Vida Blue gained his sixth straight victory when a suicide squeeze bunt by Johnnie LeMaster enabled the Giants to defeat the Astros, 3-2. The Giants scored their initial pair in the first inning on a single by Bill North, double by Willie McCovey and single by Darrell Evans.

After the Astros pulled even with homers by Jose Cruz and Art Howe in the fourth, Terry Whitfield opened the Giants' sixth with a single and took third on a single by Milt May before scoring the winning run on LeMaster's bunt. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 3, Houston Astros 2
Game Played on Friday, May       30, 1980 (Night game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Giants       2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   3 10  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landestoy 2b          2   0   1   0     2   0   .217      North cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .277
Gonzalez ss           4   0   0   0     0   3   .094      Strain 2b             4   1   0   0     0   0   .283
xPuhl cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Clark rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Cruz lf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .331      McCovey 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .190
Cabell 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .301      Evans 3b              2   0   1   1     2   0   .268
Howe 1b               3   1   2   1     0   0   .232      Whitfield lf          4   1   3   0     0   1   .250
Leonard rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .216      May c                 4   0   2   0     0   0   .263
Pujols c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .174      LeMaster ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .236
Forsch p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Blue p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .133
  Morgan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   5   2     2   7             Totals               32   3  10   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 10,511
Left on Base: Astros 3, Giants 8
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: McCovey
Doubles: McCovey (6)
Home Runs: Cruz (2), Howe (1)
Caught Stealing: Landestoy 2 (3), Cabell (5)
Sacrifice Hits: LeMaster (2)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(5-4)           7    10   3   3   1   2   0  31   3.24
Sambito                 1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   2.08
Totals                  8    10   3   3   2   3   0  35

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(8-2)             9     5   2   2   2   7   2  32   2.89
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   7   2  32

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Andy Olsen, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Fred Brocklander


ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy walked; Landestoy was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Gonzalez struck out; Puhl reached
on interference by McCovey; Cruz grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: North singled to catcher; Strain forced North
(pitcher to shortstop); Clark made an out to second; McCovey
doubled to left [Strain scored]; Evans singled to right [McCovey
scored, Evans to second (on throw to home)]; Whitfield singled
to second [Evans out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Cabell struck out; Howe grounded out (shortstop to
first); Leonard flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: May singled to right; LeMaster singled to center
[May to second]; On a bunt Blue forced May (first to third)
[LeMaster to second]; North lined to third; Strain forced
LeMaster (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0,
Giants 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Pujols grounded out (pitcher to first); Forsch
grounded out (third to first); Landestoy walked; Gonzalez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 3RD: Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); McCovey
grounded out (first to pitcher); Evans walked; Whitfield singled
to left [Evans to second]; May flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Puhl made an out to second; Cruz homered; Cabell
flied out to center; Howe homered; Leonard lined to pitcher; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 4TH: LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Blue struck
out; North grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Pujols flied out to right; Forsch struck out;
Landestoy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 5TH: Strain grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark
grounded out (shortstop to first); McCovey lined to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Gonzalez was called out on strikes; Puhl flied out
to center; Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: Evans grounded out (pitcher to first); Whitfield
singled to right; May singled to right [Whitfield to third];
LeMaster out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Whitfield
scored, May to second]; Blue struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Cabell singled to right; Cabell was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Howe singled to shortstop; Leonard
struck out; Pujols struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2,
Giants 3.

GIANTS 7TH: North singled to shortstop; Strain forced North
(first to shortstop); Clark made an out to first; McCovey lined
to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 3.

ASTROS 8TH: MORGAN BATTED FOR FORSCH; Morgan flied out to left;
Landestoy singled to right; Gonzalez struck out while Landestoy
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 3.

GIANTS 8TH: SAMBITO REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); Evans walked;
Whitfield struck out; May flied out to center; LeMaster flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Puhl made an out to shortstop; Cruz flied out to
left; Cabell made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
2, Giants 3.