The Astros gained their fourth straight victory as Joe Niekro hurled a five-hitter and Joe Morgan slammed a pair of run-scoring doubles for a 3-0 victory over the Giants. Morgan's third-inning double followed a single and stolen base by Terry Puhl. Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 0Game Played on Saturday, June 7, 1980 (Night game) at AstrodomeGiants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Astros 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 x - 3 10 0 Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG North cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Landestoy ss,2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .239 Holland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Puhl cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .293 Strain 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Morgan 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .221 Lavelle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reynolds ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .199 Herndon cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Cruz lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .326 Clark rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Walling rf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .275 Evans 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Cabell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Whitfield lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Howe 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .239 Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Ashby c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .263 May c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .241 LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Whitson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .043 Stennett ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Totals 31 0 5 0 0 5 Totals 30 3 10 3 2 2 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 42,263 Left on Base: Giants 5, Astros 5 DP: Giants 0, Astros 0 Errors: Murray Doubles: Morgan 2 (6) Triples: Landestoy (3) Stolen Bases: Murray (1), Cabell (8), Puhl (9) Caught Stealing: Cruz (5) Sacrifice Hits: Whitson (4) Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Whitson L(2-7) 5 9 3 3 2 1 0 23 3.76 Lavelle 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 2.89 Holland 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.76 Totals 8 10 3 3 2 2 0 32 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(6-4) 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 32 3.32 Totals 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 32 Umpires: HP - Frank Pulli, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt GIANTS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Strain flied to right in foul territory; Clark struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy grounded out (first to pitcher); Puhl grounded out (first unassisted); Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 2ND: Evans popped to third in foul territory; Whitfield struck out; Murray grounded out (third to first); Debut game for Rich Murray; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz singled to shortstop; Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Walling singled to left; Cabell forced Walling (shortstop to second) [Cabell to first (error by Murray; assist by Strain)]; Cabell stole second; Howe walked; Ashby grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. GIANTS 3RD: May made an out to shortstop; LeMaster singled to third; Whitson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [LeMaster to second]; North reached on a fielder's choice [LeMaster out at third (third to second to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Niekro made an out to second; Landestoy struck out; Puhl singled to left; Puhl stole second; Morgan doubled to center [Puhl scored]; Cruz singled to center [Morgan out at home (center to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1. GIANTS 4TH: Strain grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark made an out to first; Evans grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Walling singled to center; Cabell grounded out (third to first) [Walling to second]; Howe flied out to center; Ashby was walked intentionally; Niekro flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1. GIANTS 5TH: Whitfield singled to left; Murray forced Whitfield (third to second); Murray stole second; May flied out to left; LeMaster grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Landestoy tripled to center; Puhl grounded out (first unassisted); Morgan doubled to left [Landestoy scored]; Cruz flied out to left; Walling singled to center [Morgan scored, Walling out at second (center to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 6TH: STENNETT BATTED FOR WHITSON; Stennett singled to center; North singled to center [Stennett to second]; Strain flied out to left; Clark popped to catcher in foul territory; Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: LAVELLE REPLACED STRAIN (PITCHING); STENNETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cabell grounded out (second to first); Howe made an out to first; Ashby made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 7TH: Whitfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray struck out; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: Niekro struck out; Landestoy grounded out (first to pitcher); Puhl lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 8TH: LeMaster flied out to center; Stennett flied out to right; North struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: HOLLAND REPLACED NORTH (PITCHING); HERNDON REPLACED LAVELLE (PLAYING CF); Morgan singled to right; Morgan was picked off first (pitcher to first); Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Walling flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. GIANTS 9TH: LANDESTOY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); REYNOLDS REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING SS); Herndon struck out; Clark lined to shortstop; Evans singled to center; Whitfield flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Giants 0, Astros 3. |
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