Astros @ Phillies
August 21, 1976

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Astros 4 6 2
Phillies 6 9 0
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Astros 4 6 2
Phillies 6 10 0

Jay Johnstone Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .346
OBP .667 .396
At Bats 3 315
Hits 2 109
• Singles 1 72
• Doubles 1 31
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 2 46

Gene Pentz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 3
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Veterans Stadium - August 21, 1976
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Single
Gene Pentz
Cliff Johnson
Bob Watson
Rob Andrews
Jerry DaVanon
Roger Metzger
Leon Roberts
Cesar Cedeno
Wilbur Howard
Jay Johnstone
Mike Schmidt
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schmidt moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Luzinski hits a line drive towards third. DaVanon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gene Pentz now pitching. Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. DaVanon juggles the ball. That's an error on DaVanon.
Top 7 Jose Cruz pinch hits for J.R. Richard. Cruz 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 7 Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Luzinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 DaVanon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ron Reed now pitching. Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tolan scores.
Bottom 6 Taylor bunts towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tolan moves to third.
Bottom 6 Tony Taylor pinch hits for Larry Christenson. There goes Tolan. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Tolan steals second.
Bottom 6 Rob Andrews now playing second base. Jerry DaVanon now playing third base. Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields the ball and throws to Richard covering. Safe.
Top 6 Roberts strikes out.
Top 6 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to home to get Cabell. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cabell moves to third.
Top 6 There goes Cabell. The throw from Boone and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Top 6 Larry Christenson now pitching. Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Boone strikes out.
Bottom 5 Maddox hits a line drive into right field. Howard picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Howard. Bowa scores. Johnstone goes all the way around to score. Maddox moves to second.
Bottom 5 Johnstone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it and throws to second for the out. Cash scores. Bowa moves to third.
Bottom 5 Luzinski takes first base on ball four. Hutton scores. Cash moves to third. Bowa moves to second.
Bottom 5 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bowa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hutton moves to third. Cash moves to second.
Bottom 5 Cash hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hutton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Tom Hutton pinch hits for Jim Kaat. Hutton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howard hits a line drive towards second. Cash catches it and tags Richard out, for the double play.
Top 5 Richard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Metzger scores.
Top 5 Metzger hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. Metzger reaches second base with a double. DaVanon scores.
Top 5 DaVanon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Maddox. DaVanon reaches second base with a double. Roberts goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Johnson strikes out.
Top 5 Roberts takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Tolan hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boone strikes out.
Bottom 4 Maddox hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. DaVanon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnstone hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Howard. Johnstone reaches second base with a double. Schmidt scores. Luzinski moves to third.
Bottom 4 Luzinski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schmidt moves to second.
Bottom 4 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cedeno 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 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bowa hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaat strikes out.
Top 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bowa scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Richard strikes out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Richard covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Maddox. The throw from Johnson and he is safe. Maddox steals second.
Bottom 2 Maddox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnstone moves to third.
Bottom 2 Johnstone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Luzinski hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DaVanon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Tolan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DaVanon for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Roberts hits a popup towards short. Bowa settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Watson hits a line drive into center field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Roberts settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bowa hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cash hits a fly ball into right field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Johnstone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.