly the moment Jim Lombard was going to make the move to home plate and he was gone.
So Cruz at second base and one out. The one-oh pitch to Howell. He swings and he misses. Ball of a strike to Art Howell.
Phillies lead 2-1 fourth inning.
Lombard stretches. Pitch to Howell is low for a ball. It's two balls and a strike.
Gene Garber is starting to throw on the Phillies bullpen.
There's Lombard's stretch. And the pitch to Howell. Check swing foul.
Lined on top of the Phillies dugout. 2-2 to count to Art Howell.
Houston goes from here to New York to take on the New York Mets.
And Cincinnati will be coming in here tomorrow night to open a four game series.
Steve Carlton and Tom Siever tomorrow night plan to be on hand for that pitching matchup.
2-2 pitch. Swing a bouncing ball to third base. Schmidt tried to tag the runner. Could not. But he gets Howell at first base.
Jose Cruz running by Mike Schmidt. Schmidt tried to tag him. Couldn't reach out far enough to nail him.
But he got the runner at first, Art Howell, for out number two.
Good try by Schmidt. A lot of times he can chase a base runner like that and you'll force him to run out of the baseline and the umpire will call him out.
But Cruz did not run out of the baseline. He just had a ducky shoulder a little bit because Schmidt didn't have a chance to get him.
But it just shows you how good he is. And then he came up throwing and made a perfect play to first.
So Cruz at third base with two outs. Here's Joe Ferguson. He struck out his first time up.
Lomborg stretches. The pitch to Ferguson is over for a strike called. Ferguson not hitting for average. He's hitting 2-11.
But he's tied for Houston's club leadership and Homer's with five. Ian Sedeno, HF5.
One strike pitch. Swing and a bat handle pop up towards short. Larry Bowe there. He squeezes it and Houston goes down on the fourth.
The Astros score a run on two hits. Big blow to Homer by Sedeno. No errors in one left.
We move to the bottom half of the fourth inning. It's Phil's two, Houston one. Now it's time for.
Bottom half of the fourth inning. J. John Stone will lead off to the Fills. Let's check the major league scoreboard.
Boston has won seven in a row and they're going for their eighth at Baltimore tonight. They lead the Orioles one-nothing in the bottom of the third.
Alan Ripley for the Red Sox. Mike Flanagan for Baltimore.
Cleveland nothing nothing after two. Rick Honeycutt against Rick Wise. Toronto leads Oakland three to one after three behind Jim Fancy.
Minnesota and Chicago, Texas and Milwaukee just now getting underway.
Here's a pitch to John Stone. A bunt down the third base side. Base hit. Brilliant. Bunt single by J. John Stone.
So John Stone gets off to Snyder with a bunt single. His first hit of the year.
Throwing the ball. Throwing it out. He just threw the ball out.
He said he was going to do that when he finally got his hit. He wanted the ball but he hardly even bruised that one.
Perfectly placed bunt down the third baseline by J. John Stone. His first hit of the year. The Phillies third hit off Lemon Jell-O.
That'll bring up Gary Maddox who struck out his first time up.
Throw to first. John Stone gets back.
Here's a stretch by Lemon Jell-O. And the pitch to Maddox is high for a ball.
One of nothing to Gary Maddox. Phillies leading two to one bottom half of the fourth.
Lemon Jell-O's pitch to Maddox swings and he misses at a breaking ball. Follow the strike to Maddox.
Out of the stretch by Lemon Jell-O. 1-1 pitch. Swing and a fly ball right field deep. Cruz drifting back.
Makes the catch and John Stone will have to hold on at first base.
Maddox hit a well to the opposite field. Caught by Cruz. One down. That'll bring up Bob Boone.
Boone was safe on a fielder's choice his first time up.
The inability really of Houston to turn a double play on that ground ball when he knows Gabel could not get it out of his glove.
Caused Lemon Jell-O the two runs because Morrison followed that fielder's choice ground ball with Omer.
Here's a pitch to Boone that's high for a ball. One of nothing.
J. John Stone first base and one out.
1-0 pitch to Boone. Swing and a bat handle pop up behind second base. Art Howe is there. He puts it away. Boone is out. Two down.
That'll bring up Jim Morrison. He's accounted for the Phillies runs with a two run home run.
His first big league homer. Morrison gets a big round of applause as he comes up.
J. John Stone at first base and two outs. Bottom half of the fourth inning.
Here's a stretch by Lemon Jell-O. And the pitch to Morrison. Swing. Fly ball left center field. Terry Poole is there.
And he puts it away and the Phillies go down on the fourth. No runs, one hit, no errors and one left.
The end of fourths, Phillies two, Houston one.
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Fifth inning baseball, Phillies leading two to one. Roger Medsker will lead off for the Houston Astros.
Medsker grounded back to the mound, his first time up.
Phillies two coming out of two run homer by Jim Morrison.
