1972 Astros at 1929 Athletics

Don Wilson vs Lefty Grove

The Astros get 3 unearned runs off Grove with two of them coming on a Don Wilson triple.

        R   H   E
Astros  5   6   0
A's     3  11   3

WP - Wilson
LP - Grove

1929 Athletics vs 1980 Astros

George Earnshaw vs Vern Ruhle

Earnshaw allows 8 hits and walks 3 while striking out 9 for the complete game victory.

            R    H    E 
Athletics   8   11    0
Astros      3    8    1

WP - Earnshaw
LP - Ruhle

1983 Braves at 1983 Astros

Pascual Perez vs. Joe Niekro

Jose Cruz drives in 4 runs to lead the Astros past the Braves.

        R   H   E
Braves  2  11   1 
Astros  5   8   0

WP - Niekro
LP - Perez

1969 Astros at 1969 Mets

Larry Dierker vs. Tom Seaver

Dierker and Seaver both pitch well, but the Astros get two unearned runs to claim the victory.

        R  H  E
Astros  2  5  1
Mets    0  6  1

WP - Dierker
LP - Seaver

1877 Hartford vs. 1877 Boston

Hartford (Terry Larkin) at Boston (Tommy Bond)

Joe Start's 10th inning single plated Terry Larkin with the winning run for Hartford.

            R    H   E
Hartford    8   12   8
Boston      7   12   6 


WP - Larkin
LP - Bond

A Day in the Season - 1957 AL

May 1, 1957

Senators (Camilo Pascual) at Indians (Bob Lemon)
The normally sedate Senators blow up for 5 runs in the first en route to a 10-4 thrashing of the Indians.

           R   H   E
Senators  10  12   0
Indians    4   6   2

WP - Pascual
LP - Lemon 

Yankees (Bob Turley) at Tigers (Frank Lary)
Bob Skowron's solo shot in the eighth and Gil McDougald's two run shot in the ninth powered the Yankees past the Tigers.

         R   H   E
Yankees  5  11   0
Tigers   2   9   0

WP - Shantz
LP - Lary

Orioles (Ray Moore) at White Sox (Dixie Howell)
Trailing 3-2, Larry Doby hits a two run homer in the bottom of the seventh to give the White Sox the win.

           R  H  E
Orioles    3  9  1  
White Sox  4  8  0

WP - Gerry Staley
LP - Dixie Howell

Red Sox (Bob Porterfield) at Athletics (Ned Garver)
Garver struggles early, but settles down and pitches a good game. Meanwhile, KC hitters blast 3 home runs off of Red Sox pitchers.

            R    H   E
Red Sox     2    5   0
Athletics   6   10   0

WP - Garver
LP - Porterfield

A Day in the Season - 1953 NL

July 18, 1953

Cincinnati (Baczewski) at Philadelphia (Simmons)
The Phils were down to their last out when Del Ennis blasted a 3 run homer to beat the Reds.

          R    H   E
Reds      5   11   3
Phillies  7    7   0

WP - Konstanty
LP - Nuxhall

Cubs (Warren Hacker) at Giants (Al Worthington)
The Giants jump all over Hacker with a homer by Whitey Lockman and two by Hank Thompson. Trailing 7-1 in the eighth, the Cubs make a furious comeback with 3 runs in the eighth. They add 2 more in the ninth before Al Corwin ended the game by striking out Joe Garagiola with the tying run on the third.

         R    H   E
Cubs     6   13   0
Giants   7    9   0


WP - Worthington
LP - Hacker
Sv - Corwin

Cardinals (Vinegar Bend Mizzell) at Dodgers (Billy Loes)
Gil Hodges pretty much won this game all by himself with a first inning grand slam and a third inning solo shot that accounted for all the Dodger runs.

            R   H  E
Cardinals   4  12  1
Dodgers     5   7  1

WP - Loes
LP - Mizzell
Sv - Labine

Braves (Max Sukront) at Pirates (Murry Dickson)
Max Sukront allowed just 4 hits and Andy Paflko drove in 4 runs as the Braves thump the Pirates.

          R   H   E
Braves    7  10   1
Pirates   0   4   1

WP - Sukront
LP - Dickson

1979 Astros at 1979 Giants

Ken Forsch vs. Bob Knepper

Marc Hill's two run homer in the eighth was the difference in this game.

               R   H   E
Houston        3   9   1
San Francisco  4  10   1

WP - Knepper
LP - Forsch
Sv - Minton

1979 Padres at 1979 Astros

Randy Jones vs. JR Richard

Mike Hargove scored the winning run on Gene Tenace's 12th inning sac fly.

        R   H  E
Padres  5  11  0
Astros  4  18  0

WP - Lee
LP - LaCorte

1979 Astros at 1979 Dodgers

Joaquin Andujar vs Rick Sutcliffe

         R  H  E 
Astros   1  2  0
Dodgers  5  8  0

WP - Sutcliffe
LP - Andujar

Sutcliffe retired 18 of the last 19 Astros he faced for the complete game win.

1979 Braves at 1979 Astros

Phil Niekro vs. Vern Ruhle

           R   H   E
Braves     5   8   0
Astros     0   5   0

WP - Niekro
LP - Ruhle

Phil Niekro dominates the Astros while Jerry Royster and Bob Horner homer for the Braves.

1979 Astros at 1979 Reds

Joe Niekro vs. Mike LaCoss

         R   H   E
Astros   2   5   0
Reds     1   8   1

WP - Niekro
LP - LaCoss
Sv - Sambito

Niekro allowed 8 hits and 3 walks whie striking out 7.