1972 NL Game of Note: Hou.at Phi.

June 7, 1972

Philadelphia outfielder Greg Luzinski had a big game for the hometown Phillies, blasting 3 homeruns in a 8-1 victory over the Houston Astros. Pitcher Steve Carlton had a fine game himself, allowing 1 run, striking out 10 and picking up his 8th win of the season.

BOXSCORE: 1972 Houston Astros At 1972 Philadelphia Phillies          6/7/1972
 
  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Metzger SS        3  0  0  0 .248     L.Bowa SS           4  1  0  0 .259  
  J.Alou RF           4  0  2  0 .378     T.Harmon 2B         4  0  1  2 .189  
  C.Cedeno CF         4  1  3  0 .384     D.Money 3B          4  1  1  0 .227  
  L.May 1B            4  0  0  0 .279     G.Luzinski LF       4  3  3  4 .319  
  B.Watson LF         3  0  1  1 .251     R.Freed RF          4  0  1  0 .192  
  D.Rader 3B          2  0  0  0 .287     D.Johnson 1B        4  1  1  0 .235  
  L.Howard C          4  0  0  0 .188     B.Browne CF         4  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Stewart 2B        4  0  1  0 .184     M.Ryan C            3  2  2  1 .179  
  J.Reuss P           2  0  1  0 .182     S.Carlton P         4  0  2  1 .222  
A-J.Wynn PH           1  0  0  0 .247                                          
  J.Gibbon P          0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-T.Helms PH          1  0  0  0 .248                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  1  8  1                 Totals      35  8 11  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Reuss In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Gibbon In 9th Inning
 
Astros.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  8  0
Phillies........ 2 0 1  3 0 0  1 1    -  8 11  0
 
Astros (21-26)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.Reuss LOSS(4-5)         6       9   6   6   1   7   2   4.22
J.Gibbon                  2       2   2   2   1   0   1  13.50
Totals                    8      11   8   8   2   7   3
 
Phillies (23-23)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Carlton WIN(8-3)        9       8   1   1   3  10   0   1.54
Totals                    9       8   1   1   3  10   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 21,299 DATE- Wednesday, June 7th 1972 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- John Kilber, Nick Colosi, Satch Davidson, Ed Sudol
T- 2:04
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 8  Phillies: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0  Phillies: 2
DOUBLES- C.Cedeno-3(18th), T.Harmon(5th), D.Money(5th), R.Freed(2nd),
         M.Ryan(1st), S.Carlton
TRIPLES- D.Johnson(2nd)
HOME RUNS- G.Luzinski-3(10th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- B.Watson
WALKS- R.Metzger, D.Rader-2, L.Bowa, M.Ryan
STRIKE OUTS- R.Metzger, B.Watson, D.Rader-2, L.Howard-3, J.Stewart, J.Reuss,
             J.Wynn, G.Luzinski, R.Freed, D.Johnson, B.Browne-3, S.Carlton
GIDP- J.Alou
BALKS- J.Gibbon
2-out RBI- G.Luzinski-4, T.Harmon-2, S.Carlton
RLISP 2-out- L.May-2, D.Johnson, L.Bowa-2, D.Money, L.Howard
WEB GEMS- Bot 6th: Jimmy Stewart robbed Steve Carlton of a base hit.
 
Steve Carlton mowed down 10 Houston batters and left fielder Greg Luzinski
rocketed 3 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Philadelphia Phillies outscored the
Houston Astros 8 to 1.
 
Luzinski was in a groove all evening.  He popped a two-run clout over the
fence in the 1st inning, cracked a solo homerun in the 3rd inning and blasted
a solo shot in the 7th inning.  Philadelphia had 11 hits for the night.
 
Carlton(8-3) got the victory, allowing 1 run for the game. The loss was
charged to Jerry Reuss(4-5).  Harry Walker was upset after the game.  'I
don't like to complain but did you see that umpires strike zone?', he said.
'Maybe they ought to start calling the strike zone the way it's printed in
the rule book.'