Vida Blue and Greg Minton combined on a five-hitter as the Giants edged the Astros, 2-1. Minton recorded his ninth save in 22 appearances. The Giants scored in their first turn at bat when Larry Herndon drew a two-out walk, stole second and tallied on a single by Milt May.

Joe Morgan led off the fifth with a double, moved to third as Enos Cabell flied out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Herndon. Art Howe extended his consecutive game hitting streak to 23 with a leadoff triple in the fourth frame. [The Sporting News]



San Francisco Giants 2, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Sunday, May       24, 1981 (Day game) at Astrodome
Giants       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  9  0
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Morgan 2b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .227      Puhl rf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .240
Cabell 1b             5   0   0   0     0   2   .268      Howe 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .374
  North cf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Cedeno cf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .316
Herndon rf            2   1   0   1     1   1   .338      Cruz lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .274
May c                 4   0   2   1     0   0   .290      Walling 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .213
Martin cf,lf          4   0   0   0     0   2   .259      Garcia ss             3   0   1   0     0   0   .233
Bergman lf,1b         4   0   1   0     0   1   .217        Reynolds ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Smith 3b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .156      Pujols c              3   1   1   1     0   1   .194
LeMaster ss           4   0   2   0     0   1   .267      Landestoy 2b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Blue p                3   0   1   0     0   0   .235        Pittman ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Minton p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Sutton p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Woods ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .133
                                                            Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   9   2     2  10             Totals               30   1   5   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 34,922
Left on Base: Giants 9, Astros 5
DP: Giants 1, Astros 0
Doubles: Bergman (2), Morgan (7)
Triples: Howe (2)
Home Runs: Pujols (1)
Stolen Bases: Herndon (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Puhl (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Herndon (1)
GIDP: Pittman (1)


Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue W(4-3)             7.1   5   1   1   2   6   1  28   1.91
Minton SV(9)            1.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.16
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   6   1  33

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton L(3-5)           8     7   2   2   2   8   0  33   3.66
Sambito                 1     2   0   0   0   2   0   5   1.95
Totals                  9     9   2   2   2  10   0  38

Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - John McSherry, 3B - Dave Pallone


GIANTS 1ST: Morgan flied out to left; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Herndon walked; Herndon stole second; May
singled to right [Herndon scored]; Martin struck out; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl struck out; Howe struck out; Cedeno singled to
left; Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

GIANTS 2ND: Bergman struck out; Smith flied out to left;
LeMaster singled to center; Blue singled to right [LeMaster to
second]; Morgan walked [LeMaster to third, Blue to second];
Cabell struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Walling flied out to center; Garcia flied out to
right; Pujols flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants
1, Astros 0.

GIANTS 3RD: Herndon grounded out (second to first); May flied
out to left; Martin flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Landestoy flied out to center; Sutton grounded out
(pitcher to first); Puhl lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Giants 1, Astros 0.

GIANTS 4TH: Bergman doubled to right; Smith struck out; LeMaster
struck out; Blue popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Howe tripled to right; Cedeno popped to first in
foul territory; Cruz made an out to third; Walling was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 1, Astros 0.

GIANTS 5TH: Morgan doubled to right; Cabell flied out to right
[Morgan to third]; Herndon hit a sacrifice fly to left [Morgan
scored]; May singled to right; Martin struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Garcia popped to first in foul territory; Pujols
homered; Landestoy grounded out (second to first); Sutton struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

GIANTS 6TH: Bergman flied out to right; Smith singled to right;
LeMaster grounded out (third to first) [Smith to second]; Blue
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Puhl popped to catcher in foul territory; Howe
popped to catcher in foul territory; Cedeno walked; Cruz singled
to right [Cedeno to second]; Walling flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

GIANTS 7TH: Morgan popped to first in foul territory; Cabell
struck out; Herndon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Garcia singled to center; Pujols struck out; PITTMAN
BATTED FOR LANDESTOY; Pittman grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Garcia out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

GIANTS 8TH: PITTMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); May grounded
out (shortstop to first); Martin flied out to center; Bergman
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: WOODS BATTED FOR SUTTON; Woods walked; Puhl out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Woods to second]; MINTON
REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Howe grounded out (second to first)
[Woods to third]; Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

GIANTS 9TH: SAMBITO REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Smith struck out;
LeMaster singled to left; Minton struck out; Morgan singled to
right [LeMaster to second]; Cabell forced Morgan (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 9TH: NORTH REPLACED CABELL (PLAYING CF); BERGMAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); MARTIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Cruz flied out to center; Walling grounded out (second to
first); REYNOLDS BATTED FOR GARCIA; Reynolds flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Giants 2, Astros 1.