Houston getting a solo home run from Cesar Sedena.
Here's a pitch on the way to Medsker and he takes high for a ball.
An exhibition game. Richmond is leading Atlanta after five, three to nothing.
The only reason that's of interest is that Jim Boughton is pitching for Richmond.
Swing and a high pop up behind second base.
Larry Bowe waving people off and Maddox calls off Bowe and makes the catch.
Medsker is out one down.
And Boughton has the Atlanta Braves shut out through five in his bid to make a comeback.
That'll bring on Mark Lemongelo.
There's a pitch on the way to Lemongelo and it's inside for a ball.
He singled his first time up for one of Houston's four hits.
One-oh pitch on the way to Lemongelo is over for a strike call. It's one-on-one.
One-one pitch. Swing and a pop up into shallow right.
Drifting out is Jim Morrison, the second baseman, and he makes the catch.
Almost went by him, but Morrison pulled it out.
Two down. That'll bring up Terry Poole.
Poole is tripled and grounded into a fielder's choice.
Fitting, Philly's leading it two to one.
I think Jim Morrison was half looking for one of the outfielders to call him off that play,
but the ball wasn't hit that high and he had it all the way and he kind of stumbled just as he caught it
and the crowd kind of reacted to it.
There's the pitch to Poole. Swing and a little bouncing foul back behind the plate.
One strike to count to Poole.
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Two out snow base runners, two and one that count to Poole.
Here's the two-one pitch. Slow for a ball, three and one that count to Terry Poole.
Bob Bourgue has his sign from Bob Boone. Three-one pitch. Over for a strike call.
A full count to Terry Poole.
Poole hit three-oh-one in his rookie year last year for Houston.
Here's the three-two pitch. Swing, a line shot into right center field. Maddox there makes the catch.
Gary got a good jump on the ball and flunked it out of the air to retire the side.
No runs, hits or errors and none left. We go to the bottom of the fifth.
Hills lead Houston two to one.
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Jim Lomborg, a leadoff for the Phillies, bottom half of the fifth inning, Phillies leading it 2-1.
Three thousand hit Pete Rose, George Foster, Joe Morgan, John Bench and Company will be here at Veterans Stadium for four big games starting tomorrow night.
Tomorrow night the pitching matchup is an excellent one. Steve Carlton going against Tom Siever.
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Here's the first pitch to Lomborg, swinging a ground foul down the third base side. One strike to count to Lomborg who struck out his first time up.
Mark Lemongelo winds in the next pitch, bunt down the first base side foul. Lomborg trying to bunt his way on but he spun the ball foul. It's nothing in two to him.
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Here's the two strike pitch, swing and a punch shot into center field. It's going to drop for a base hit. Lomborg punched a fast ball into center field for the Phillies fourth hit off Lemongelo.
Solani is a base runner at first base and nobody out. It brings up Baik McBride. Baik has doubled and flied out to deep left. He's hit safely now in eight straight games.
Jim Lomborg first base, nobody out, bottom of the fifth. Phillies leading it two to one on Jim Morrison's two run homer.
Stretched by Lemongelo, the pitch to Baik, fast ball on the outside corner, first strike called.
How the stretch by Mark Lemongelo and his pitch. Baik takes low at inside, it's one on one.
For the most part, teams really like to pitch Baik McBride in. That's supposed to be his weakness but Houston for the most part pitches him away.
As evidenced by the way he's been hitting the ball to left field. He likes the ball out over the plate.
One-one pitch, swing, he had a cut and he fouled it straight back. A ball and two strikes to Baik McBride.
They also play him around to the opposite field. Solani shading him to left center field.
He'll surprise you with the way he can drive the ball to left field. I know we comment a lot on that last year.
How the ball jumps off his bat to the opposite field. Last night he hit one out of here and tonight he's hit two balls well to the opposite field.
You pitch him out there, he'll go that way.
Here's a stretch by Lemongelo, one-two pitch, swing and a foul back up over the screen. It stays the ball and two strikes to McBride.
Lomborg at first base and nobody out.
New York and Montreal through three. The Mets lead the Expos two to one. Nino Espinosa against Rudy May.
Here's the pitch to Baik. Outside for a ball, it's two and two.
Twenty-two-year-old Mark Lemongelo stretches the two-two pitch. Swing and a miss, he struck him out. He got him with a pitch on the outside corner.
That'll be the third strike out for Lemongelo, one down on the fifth. That brings up Larry Boa. Boa's 0-1. He was thrown out on a bunt for eye in his walk.
Larry coming into the game with an eight-game hitting streak going for him.
That's the Phillies' longest of the year. Larry and Baik each hitting in eight games.
Pitch to Boa, swing and a pop foul back up and off to our right.
One strike to count to Boa. Lomborg at first and one out.
Here's a stretch by Lemongelo. One strike pitch, a change missing outside. That's his pound ball.
