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A pinch-single by Denny Walling in the eighth inning drove in the winning run as the Astros prevailed over the Giants, 5-4. The score was 4-4 when Luis Pujols opened the eighth with a single and was replaced by pinch-runner Kiko Garcia, who moved to second on a wild pitch, to third on a sacrifice and scored on Walling's blow. The Giants had rallied from a 4-0 deficit to tie the game in the sixth on an RBI single by Jack Clark, two-run homer by Darrell Evans and solo blast by Jerry Martin. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 5, San Francisco Giants 4Game Played on Wednesday, August 12, 1981 (Day game) at Candlestick ParkAstros 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 5 14 2 Giants 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 - 4 7 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Giants AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Scott cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .233 Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .246 Pittman 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .314 Cabell 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .258 Cedeno 1b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Clark rf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .235 Cruz lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .279 Evans 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .239 Howe 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .327 Herndon lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .310 Pujols c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .258 Martin cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .231 Garcia pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233 May c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Puhl rf 3 1 3 0 0 0 .274 LeMaster ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Thon ss 3 1 2 1 0 0 .182 Wohlford ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Spilman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .222 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Ashby c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Breining p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Ruhle p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .375 Leonard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Walling ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .225 Minton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bergman ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .224 B. Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 14 5 2 2 Totals 33 4 7 4 1 5 Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 8,707 Left on Base: Astros 9, Giants 5 DP: Astros 1, Giants 0 Errors: Garcia, Thon, Evans Doubles: Thon 2 (3), Pittman (3), Cabell (12) Home Runs: Evans (10), Martin (3) Stolen Bases: Pittman (2) Caught Stealing: Scott (8), Pittman (4) Sacrifice Hits: Ruhle (2), Puhl (3), Holland (5), May (2) GIDP: Cabell (4) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Ruhle 5.2 6 4 4 0 4 2 24 3.29 Sambito W(3-3) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1.53 D. Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.46 B. Smith SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.86 Totals 9 7 4 4 1 5 2 36 Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue 2.2 6 3 3 0 1 0 13 2.46 Breining 2.1 4 1 0 1 0 0 11 2.27 Holland L(3-3) 2.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 10 3.04 Minton 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 3.61 Totals 9 14 5 4 2 2 0 41 Wild Pitches: Holland (2) Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Fred Brocklander, 2B - Charlie Williams, 3B - Lanny Harris ASTROS 1ST: Scott grounded out (third to first); Pittman popped to catcher in foul territory; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 1ST: Morgan flied out to center; Cabell flied out to left; Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Howe struck out; Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. GIANTS 2ND: Evans grounded out (second to first); Herndon singled to right; Martin flied out to center; May forced Herndon (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Giants 0. ASTROS 3RD: Puhl singled to center; Thon doubled to left [Puhl scored]; Ruhle out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thon to third]; Scott singled to center [Thon scored]; Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Pittman singled to left; Pittman stole second; Cedeno singled to third [Pittman to third]; Cruz singled to left [Pittman scored, Cedeno to second]; BREINING REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Howe forced Cruz (shortstop to second); 3 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 3RD: LeMaster grounded out (third to first); Breining struck out; Morgan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. ASTROS 4TH: Pujols walked; Puhl singled to right [Pujols to second]; Thon flied out to center; Ruhle popped to catcher in foul territory; Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. GIANTS 4TH: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Clark struck out; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Giants 0. ASTROS 5TH: Pittman doubled to left; Pittman was picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher to shortstop to third); Cedeno flied out to right; Cruz singled to third [Cruz to second (error by Evans)]; Howe singled to center [Cruz scored (unearned)]; Pujols flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 5TH: Herndon singled to center; Martin struck out; May reached on an error by Thon (assist by Pittman) [Herndon to second, May to first]; LeMaster struck out; LEONARD BATTED FOR BREINING; Leonard grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0. ASTROS 6TH: HOLLAND REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Puhl singled to center; Thon doubled to right [Puhl to third]; Ruhle struck out; Scott popped to first in foul territory; Pittman flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 0. GIANTS 6TH: Morgan popped to third in foul territory; Cabell doubled to left; Clark singled to center [Cabell scored]; Evans homered [Clark scored]; Herndon made an out to second; Martin homered; SAMBITO REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING); May lined to second; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 4. ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno flied out to center; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Howe flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 4. GIANTS 7TH: LeMaster singled to shortstop; Holland out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted) [LeMaster to second]; Morgan walked; Cabell grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Morgan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Giants 4. ASTROS 8TH: Pujols singled to right; GARCIA RAN FOR PUJOLS; Holland threw a wild pitch [Garcia to second]; Puhl out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Garcia to third]; MINTON REPLACED HOLLAND (PITCHING); SPILMAN BATTED FOR THON; Spilman walked; WALLING BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Walling singled to left [Garcia scored, Spilman to second]; Scott forced Walling (pitcher to shortstop) [Spilman to third]; Pittman grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 4. GIANTS 8TH: GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ASHBY REPLACED SPILMAN (PLAYING C ); D. SMITH REPLACED WALLING (PITCHING); Clark grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans flied out to center; Herndon grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 4. ASTROS 9TH: Cedeno flied out to left; Cruz flied out to center; Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 4. GIANTS 9TH: B. SMITH REPLACED D. SMITH (PITCHING); Martin reached on an error by Garcia; May out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Martin to second]; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Wohlford struck out; BERGMAN BATTED FOR MINTON; Bergman grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Giants 4. |
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