| 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 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 21, 1980 (Day game) at Candlestick Park
Astros 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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