A three-run outburst in the top of the 11th inning lifted the Pirates to a 6-3 victory over the Astros. The score was 3-3 when Tim Foli walked, moved to second on a groundout and scored on a single by Lee Lacy. Jason Thompson added a run-scoring single and Tony Pena had an RBI fielder's choice to ice the game. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     18, 1981 (Day game) at Astrodome
Pirates      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  2    0  3  -   6  7  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  -   3  8  4


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moreno cf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Puhl rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Foli ss               4   2   1   0     1   0   .350      Thon 2b               5   0   1   0     0   0   .125
Parker rf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .200      Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .281
  G. Alexander rf     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cruz lf               5   1   2   1     0   0   .152
Easler lf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .318      Howe 3b               5   2   2   2     0   0   .300
  Lacy ph,lf          2   2   2   1     0   0   .500      Leonard 1b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .133
Madlock 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .370      Pujols c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
  Berra 3b            0   1   0   0     0   0   .176      Reynolds ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Thompson 1b           5   1   2   3     0   0   .217      Ruhle p               1   0   1   0     1   0  1.000
Nicosia c             2   0   0   0     0   1   .190        Bergman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Milner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pena c              2   0   0   1     0   0   .000        Woods ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Law 2b                4   0   1   0     0   3   .063        D. Smith p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Candelaria p          2   0   1   0     0   0   .333        LaCorte p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stargell ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  B. Robinson ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Jackson p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   6   7   5     1   8             Totals               39   3   8   3     2   2

Time of Game: 3:06   Attendance: 29,790
Left on Base: Pirates 6, Astros 6
DP: Pirates 1, Astros 0
Errors: Thon 3, Howe
Doubles: Lacy (1)
Triples: Law (1)
Home Runs: Thompson (2), Howe 2 (2), Cruz (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Law (1), Puhl (1)
GIDP: Howe (1)
Hit by Pitch: Berra (1,by D. Smith)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Candelaria              7     4   1   1   2   2   1  26   3.46
Romo                    2     2   2   2   0   0   2   8   5.68
Jackson W(1-0)          2     2   0   0   0   0   0   8   0.00
Totals                 11     8   3   3   2   2   3  42

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle                   8     3   1   1   0   5   1  28   2.77
Sambito                 2     2   2   0   0   2   0   9   1.59
D. Smith L(0-1)         0.1   2   3   3   1   0   0   6   3.68
LaCorte                 0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Totals                 11     7   6   4   1   8   1  45

Hit by Pitch: D. Smith (1)

Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Harry Wendelstedt, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - Ed Montague


PIRATES 1ST: Moreno struck out; Foli grounded out (pitcher to
first); Parker grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl flied out to left; Thon flied out to center;
Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Astros 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Easler flied out to center; Madlock grounded out
(shortstop to first); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz singled to first; Howe grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to first) [Cruz out at second]; Leonard
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Astros 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Nicosia grounded out (shortstop to first); Law
struck out; Candelaria singled to center; Moreno grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Pujols flied out to right; Reynolds struck out;
Ruhle singled to left; Puhl made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Foli grounded out (third to first); Parker grounded
out (shortstop to first); Easler struck out (catcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Thon flied out to center; Cedeno grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cruz grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Thompson
homered; Nicosia struck out; Law tripled to center; Candelaria
flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Howe homered; Leonard flied out to center; Pujols
grounded out (third to first); Reynolds grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Moreno popped to third in foul territory; Foli
grounded out (pitcher to first); Parker grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Ruhle walked; Puhl out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Ruhle to second]; Thon flied out to left; Cedeno was
walked intentionally; Cruz popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Easler was called out on strikes; Madlock grounded
out (shortstop to first); Thompson made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Howe popped to first; Leonard was called out on
strikes; Pujols singled to third; Reynolds grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 1.

PIRATES 8TH: MILNER BATTED FOR NICOSIA; Milner reached on an
error by Thon [Milner to second]; Law out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Milner to third (error by Thon)]; STARGELL
BATTED FOR CANDELARIA; Stargell flied out to center; Moreno
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: ROMO REPLACED STARGELL (PITCHING); PENA REPLACED
MILNER (PLAYING C ); BERGMAN BATTED FOR RUHLE; Bergman grounded
out (shortstop to first); Puhl flied out to right; Thon popped
to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Astros 1.

PIRATES 9TH: SAMBITO REPLACED BERGMAN (PITCHING); Foli singled
to left; Parker struck out; LACY BATTED FOR EASLER; Lacy singled
to left [Foli to second]; Madlock reached on an error by Howe
[Foli to third, Lacy to second]; Thompson forced Madlock
(shortstop to second) [Foli scored (unearned), Lacy scored
(error by Thon) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Pena forced Thompson
(third to second); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BERRA REPLACED
MADLOCK (PLAYING 3B); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Cruz
homered; Howe homered; Leonard grounded out (third to first);
Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Astros 3.

PIRATES 10TH: Law was called out on strikes; B. ROBINSON BATTED
FOR ROMO; B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Moreno
popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 10TH: JACKSON REPLACED B. ROBINSON (PITCHING); Reynolds
flied out to center; WOODS BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Woods popped to
catcher in foul territory; Puhl singled to right; Thon singled
to left [Puhl to second]; Cedeno made an out to shortstop; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 3.

PIRATES 11TH: D. SMITH REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Foli walked;
Parker grounded out (shortstop to first) [Foli to second]; Lacy
doubled to left [Foli scored]; Berra was hit by a pitch;
Thompson singled to center [Lacy scored, Berra to third]; Pena
reached on a fielder's choice [Berra scored (RBI), Thompson to
second]; LACORTE REPLACED D. SMITH (PITCHING); Law was called
out on strikes; Jackson made an out to second; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Pirates 6, Astros 3.

ASTROS 11TH: G. ALEXANDER REPLACED PARKER (PLAYING RF); Cruz
flied out to right; Howe flied out to right; Leonard grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Astros 3.