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Tuesday September 16, 1980
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Pushing across a run in the seventh inning, the Padres edged the Astros, 4-3. The game was tied, 3-3, when Gene Richards singled to open the seventh, went to second on a sacrifice by Ozzie Smith and scored on a double by Jerry Mumphrey. [The Sporting News]


San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 3

Game Played on Tuesday, September 16, 1980 (Night game) at Astrodome

Padres       3  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4 12  3
Astros       0  2  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  6  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards lf           5   2   2   0     0   0   .301      Landestoy 2b          4   0   2   2     0   0   .249
Smith ss              4   1   1   0     0   1   .235      Cabell 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .275
Mumphrey cf           5   1   3   2     0   1   .296      Cruz lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .312
Bass 1b               3   0   2   1     0   0   .320      Cedeno cf             2   0   1   0     1   0   .315
  Winfield ph,rf      0   0   0   0     1   0   .275        Leonard pr,cf       1   1   0   0     0   0   .211
Perkins rf            3   0   2   1     0   0   .459      Howe 1b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .275
  Tenace ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .218        Walling ph,1b       0   0   0   0     1   0   .307
Salazar 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .343      Woods rf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .375
Fahey c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .232        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flannery 2b           3   0   2   0     1   1   .252        Morgan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Curtis p              3   0   0   0     0   1   .164        Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Pujols c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .198
                                                            Bergman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
                                                          Reynolds ss           2   1   0   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Gonzalez ph,ss      1   0   0   0     0   0   .120
                                                            Heep ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
                                                          Ruhle p               1   1   0   0     1   1   .289
                                                            Loucks rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Puhl ph,rf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .279

Totals               35   4  12   4     2   4             Totals               33   3   6   3     3   2

Time of Game: 2:57   Attendance: 20,383
Left on Base: Padres 8, Astros 6
DP: Padres 1, Astros 2
Errors: Smith, Mumphrey, Curtis, Reynolds
Doubles: Perkins (9), Mumphrey (21), Landestoy (13), Cedeno (31)
Stolen Bases: Mumphrey (44), Salazar (7), Landestoy (21)
Caught Stealing: Perkins (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Curtis (5), Smith (20)
GIDP: Richards (8)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Curtis W(8-8)           7.2   6   3   1   2   2   0  31   3.57
Fingers SV(21)          1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.85
Totals                  9     6   3   1   3   2   0  36

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle L(9-4)            6.1  12   4   4   1   1   0  30   2.69
Sambito                 1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   2.17
Smith                   1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.21
Totals                  9    12   4   4   2   4   0  39

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Andy Olsen, 3B - Nick Colosi


PADRES 1ST: Richards singled to center; Smith singled to right
[Richards to third]; Mumphrey singled to center [Richards
scored, Smith to third]; Mumphrey stole second; Bass singled to
shortstop [Smith scored, Mumphrey to third]; Perkins singled to
right [Mumphrey scored, Bass to second]; Salazar forced Perkins
(shortstop to second) [Bass to third]; Salazar stole second;
Fahey grounded out (first to pitcher); Flannery was walked
intentionally; Curtis forced Salazar (third unassisted); 3 R, 5
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell
singled to center; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Cabell
to second]; Cedeno walked; Howe grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 0.

PADRES 2ND: Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith
struck out; Mumphrey singled to third; Bass grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Woods lined to third; Pujols grounded out (shortstop
to first); Reynolds reached on an error by Smith [Reynolds to
first]; Ruhle walked [Reynolds to second]; Landestoy doubled to
left [Reynolds scored (unearned), Ruhle scored (unearned)];
Cabell grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 2.

PADRES 3RD: Perkins doubled to left; Salazar grounded out
(second to first) [Perkins to third]; Perkins was caught
stealing home (catcher to third); Fahey made an out to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Cruz was called out on strikes; Cedeno grounded out
(second to first); Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 2.

PADRES 4TH: Flannery singled to right; Curtis reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Flannery to second];
Richards grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to
second) [Flannery to third, Curtis out at second]; Smith
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Woods flied out to right; Pujols grounded out
(shortstop to first); Reynolds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 2.

PADRES 5TH: Mumphrey flied out to left; Bass singled to right;
Perkins reached on an error by Reynolds [Bass to third, Perkins
to second]; Salazar hit into a double play (left to catcher)
[Bass out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Ruhle struck out; Landestoy singled to center;
Landestoy stole second; Landestoy was picked off second but was
safe on an error by Curtis [Landestoy to third]; Cabell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 2.

PADRES 6TH: Fahey grounded out (first to pitcher); Flannery
singled to center [Flannery out at second (center to first to
second)]; Curtis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno doubled to center; LEONARD RAN FOR CEDENO;
Howe grounded out (second to first) [Leonard to third]; Woods
singled to center [Leonard scored, Woods to second (error by
Mumphrey)]; Pujols lined into a double play (shortstop to
second) [Woods out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3,
Astros 3.

PADRES 7TH: LEONARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Richards
singled to right; Smith out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Richards to second]; Mumphrey doubled to left [Richards
scored]; SAMBITO REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); LOUCKS REPLACED
RUHLE (PLAYING RF); WINFIELD BATTED FOR BASS; Winfield was
walked intentionally; TENACE BATTED FOR PERKINS; Tenace popped
to first in foul territory; Salazar made an out to shortstop; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: TENACE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WINFIELD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GONZALEZ BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Gonzalez
flied out to center; PUHL BATTED FOR LOUCKS; Puhl flied out to
left; Landestoy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 4, Astros 3.

PADRES 8TH: PUHL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); GONZALEZ STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Fahey flied out to right; Flannery was called
out on strikes; Curtis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: Cabell singled to center; Cruz flied out to center;
Leonard grounded out (second to first) [Cabell to second];
FINGERS REPLACED CURTIS (PITCHING); WALLING BATTED FOR HOWE;
Walling walked; MORGAN BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Morgan flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 4, Astros 3.

PADRES 9TH: SMITH REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); WALLING STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Richards flied out to left; Smith grounded
out (second to first); Mumphrey struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: BERGMAN BATTED FOR PUJOLS; Bergman grounded out
(third to first); HEEP BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; Heep lined to first;
Puhl grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 4, Astros 3.



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