Lemongelo throws a fastball slider and his change is a pound ball. One-on-one to count.
Here's his stretch. One-one pitch. Swing and a ground ball, base hit right field. Lomborg will stop at second base.
Larry Boa now is hit safely in nine straight games. First I can't remember Boa off to a better start than this one.
No, Harry, he really is off to a good start and the reason is he's just hitting the ball so well left-handed.
He's hitting the ball to all fields left-handed. He's getting his infield hits left-handed.
He's really in total command of his game that way. What he's disappointed in is the way he's hitting the ball right-handed.
Let's see, coming into the game tonight, Larry was hitting left-handed in a 390 clip and right-handed 189.
Here's Mike Schmidt. Mike's been up twice. Twice he has flied out to right field. Lomborg at second, Boa at first and one out.
Here's the pitch to Schmidty. Tried to check but he committed himself on a low breaking ball. One strike to count to Mike Schmidt.
Mark Lemongelo. That's his sign from Ferguson. Lomborg moves off second, Boa off first.
One strike pitch. Playing a drive into deep left center field. Way back goes Poole and he leaps up and makes the catch against the fence.
Lomborg tags and moves to third and Boa will hold it first. Terry Poole timed his jump perfectly and spirited against the fence and deep left center at the 371 foot mark.
Oh, so close to being out of here.
A heck of a play by Terry Poole. He went back and found the wall and like Harry said, timed his jump perfectly.
Mike Schmidt didn't look like he had a pretty good swing at that ball and hit it 370 feet. It just shows you how strong he is.
Lomborg moved to third after the catch. Boa holding it first base. That'll bring up Greg Luzinski.
The ball is flied out to right and flied out to left.
The way the Astros were looking around it almost looked like they were going to appeal Lomborg leaving too early.
Throw to first base. Larry Boa gets back.
Another quick throw and again Boa is back.
Philly's lead 2-1. We're playing in the bottom of the fifth.
Here's the pitch to Luzinski and it's wide for a ball. One and nothing to count to Greg Luzinski.
Greg tied for second in the league and home runs was 6. Stocked in 18 runs.
1-0 pitch to the ball is 0 for a ball. It's 2-0.
Jim Lomborg at third. He's single. Larry Boa at first. He's single two outs.
Here's the 2-0 pitch. Over for a strike call.
2-1 to count to Luzinski.
Lemongelo's 2-1 pitch. Missing outside. It's 3-1.
So Greg will look for a fast ball that he can drive.
Lemongelo's really stayed away from Boa on this at bat too. Every pitch has been on the outside part of the play.
And knowing Greg he might look for something in.
3-1 pitch. Swing and a pop foul back into the upper deck.
Full count to Luzinski.
Lomborg at third. Boa will be breaking from first with two outs.
Mark Lemongelo wants a different baseball from plate umpire Bruce Freming.
Lemongelo was 12 and 15 last year.
Now he wants still another ball.
Freming he's it out there. Good fast ball thrown by Bruce.
Full count to Luzinski.
3-2 pitch. Swing and a foul ball back out of play into the press area.
Jay Dunn of the Trentonian got that ball. A lot of bad hands in that press box. So they usually play them on the carrom.
Jay did play that on the carrom.
Jack Carney was bailing out.
He should.
3-2 pitch. Outside ball four. He walked in until he had the bases loaded.
Boa moves up to second base.
Saks Jam. Lomborg at third. Boa at second. Luzinski at first. Two outs. And here's Jay Johnstone.
Johnstone has walked and picked up a fun single his first hit of the year.
Ken Force starting to throw on the Houston bullpen. Bottom of the fifth. Phillies lead it 2-1.
Wind up by Lemongelo. Pitch to Johnstone is over for a strike called. One strike to Johnstone.
Here's the one strike pitch. Swing and a foul ball back out of play. And Lemongelo in front of Jay. Nothing in two.
Bases loaded. Two outs. Bottom of the fifth.
Jim Lomborg at third. Larry Boa second. Greg Luzinski first. Two outs.
Lemongelo's two strike pitch. Fast ball outside. It's one and two.
Here's his wind up. The one two pitch. Fast ball high and away. It's two and two.
I'm surprised that he hasn't thrown that pound ball when he got in front of Johnstone. But he came in with a couple of heaters.
Here's the two two pitch. Outside with a fast ball. It's a full count. Now he has little choice.
Bases loaded. Two outs. Three and two to count to Johnstone.
Here's the three two pitch. Low ball for him. He walked in the fourth and a run. Phillies lead it 3-1.
After getting in front of Johnstone, no balls and two strikes. Lemongelo threw four straight balls. Mel Wright, the pitching coach, coming out to talk to him.
You especially have to give him some credit because you have to think Johnstone's so anxious to hit a ball hard somewhere and get a base hit.
Sees all those runners on base and it had to be tough for him to stand there and take those pitches. Two of them were very close. One of them was way high and out of the strikes.
