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Allowing just four hits, Joe Niekro hurled the Astros to a 5-0 blanking of the Cubs, for the Houston club's third shutout in the last five games. The Astros tallied three runs in the third inning on a two-run double by Alan Ashby and run-scoring single by Terry Puhl, and added singletons in the sixth and seventh frames on a sacrifice fly by Puhl and RBI groundout by Art Howe, who extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a two-bagger in the third inning. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 5, Chicago Cubs 0Game Played on Friday, May 15, 1981 (Night game) at AstrodomeCubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Astros 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 x - 5 9 0 Cubs AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG De Jesus ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .152 Puhl cf 2 0 1 2 1 1 .248 Strain 2b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .303 Reynolds ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Buckner 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .289 Walling rf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .256 Durham rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Cruz lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .246 Tracy lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Heep 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .280 Reitz 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Howe 3b 3 2 1 1 1 0 .350 McGlothen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Ashby c 2 1 2 2 1 0 .229 Thompson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Landestoy 2b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .135 Davis c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .214 Niekro p 4 0 1 0 0 1 .095 Caudill p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Tyson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Totals 30 0 4 0 2 2 Totals 31 5 9 5 5 6 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 23,718 Left on Base: Cubs 5, Astros 10 DP: Cubs 0, Astros 1 Doubles: Howe (9), Ashby (4) Stolen Bases: Puhl (6) Sacrifice Hits: Ashby (2) Sacrifice Flies: Puhl (1) GIDP: Tracy (1) Hit by Pitch: Puhl (2,by Caudill) Cubs IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Caudill L(0-3) 5 6 3 3 1 4 0 23 4.59 Kravec 1.1 3 2 2 2 1 0 9 7.06 McGlothen 1.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 7 3.32 Totals 8 9 5 5 5 6 0 39 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro W(4-3) 9 4 0 0 2 2 0 32 2.14 Totals 9 4 0 0 2 2 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Caudill (1) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Satch Davidson CUBS 1ST: De Jesus grounded out (third to first); Strain flied out to center; Buckner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Puhl was hit by a pitch; Puhl stole second; Reynolds popped to shortstop; Walling grounded out (second to first) [Puhl to third]; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. CUBS 2ND: Durham grounded out (first unassisted); Tracy flied out to left; Reitz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Heep grounded out (first to pitcher); Howe popped to catcher in foul territory; Ashby singled to left; Landestoy singled to left [Ashby to second]; Niekro popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. CUBS 3RD: Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Davis grounded out (third to first); Caudill flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Puhl struck out; Reynolds flied to center; Walling flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. CUBS 4TH: De Jesus popped to second; Strain singled to center; Buckner forced Strain (first to shortstop); Durham singled to right [Buckner to third]; Tracy grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cruz flied to right; Heep singled to right; Howe doubled to right [Heep to third]; Ashby doubled to right [Heep scored, Howe scored]; Landestoy walked; Niekro struck out; Puhl singled to center [Ashby scored, Landestoy to third]; Reynolds flied to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 3. CUBS 5TH: Reitz grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson flied out to center; Davis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: Walling flied out to right; Cruz struck out; Heep struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 3. CUBS 6TH: TYSON BATTED FOR CAUDILL; Tyson grounded out (shortstop to first); De Jesus struck out (catcher to first); Strain singled to right; Buckner popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: KRAVEC REPLACED TYSON (PITCHING); Howe walked; Ashby out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Howe to second]; Landestoy was walked intentionally; Niekro singled to left [Howe to third, Landestoy to second]; Puhl hit a sacrifice fly to right [Howe scored, Landestoy to third]; Reynolds flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 4. CUBS 7TH: Durham popped to shortstop; Tracy flied out to center; Reitz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: Walling singled to center; Cruz struck out; Heep singled to center [Walling to third]; MCGLOTHEN REPLACED REITZ (PITCHING); CRUZ REPLACED KRAVEC (PLAYING 3B); Howe grounded out (third to first) [Heep to second, Walling scored]; Ashby was walked intentionally; Landestoy popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 5. CUBS 8TH: Thompson grounded out (first unassisted); Davis walked; Cruz flied out to left; De Jesus flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 5. ASTROS 8TH: Niekro grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl walked; Reynolds forced Puhl (second to shortstop); Walling struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 5. CUBS 9TH: Strain singled to right; Buckner walked [Strain to second]; Durham flied out to left; Tracy grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Buckner out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Cubs 0, Astros 5. |
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