A pinch-double by Jeff Leonard in the ninth inning drove in Scott Loucks and gave the Astros a 3-2 victory over the Giants. Loucks ran for Luis Pujols, who drew a walk to open the stanza. Rafael Landestoy sacrificed before Leonard delivered the deciding double. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 3, San Francisco Giants 2
Game Played on Saturday, September 20, 1980 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  1  -   3 12  0
Giants       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morgan 2b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .244      Venable rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Cabell 3b             5   0   2   0     0   1   .274        Bourjos ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Puhl rf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .282      Herndon cf            4   1   3   0     0   1   .255
Cruz lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .312      Evans 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .261
Cedeno cf             4   0   3   1     0   0   .315      May c                 3   0   0   0     1   1   .260
Bergman 1b            3   1   1   0     1   1   .282      Whitfield lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .298
Ashby c               2   0   1   0     0   1   .242      Murray 1b             3   0   1   1     1   1   .210
  Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .353      Pettini ss            3   0   0   0     0   2   .233
  Pujols c            1   0   1   0     0   0   .201        Lavelle p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Loucks pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .333      Sularz 2b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .226
  Bochy c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .182        Clark ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Reynolds ss           2   0   1   1     0   0   .220      Whitson p             2   1   1   0     0   1   .098
  Landestoy ph,ss     1   0   0   0     0   0   .247        LeMaster ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .216
Ryan p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .076        Wohlford ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .278
  Howe ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .272
  Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Leonard ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .213
  Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3  12   3     3   6             Totals               34   2   9   2     3   9

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 16,770
Left on Base: Astros 8, Giants 8
DP: Astros 2, Giants 2
Doubles: Cabell (20), Bergman (6), Leonard (7), Venable (3)
Stolen Bases: Evans (16)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno 2 (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Ryan (3), Landestoy (6)
GIDP: Puhl (3), Bourjos (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan                    6     9   2   2   2   6   0  28   3.38
Smith W(7-5)            2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   2.14
Sambito SV(17)          1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.05
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   9   0  37

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Whitson                 5.1   8   1   1   3   2   0  24   2.96
Lavelle L(6-7)          3.2   4   2   2   0   4   0  14   3.16
Totals                  9    12   3   3   3   6   0  38

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


ASTROS 1ST: Morgan singled to right; Morgan was picked off first
(pitcher to first); Cabell doubled to left; Puhl grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Venable grounded out (first unassisted); Herndon
singled to right; Evans flied out to left; May flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Bergman flied out to left; Ashby
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Whitfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray
singled to right; Pettini struck out; Sularz singled to
shortstop [Murray to second]; Whitson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Ryan struck
out; Morgan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Venable doubled to right; Herndon singled to first
[Venable to third]; Evans hit into a double play (first to
shortstop to catcher) [Evans to first, Venable out at home,
Herndon out at second]; Evans stole second; May walked;
Whitfield struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell singled to left; Puhl grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Cabell out at second]; Cruz
walked; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Murray flied out to center; Pettini was called out
on strikes; Sularz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Bergman doubled to left; Ashby singled to shortstop
[Bergman to third]; Reynolds singled to right [Bergman scored,
Ashby to second]; Ryan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Ashby to third, Reynolds to second]; Morgan was walked
intentionally; Cabell made an out to shortstop; Puhl flied out
to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Whitson singled to left; Venable flied out to left;
Herndon singled to right [Whitson to third]; Evans singled to
left [Whitson scored, Herndon to second]; May flied out to left;
Whitfield singled to third [Herndon to third, Evans to second];
Murray walked [Herndon scored, Evans to third, Whitfield to
second]; Pettini flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Cruz flied out to center; Cedeno singled to
shortstop; Bergman walked [Cedeno to second]; LAVELLE REPLACED
PETTINI (PITCHING); LEMASTER REPLACED WHITSON (PLAYING SS);
WOODS BATTED FOR ASHBY; Woods struck out while Cedeno was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 6TH: PUJOLS REPLACED WOODS (PLAYING C ); Sularz flied out
to right; LeMaster struck out; Venable grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 7TH: LANDESTOY BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Landestoy grounded
out (shortstop to first); HOWE BATTED FOR RYAN; Howe grounded
out (third to first); Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 2.

GIANTS 7TH: LANDESTOY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SMITH
REPLACED HOWE (PITCHING); Herndon struck out; Evans grounded out
(second to first); May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Giants 2.

ASTROS 8TH: Cabell was called out on strikes; Puhl singled to
right; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Puhl to second];
Cedeno singled to left [Puhl scored]; Bergman struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 2.

GIANTS 8TH: Whitfield flied out to right; Murray struck out;
Lavelle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 2.

ASTROS 9TH: Pujols singled to shortstop; LOUCKS RAN FOR PUJOLS;
Landestoy out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Loucks to
second]; LEONARD BATTED FOR SMITH; Leonard doubled to left
[Loucks scored]; Morgan flied out to center; Cabell flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 2.

GIANTS 9TH: BOCHY REPLACED LOUCKS (PLAYING C ); SAMBITO REPLACED
LEONARD (PITCHING); CLARK BATTED FOR SULARZ; Clark made an out
to second; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Wohlford walked;
BOURJOS BATTED FOR VENABLE; Bourjos grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Wohlford out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Giants 2.