Two of them were right there where he might take a swing at him. So give Jay Johnstone a lot of credit there for having so much patience.
And let's pause here for station identification along the Phillies baseball network.
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Here's Gary Maddox. He has struck out and flied out to right field.
Bases loaded, two outs a run in. Lemongelo's pitch to Maddox. Swing and a high pop-up in the shallow right field.
Ard Howe going out. The second baseman called off by Cruz who makes the catch.
And the Phillies are down on the fifth. Phillies score a run though on two hits. No errors. Three left.
And after five it's Phillies. Bob Boone to lead off for the Phillies. Bottom half of the sixth inning.
Phillies leading by a score of three and one. Two runs coming on Jim Morrison's first big league home run on the second.
And the third run on a bases loaded walk to Jay Johnstone. Boone is grounded into a fielder's choice and popped up.
Wind up by Lemongelo and the pitch to Boone is a change that's low for a ball.
Here's a 1-0 pitch to Boone, a slider that misses low. It's two and nothing.
Lemongelo has struck out three. He's walked three.
The 2-0 pitch to Boone is low and inside. Ball three, three and nothing.
Boone looking down at Bill Demars to see if he can swing at this pitch.
Here's the 3-0 pitch. Taking all the way and it's a called strike three and one to Bob Boone.
3-1 pitch to Boone is low, ball four. He walked in. It's walk number five issued by Mark Lemongelo.
So Boone a baserunner with nobody out. It brings up Jim Morrison.
Morrison has hit a two run home run, his first in the major league, and has flied out to left.
Bob Boone baserunner at first base and nobody out.
Stretched by Lemongelo. Pitch to Morrison, swing and a foul back up over the screen.
One strike to Jim Morrison. Morrison batting 2-96.
Bottom of the sixth at Baltimore. The Red Sox and Baltimore tied 1-1.
Here's a pitch to Morrison that's wide for a ball 1-1.
Baltimore's run coming out of Homer by Ken Singleton.
Ken portioned Joe Sambito right hand or left hand or up in the Houston bullpen.
1-1 pitch, swing and a foul back to the screen. Lemongelo is in front of Morrison a ball and two strikes.
I think you notice about Jim Morrison since he's been up here. He may strike out, but boy he gets his rips at home plate.
He's had two really good swings this at bat.
Ball and two strikes to Morrison. Boone at first and nobody out.
1-2 pitch, fastball grounded to third baseman Cabell. Throws to Howe. One the relay, they turn the double play.
So Morrison grounds into a double play, two outs and nobody on base. That'll bring up Jim Lomborg.
Lonnie has struck out, singled and scored a run.
Two outs and no base runners. Philly's leading 3-1 bottom half of the sixth inning.
The pitch to Lomborg, swing and a bouncing ball to shortstop. Roger Metzger has it and throws and Lomborg is out.
Philly's down on the sixth. No runs, hits or errors and none left after six. It's Phils three and the Houston one.
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7.35 game time again on Friday night at 8.05. Friday night's pitching matchup, Randy Lurch and Bill Bonham. Saturday night at 7.35 it'll be Jim Cotten and Fred Norman and on Sunday afternoon Larry Christensen and Tom Hugh.
Cincinnati for four big games starting tomorrow night.
Art Howell will lead off for Houston here in the seventh inning. Howell has flied out to left and grounded out.
Cincinnati won an exhibition game tonight by a score of
three nothing over Detroit.
Doug Capilla was just set out by Cincinnati, pitched that shutout.
New York Mets have scored two more on Montreal. They lead the Expos 4-1 after five behind Nino Espinosa.
Here's Lomborg's pitch to Art Howell on the inside corner at the knees for a called strike.
One strike pitch to Howell, a little bouncing foul off to the left of the plate and Lomborg is in front of him, nothing in two.
Seventh inning, Phil's lead 3-1.
Wind up by Lomborg, the two strike pitch, breaking ball, slammed the deep left center field, Maddox on his horse, he's there and makes the catch.
So Howell flies out to deep left center, one down.
That'll bring up Joe Ferguson, the catcher. Ferguson has struck out and popped up to Larry Bowe.
Tug McGraw is starting to throw in the Phillies bullpen. The event Lomborg runs into late inning trouble.
Phillies lead this one 3-1. Pitch to Ferguson is low for a ball.
1-0 pitch to Ferguson, swaying and a pop foul behind the plate, Boon is off with a mask, but he runs out of room as it lands in the first row behind the Phillies dugout.
One ball and one strike to count to Joe Ferguson.
One out of no base runners. Seventh inning and the Phillies lead it 3-1.
Here's Lomborg's 1-1 pitch, swaying and a ground ball foul down the third base side.
Fall in two strikes to count to Ferguson.
Houston's run coming on a Cesar Cedeno home run in the fourth inning.
