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Yielding only three hits -- none until two out in the eighth inning -- Vern Ruhle pitched the Astros to a 5-1 verdict over the Giants. Gary Woods drove in two of the Astros' runs with a single and double. Art Howe crashed a homer. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 1Game Played on Sunday, September 21, 1980 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 - 5 10 1
Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 3 1
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Venable rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277
Reynolds ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Herndon cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255
Cabell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .275 Evans 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261
Bergman 1b 1 1 0 0 0 0 .278 May c 4 0 0 1 0 1 .257
Cruz lf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .312 Whitfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .314 Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .205
Howe 1b,3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 .275 Sularz 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .212
Woods rf 4 1 2 2 0 1 .368 Strain ph,2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .291
Pujols c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .202 Pettini ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .230
Landestoy ss,2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .247 Wohlford ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .282
Ruhle p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .268 LeMaster ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216
Blue p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .077
Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .289
Holland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Rowland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 5 10 5 4 6 Totals 30 1 3 1 1 5
Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 19,844
Left on Base: Astros 9, Giants 4
DP: Astros 0, Giants 1
Errors: Morgan, Murray
Doubles: Cruz (28), Cabell (21), Woods (5)
Home Runs: Howe (9)
Caught Stealing: Cabell (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Ruhle (4), Blue (7)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Ruhle W(10-4) 9 3 1 1 1 5 0 32 2.58
Totals 9 3 1 1 1 5 0 32
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blue L(14-9) 8 9 4 4 2 6 1 35 2.91
Holland 0.2 1 1 1 2 0 0 5 1.82
Rowland 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.25
Totals 9 10 5 5 4 6 1 41
Umpires: HP - Fred Brocklander, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Lee Weyer
ASTROS 1ST: Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); Cabell
grounded out (third to first); Cruz doubled to right; Cedeno
walked; Howe walked [Cruz to third, Cedeno to second]; Woods
singled to shortstop [Cruz scored, Cedeno to third, Howe to
second]; Pujols struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 1,
Giants 0.
GIANTS 1ST: Venable was called out on strikes; Herndon grounded
out (first unassisted); Evans flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Landestoy flied out to left; Ruhle was called out on
strikes; Morgan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 2ND: May grounded out (third to first); Whitfield flied
out to center; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Cabell singled to right; Cruz struck out while
Cabell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cedeno
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
GIANTS 3RD: Sularz grounded out (third to first); Pettini
reached on an error by Morgan [Pettini to first]; Blue out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Pettini to second]; Venable
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Giants 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Howe homered; Woods struck out; Pujols grounded out
(shortstop to first); Landestoy reached on an error by Murray
[Landestoy to first]; Ruhle flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E,
1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 4TH: Herndon struck out; Evans popped to catcher in foul
territory; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Morgan flied out to center; Cabell doubled to left;
Cruz struck out; Cedeno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 5TH: Whitfield grounded out (second to first); Murray
flied out to right; Sularz lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Howe grounded out (pitcher to first); Woods flied
out to right; Pujols grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 6TH: Pettini flied out to center; Blue struck out;
Venable grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Landestoy singled to right; Ruhle out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Landestoy to second]; Morgan grounded
out (second to first) [Landestoy to third]; Cabell made an out
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Giants 0.
GIANTS 7TH: Herndon grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans
flied out to right; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 0.
ASTROS 8TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Cedeno flied
out to center; Howe singled to left; Woods doubled to left [Howe
scored, Woods to third (on throw to home)]; Pujols singled to
right [Woods scored]; Landestoy flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0.
GIANTS 8TH: BERGMAN REPLACED CABELL (PLAYING 1B); HOWE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Whitfield grounded out (first
unassisted); Murray grounded out (pitcher to first); STRAIN
BATTED FOR SULARZ; Strain walked; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR PETTINI;
Wohlford singled to left [Strain to second]; CLARK BATTED FOR
BLUE; Clark flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros
4, Giants 0.
ASTROS 9TH: HOLLAND REPLACED CLARK (PITCHING); LEMASTER REPLACED
WOHLFORD (PLAYING SS); STRAIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Ruhle
grounded out (third to first); Morgan walked; Bergman forced
Morgan (first to shortstop); Cruz walked [Bergman to second];
Cedeno singled to center [Bergman scored, Cruz to second];
ROWLAND REPLACED HOLLAND (PITCHING); Howe made an out to first;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 0.
GIANTS 9TH: REYNOLDS REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING SS); LANDESTOY
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Venable grounded out (first
unassisted); Herndon singled to center; Evans singled to right
[Herndon to third]; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Herndon
scored, Evans to second]; Whitfield was called out on strikes; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 1.
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