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Houston Astros @ Philadelphia Phillies

1970-06-17 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 6767 · night · 2:24

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Houston Astros 4–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 1st. Woodie Fryman earned the win and Barry Lersch picked up the save. Oscar Gamble went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8
PHI	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1		4	9

W: Woodie Fryman L: Larry Dierker SV: Barry Lersch

Umpires — HP: Mel Steiner · 1B: Bill Williams · 2B: Nick Colosi · 3B: Tom Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hector Torres	4	0	2	1	0	1
Denis Menke	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tommy Davis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Watson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Doug Rader	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jesus Alou	4	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Edwards	2	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Dierker	3	0	0	0	0	3
Norm Miller	1	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Martinez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	3	1	1	0	1	0
Larry Bowa	4	1	1	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble	4	1	3	1	0	0
Deron Johnson	4	0	2	1	0	2
Ron Stone	4	0	1	1	0	1
Byron Browne	4	0	0	0	0	2
Terry Harmon	2	0	1	0	2	0
Doc Edwards	4	0	0	0	0	0
Woodie Fryman	3	0	0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Dierker	8.0	9	3	7

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Woodie Fryman	7.2	6	2	8
Barry Lersch	1.1	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Hector Torres: K/C
Denis Menke: 63
Jim Wynn: K

Bot 1

Tony Taylor: D/89
Larry Bowa: S7.2-H(E7)(NR);B-2
Oscar Gamble: S7.2-H(UR)
Deron Johnson: K
Ron Stone: SB2
Ron Stone: 8
Byron Browne: K

Top 2

Tommy Davis: 9
Bob Watson: K
Doug Rader: K

Bot 2

Terry Harmon: T8/89
Doc Edwards: 43
Woodie Fryman: K
Tony Taylor: W
Larry Bowa: 6/P

Top 3

Jesus Alou: S7/G
Johnny Edwards: BK.1-2
Johnny Edwards: 3/G.2-3
Larry Dierker: K
Hector Torres: S9.3-H
Denis Menke: 9

Bot 3

Oscar Gamble: S8
Deron Johnson: K
Ron Stone: 46(1)/FO
Byron Browne: 9

Top 4

Jim Wynn: 4/P
Tommy Davis: 63
Bob Watson: S9/G
Doug Rader: 4(1)/FO

Bot 4

Terry Harmon: W
Doc Edwards: 9(B)3(1)/LDP
Woodie Fryman: K

Top 5

Jesus Alou: 53
Johnny Edwards: W
Larry Dierker: K/C
Hector Torres: 13

Bot 5

Tony Taylor: 6/P
Larry Bowa: 43
Oscar Gamble: S6
Deron Johnson: D7.1-H
Ron Stone: K

Top 6

Denis Menke: S8/G
Jim Wynn: 53.1-2
Tommy Davis: D7.2-H
Bob Watson: K/C
Doug Rader: 6/P

Bot 6

Byron Browne: 8/8D
Terry Harmon: 31
Doc Edwards: 63

Top 7

Jesus Alou: 63
Johnny Edwards: 43
Larry Dierker: K

Bot 7

Woodie Fryman: 6/P
Tony Taylor: 63
Larry Bowa: E3.B-1
Oscar Gamble: CS2(24)

Top 8

Hector Torres: S7.BX2(74)
Denis Menke: 3/FL
Jim Wynn: W
Tommy Davis: PO1(E1).1-3
Tommy Davis: 13

Bot 8

Oscar Gamble: 7
Deron Johnson: D9
Ron Stone: S8.2-H
Byron Browne: WP.1-2
Byron Browne: K
Terry Harmon: IW
Doc Edwards: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Bob Watson: 3/FL
Doug Rader: S4
Jesus Alou: 6/P
Norm Miller: S8.1-3
Marty Martinez: SB2
Marty Martinez: 43