1-2 pitch, Bo for a ball, it's 2-2 to Ferguson.
Here's the 2-2 pitch inside of full count.
3-2 to Joe Ferguson with one out.
Here's the 3-2 pitch to him, swaying and a ground ball, deep short backhanded Boa, long throw, great play Boa Ferguson out of first base.
Boa deep into the hole and gun down Joe Ferguson for out number two.
Play wasn't even close either, that was such a great play by Boa. Ferguson doesn't run all that well, but Harry you were talking about his offense earlier in the game.
Well his defense, I would say the last week has been about as good as he can play too.
Excellent play by Larry Boa, good play there.
Pay the tennis tonight, 20,096. We're going to get a pinch hitter for Roger Medsker.
Dennis Walling coming out of the Houston dugout to bat for Roger Medsker.
Dennis Walling hitting 231, 3 for 13, two runs batted in.
Dennis Walling a left hand hitter.
Batting for Roger Medsker. Walling is 24 years old, he comes out of Neptune, New Jersey.
Last year he had a fine year at Charleston where he hit 348.
Walling takes a strike call, one strike to Dennis Walling.
He's leading 3-1, seventh inning. Here's the pitch to Walling and it bounces up there for a ball.
One on one.
George ruffs up the baseball, two outs and no base runners.
One-one pitch to Walling, swing and a bouncing ball, tap to first baseman Jay Johnstone and he tags the runner in the base path.
Walling is out, the Astros go down and turn in the seventh. No runs, hits or errors and none left.
We go to the bottom of the seventh, it's Pills three and Houston one.
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Bottom half of the seventh inning, here's Andy Musson.
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Leading off for the Phillies in the seventh inning will be Bake McBride.
Bake will be swinging away for Jane B. Ring of Marshall Street in Philadelphia.
And of course, Bake had a home run here at Veterans Stadium last night.
New shortstop for the Astros will be rookie Jimmy Sexton.
Sexton takes over at shortstop.
He was acquired from the Seattle ball club for Leon Roberts.
Here's Bake McBride, he is one for three.
The first pitch on the way to Bake is a hard hit ball, base hit, back through the middle.
McBride singles to center field to start the seventh inning.
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Here's Larry Boa. Larry kept his hitting streak alive tonight with a single last time up.
He has batted safely in nine straight ball games.
He'll be hitting here for Donnell Farmer of Philadelphia.
Pitch on the way to Boa outside a ball.
The Astros are expecting him to bunt.
And Larry gave indications that time that he might.
The Phillies would like to pick up another run here.
They're only leading by two here in the seventh inning.
And Danny Ozik has indicated he might have Boa up on here and move the runner over to second base.
The Phillies have six hits and three runs off Lemon Jello who makes another throw to first to Chase McBride back.
Bake with two hits again tonight. He has really been hot.
Another throw to first short hopped over there but Watson pulled it up. Nice play.
The Astro bullpen is again busy.
Pitch on the way to Boa. He wants to bunt. He drops it but it's fouled.
Grabbed by Ferguson.
One ball and one strike to Boa.
Larry has won for two tonight. He walked in the third inning.
He was trying to sacrifice in the first but he bunted the ball poorly.
And McBride who was at second could not advance.
Larry was out on the play and no sacrifice was credited.
Uphander Joe San Vito. Right hander Kenny Forch up for Houston.
Stretch in the 1-1 pitch to Boa.
Slider is high. 2-1 the count.
Boa looked like the bunt might have been off that time.
Whenever Bake McBride's on first base like that they have to hold him on because he's such a base stealing threat.
Really gives Boa a tremendous hole to shoot for on that right side. He likes to try and hit the ball that way.
Here's a throw to first and Bake has to dive back in.
The Mets have added two runs in the fifth inning. They lead Montreal 4-1 at the end of five.
Espinosa against May.
Bemangelo is set to work. There goes McBride. The pitch is a line drive caught by the second baseman Howe.
McBride was already across second base so Howe simply flips over to Watson at first and Boa lines into a double play.
Bake McBride was a dead duck. Four tickets to a future game to Donnell Farmer of Philadelphia.
So very quickly that's two outs in the inning and the Phillies running the base runner that time.
Just had bad timing that's all. Here's Mike Schmidt.
Mike sent Terry Poole to the wall in left center field and is last at bat.
Mike will be swinging away in the Daily News home run payoff for Lee F. Bousseau of Tribos PA.
Schmidt 0-3. Phillies lead the ball game 3-1.
Two out nobody on base.
Pitch to Mike. Blowing outside a slider missing ball one.
Everybody excited about the ball game tomorrow night.
Steve Carleton and Tom Sieber they matched up a week ago Monday in Cincinnati and the Phillies won a 12 to 1.
What will happen this time? Outside ball two.
Lemongelo winds the 2-0 pitch to Schmidt. Very high fly ball well hit the center field getting back as Sedano but he's got plenty of room.
