Astros @ Phillies
August 20, 1977

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Top 8 R H E
Astros 4 10 2
Phillies 4 6 3
Top 8 R H E
Astros 4 10 2
Phillies 4 6 3

Rob Sperring Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .219
OBP .333 .269
At Bats 2 96
Hits 1 21
• Singles 1 17
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 2 9

Tug McGraw Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 2 6
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Veterans Stadium - August 20, 1977
•
Strikeout
Tug McGraw
Bob Boone
Richie Hebner
Ted Sizemore
Mike Schmidt
Larry Bowa
Greg Luzinski
Bake McBride
Jay Johnstone
Rob Sperring
Joe Ferguson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Sperring strikes out.

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