1975 NLDS, Game 5: Houston Astros At Manchester Minutemen          10/12/1975
  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Minutemen          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  V.Joshua CF,RF      3  1  0  0 .091     R.Garr LF           5  0  1  0 .227  
  L.Bowa SS           3  0  1  0 .263     M.Sanguillen C      3  0  2  0 .450  
  L.Hisle RF          2  0  0  1 .375     D.Parker RF         4  0  1  0 .318  
  G.Jackson P         0  0  0  0 ----     C.Yastrzemski 1B    4  0  1  0 .333  
  G.Garber P          0  0  0  0 ----     H.Torres SS         4  0  0  0 .200  
  G.Foster LF         3  0  0  0 .333     M.Perez 2B          3  0  0  0 .278  
  G.Tenace C          3  0  0  0 .176     D.Chalk 3B          3  0  0  0 .200  
  B.Bell 3B           4  1  1  0 .438     P.Blair CF          3  0  0  0 .222  
  J.Spencer 1B        2  1  1  1 .167     J.Billingham P      2  0  0  0 .250  
  M.Trillo 2B         4  0  0  0 .118   A-B.Mitchell PH       1  0  0  0 .500  
  S.Rogers P          3  0  1  1 .250     M.Cosgrove P        0  0  0  0 ----  
B-C.Cedeno CF         0  0  0  0 .385   C-B.Buckner PH        1  0  0  0 .250  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      27  3  4  3                 Totals      33  0  5  0
A-Pinch Hit For Billingham In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Rogers In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Cosgrove In 9th Inning
Astros.......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 1 1  -  3  4  1
Minutemen....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  5  0
Astros (3-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Rogers WIN(1-1)         7       5   0   0   2   4   0 103   3.21
G.Jackson HOLD(3rd)       0 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.00
G.Garber SAVE(2nd)        1 1/3   0   0   0   2   2   0  25   0.00
Totals                    9       5   0   0   4   8   0
Minutemen (2-3)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
J.Billingham LOSS(0-2)    7       3   1   1   4   2   0 111   3.65
M.Cosgrove                2       1   2   2   1   0   0  41   6.75
Totals                    9       4   3   3   5   2   0
ATTENDANCE- 42,869 DATE- Sunday, October 12th 1975 TIME- Day 
T- 2:02
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 5  Minutemen:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0  Minutemen: 1
ERRORS- B.Bell
DOUBLES- J.Spencer(1st), C.Yastrzemski(3rd)
TRIPLES- B.Bell(1st)
RBIs- L.Hisle(4th), J.Spencer(1st), S.Rogers
SACRIFICE HITS- L.Bowa
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Hisle, J.Spencer
WALKS- V.Joshua, L.Hisle, G.Foster, G.Tenace, J.Spencer, M.Sanguillen, M.Perez,
       D.Chalk, P.Blair
STRIKE OUTS- M.Trillo, S.Rogers, R.Garr, D.Parker-3, C.Yastrzemski, H.Torres,
             J.Billingham, B.Mitchell
GIDP- G.Tenace
WILD PITCHES- J.Billingham, M.Cosgrove
RLISP 2-out- B.Bell-2, D.Chalk-2, D.Parker, R.Garr
Steve Rogers(1-1) and Jack Billingham(0-2) dueled it out with Rogers and the
Houston Astros coming out on top of the Manchester Minutemen by the score of
3 to 0.
Houston took the lead for good in the 2nd inning scoring a single run
utilizing 2 base hits.  Jim Spencer doubled.  After an out was recorded,
Rogers stepped in and he stroked a single.  The early run support proved
sufficient for Rogers and Houston.  That was all the run support Rogers
required.  Houston had only 4 hits for the afternoon.  
Gene Garber recorded his 2nd save.