He waits and he takes it for the out and four tickets to a future game will be sent to Lee Bousseau of Tribos PA.
For the Phillies in the seventh no runs one hit and nobody left.
So at the end of seventh Phillies lead Houston 3-1.
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Finch hitter for the Astros to start the eighth inning. Wilbur Howard will bat for the pitcher Mark Lemongelo.
Howard is switch hitter will bat left handed against Lombard.
Howard is batting at 290.
He's batting 267 as a left handed batter. One home run free runs batted in.
Reserve outfielder Wilbur Howard.
Lombard has given up only four hits in seven innings. Here's the pitch to Howard. It's a foul ball off the left field side. Strike one.
Sedano's home run the only run up there for the Astros tonight who trail up three to one.
Strike one on Howard.
Swing and a miss by Howard. Nothing in two. Tug McGraw is warming for the Phillies in their bullpen.
And the Astros will need a new pitcher next inning. They've got two men up again right now.
Portions Sambito have been up.
Nothing in two. The count on Wilbur Howard. Pinch hitting for Lemongelo. Here's the pitch just outside.
Lonnie has been strong tonight as walked only two has struck out three.
Wind up in the pitch to Howard. Swing and a ground ball. It's on the right side. Fielded by Johnstone to Lombard. Covering he gets there.
Howard grounds out three to one.
Played by Lonnie. He's a very, very fine fielding pitcher and Wilbur Howard can fly especially from the left side.
And any hesitation at all by Lombard there and he would have been safe and he and Jay Johnstone combined on a very fine play that looked routine but really isn't.
Here's a guy who's been a tough hitter. Terry Poole had a key hit in last night's ball game and he had a triple to lead off tonight's game.
He is one for three. Left handed batter.
Wind up in the pitch by Lombard outside ball one.
Twenty thousand and ninety-six here at Veterans Stadium tonight watching the ball game.
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Here's a ground ball to shortstop. Larry Boa has it. Larry makes his usual steady throw across in time for the out. Let's pause for station identification.
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The batter is Enos Cabell who is 0 for 3. He has struck out, grounded into a double play and popped out. Here's a ground ball.
Schmidt has it at third base. He was playing in too and he throws him out. Strong inning for Lombard in the eighth.
The Astros are up and down in order at the end of seven and a half. Phillies lead at three to one.
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A left-hander, Joe Sambito, will be in the pitch for Houston.
He has had a fine season so far. Has won two games, has not lost. He has a 1.80 earned run average in 15 innings of work.
He has been touched for only three earned runs, four walks and nine strikeouts.
Joe Sambito, we called him a left-hander. Actually, he's an interesting guy because he plays tennis.
He writes and he eats right-handed. But he throws a baseball left-handed and that's what counts right here.
He led Houston in appearances last year, getting into 54 ball games.
Winning five and losing five and pitching to a 2.33 earned run average.
First to test him will be Greg Luzinski. The ball 0 for 2 with a base on balls.
Phillies lead the game 3-1 and Lomborg has pitched a strong ball game.
Sambito winds. Here's the pitch to the ball. It's high, ball one.
Sambito is 6'1", 185 pounds from Brooklyn, New York.
Swinging and a foul back for the ball. One ball and one strike.
Greg will be followed by Jay Johnstone who is out on the on-deck circle.
The left-hander is in there now but Jay has made things happen tonight.
Breaking ball to the ball is high. Two balls and one strike.
Sambito is 25 years of age in his second big league season.
Swinging and a foul away. Sambito's mother usually watches the Phillies games on television.
She lives out on Long Island and she receives them on the cable system out there.
Two balls and two strikes to right-handed batting Greg Luzinski.
Sambito's pitch is a fastball outside. We've got a full count.
Clemangelo went the first seven innings giving up six hits and three runs.
He walked five and struck out three.
Full count to the ball. Here's Sambito's pitch.
High ball four, missed with a fastball and Greg draws his second straight walk.
Jay Johnstone going back to the dugout and Jerry Martin is coming out.
Jerry Martin is going to bat for Johnstone. Jay was on base all three times tonight with two walks, one with the bases loaded and the bunt single.
Oh, I beg your pardon. Martin is going to first base to run for Luzinski and Johnstone will bat.
Jay had walked back to the dugout and that deceived us.
Jerry Martin is coming in the ball game as a pinch runner.
So Greg Luzinski leaves the ball game and Jay will bat.
Sambito stretches. Astros looking for the double play. Pitch to Jay is a fastball in for a strike.
They still want that other run and Jay Jay gave some indications like he might be bunting that time and might just be on again.
Sambito has a look at Martin at first. Here's the pitch fastball on the outside corner a strike and it really looked like it was outside.
Nothing into the count on Johnstone and of course that hurts his putting opportunities here. The 0-2 count.
He was going to bunt that ball. He would have needed a broom.
Sambito stretches. Here's the 0-2 to Johnstone. Pull cut and a foul ripped back right underneath where we're sitting.
Count holds at 0-2. Remember to stay tuned for the Tasty Cake Wrap-Up Show right after the ball game.
Rich Ashburn will have a special guest. He'll have some replays of this ball game and he will have all the out of town scores.
Pitch to Johnstone. Check swing. It's just outside and that one was actually closer than the one they called strike 2.
Chris has his lip button. He's not saying anything.
One ball and two strikes to count on Johnstone.
Here's Sambito's pitch. Breaking ball. Swing and a miss. Struck him out with a curveball.
Sambito gets a strikeout. First out of the inning it will bring up Gary Maddox who is 0-3.
Gary struck out one time tonight. Been striking out quite a bit lately. Gary has seven strikeouts in his last four ball games.
Sambito stretches. Makes the throw to first base and Martin is just back in time. That was pretty close.
Sambito looks like he's got a pretty good move. Left-handed pitcher.
Metz five exposed one that game in the seventh. Here's another throw to first. Martin gets back.
Ryan Reid is now up and throwing in the Phillies bullpen. Another throw to first. Martin just back.
Lloyd Bannister is now up and throwing in the Houston bullpen. Here's a fastball over the outside corner. A strike to Maddox.
Sambito stretches. Here's the pitch to Gary. It's way up high. One ball and one strike.
John Stern is homered for the Metz in the sixth with nobody on his first of the year. That was their fifth run.
They lead five to one in the seventh. Espinosa still pitching for the Metz.
Pitch to Maddox is low. Darryl Knowles, the ex-Phil, is now in there pitching for the Expos.
Two and one to count to Maddox. One out on the inning with pinch runner Jerry Martin at first. Phillies lead at three to one.
Throw to first. Martin gets back.
Here's the stretch and the pitch to Maddox. Swinging a bouncer toward third is going to be a tough play.
Cabell bare hands throws the first in time for the out. Very close play at first base.
Cabell made a bare hand stab of that high chopper toward third and he threw out the speedy Gary Maddox with Martin advancing to second.
Good play there by Ennis Cabell. He's a really good third baseman. He came into his own last year.
Really good third baseman and a pretty good hitter. It's going to be around a long time. That was a super play he made right then.
Gary Maddox was definitely out. Here's Bob Boone with two outs. Martin looking around at second base to check the second baseman and shortstop.
And here's the pitch to Boone. It's in for a strike call. Bob is 0-2 tonight with a walk and a run scored.
Boone is ahead by a 3-1 score. Lomborg needs three more outs to wrap it up.
Boone checks his swing and the pitch is low and outside. One ball, one strike.
He's 0-1 the count to Bob Boone.
Sambito stretches, takes a look at Martin. Here's the pitch. It is outside 2-1.
Lomborg had another strong pitching performance this year when he beat the Pirates by a 6-2 score.
He was relieved at the end of eight innings though he certainly could have pitched the ninth that night as he beat John Candelaria.
So eight innings is as far as Lonnie has gone this year. But he had such a strong eighth inning you get the feeling that he will be out there in the ninth tonight.
The 2-1 pitch. High fly ball into medium right center field. Getting over his cruise and he takes it for the out.
Boone flies out to right fielder Cruz and the Phillies are retired in the eighth. No runs, no hits and one left.
At the end of eighth the Phillies lead Houston 3-1.
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Strong pitching performance by Jim Lundborg and he's out here to start the ninth inning.
Although Danny Ozark has both Ron Reid and Tug McGraw already warming in the bullpen.
So at the first sign of trouble, Lonnie could be done. Here's Cesar Cedeno to lead it off and he's been tough.
He's won for two tonight, a home run. He has also walked.
Cedeno with two home runs in the series.
Lundborg winds. Here's the pitch. Ground ball toward the hole. It's going to be a tough play.
Boa a little trouble getting it out and safe at first base is Cedeno.
I'm not sure he would have gotten him anyway, but Boa could not pluck the ball on his initial attempt and that will be an infield hit for Cedeno.
Well Larry knew he was really going to have to hurry because Cesar Cedeno can fly down the first baseline.
He did just have a little bit of hesitation and once that happened there was no chance.
I really don't think he would have gotten him anyway. He was really deep in the hole and Cedeno, like I said, really gets out of the box.
Here's Jose Cruz. He's won for two tonight with a walk and a stolen base.
Uptand a batter.
Billy's lead at three to one.
Cedeno not being held and there he goes. The pitch is high. A ball through to second. It bounces and he's safe.
Second stolen base to the ball game for Cedeno and overall the third steal in this game for Houston.
Stolen base number 12 for him, Chris.
You know, you said what happened, Andy. He was not being held on and he's going to take that every time.
He had a running jump off first base and Bob Boone made a strong throw down there.
There was no way he was going to get him. No, he just had a running jump off first.
One ball to count to Cruz.
Lonnie stretches. Here's the pitch. Foul ball out of play off the third base side.
In the bullpen, McGraw, the left-hander, Reid, the right-hander continue to warm up.
Ninth inning and the Phillies lead at three to one. Lomborgue needs three outs to nail it down.
Stretching the pitch to Cruz. Breaking ball, tap back to Lomborgue.
He will hold the runner at second throw to first in time.
Good fielding play by Lonnie and he's made a couple of them here tonight. That's the first out.
Up to the plate now, Bob Watson and he's 0 for 3.
Lomborgue bidding to become the first Phillies four-game winner this year.
Lonnie will go for the Cardinals tonight, Rick Rodin for the Dodgers, and a game at Los Angeles.
Fastball to Watson is high inside ball one. Watson, the Astro-RBI leader with 19.
Cedeno's at second. There's one out. The Phillies have a two-run lead.
Stretched by Lonnie in the pitch. Swing and a miss.
In one to Bob Watson, right-handed batter.
Lonnie takes a look at Cedeno. The pitch to Watson, ground ball, foul outside of third.
Ball and two strikes to the right-handed batting first baseman of Houston with a career 300 batting average.
Watson is what you call a tough out. Had an infield hit last night to drive in a run in that 4-1 seventh for the Astros.
Lomborgue at the belt. Here's the pitch to Watson. Just a little low. Two and two to count.
Lonnie has his sign from Boone. Stretching the pitch to Watson. A ball chopped slowly toward shortstop.
Tough play for Boa. Gets it. Throws. In time for the out.
Advancing to third on the play is Cedeno. That was a tough play for Larry because he had to hustle in and he had to throw on the run, which is never easy.
That's also one of those plays where Lomborgue really got in on Bob Watson.
He hit the ball on the end of the bat and had that crazy spin on it going out there.
When Larry got the first hop, it took a crazy little bounce to his left and he had to stretch out and get it and then get the ball and get himself under control and throw Watson out.
It's a good play by Boa.
So two down and here is Art Howe with the plate. He is 0-3. Howe does have some power. He has three home runs this year.
Lomborgue from the full windup. Ground ball headed for the hole. Short hop by Schmidt. His throw. In time the ball game is over and Lomborgue goes the distance.
For the Astros in the ninth inning, no runs, one hit, one man left on base. Phillies win this ball game 3-1 and a case of tasty cake to Jim Lomborgue for his route going performance and one to the Lafayette School.
And we'll be back with the wrap up in just a moment.
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Jim Lomborg, the Phillies pitcher that the team was most concerned about in spring training this year, would become the first four-game winner on the staff this season.
Lonnie is four and two following his first root-going performance of the year tonight for the Phillies in beating the Astros 3-1.
And the only guy that hurt him was Cesar Cedeno, who had two of the five hits that Lonnie gave up, including a home run, which is, of course, the only run that the Astros scored.
The key hit for the Phillies was a two-run homer by Jim Morrison. And he will be Rich Ashburn's guest on the Tasty Cake wrap-up show that follows.
Chris, do you have a comment before we wrap it up?
I just want to add one, Andy, that during the winter he always talked about Jim Lomborg. He's always gotten off to good starts when he's pitching well.
And all of us who watched Jim Lomborg since he's been with the Phillies the last five years felt that if he was healthy, he would show it in April and May this year and get off to the quick start.
And that's exactly what he's done. He's pitched very, very well almost every time out so far.
He's perfectly healthy and he's really giving the Phillies a good season so far. And it's really a big plus for the club. And he got some great defensive help from his infielders tonight.
Here are the totals on this ball game. Played in two hours and nine minutes in front of 20,096 at Veterans Stadium.
The Phillies had three runs, six hits, no errors. They left seven men on base.
The Astros had one run, five hits, no errors. Five men left on base.
Lonnie the distance for his fourth victory. He walked only two and he struck out three.
The losing pitcher Mark Lemongelo. He's 0-3 lifetime against the Phillies.
This year he is 2-4. Lemongelo went the first seven innings, giving up six hits in all three runs.
And San Vito pitched the final inning for Houston.
The first career home run for Jim Morrison tonight.
And Rich Ashburn will be talking with him in just a moment.
Cesar Cedeno, the only home run for Houston and the only run on the board for Houston.
So a fine ball game and the Phillies and the Astros split this series one game aside.
And tomorrow the Phillies will be up against the Cincinnati Reds, Tom Sieber and Steve Crowden at 7.35 tomorrow night.
Maureen Shaughnessy has been our engineer for tonight's game. Our executive producer is Steve Silverman.
The Phillies baseball is a presentation of the Philadelphia Phillies.
And so for Harry Callis, Rich Ashburn and Chris Wheeler, Andy Musser saying so long from veteran stadium where the Phillies have beaten the Astros 3-1.
This is the Phillies baseball network.
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