Allowing only two hits over six innings, Nolan Ryan picked up the victory as the Astros downed the Padres, 5-1. The score was 1-1 when the Astros loaded the bases in the second inning on singles by Luis Pujols and Dickie Thon and a walk to Ryan. A single by Tony Scott scored two runs and a third tally registered on a pair of errors by Padres catcher Terry Kennedy. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 5, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Friday, August    14, 1981 (Night game) at Jack Murphy Stadium
Astros       1  3  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  6  1
Padres       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  2


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Scott cf              3   1   2   2     2   0   .234      Smith ss              3   1   2   0     1   0   .253
Pittman 2b            5   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Jones cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .254
Cedeno 1b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .296      Richards lf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .270
  Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kennedy c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .308
Cruz lf               4   1   2   1     0   0   .286      Bass 1b               4   0   1   0     0   2   .245
Howe 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Salazar 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Pujols c              3   1   1   1     1   0   .246      Lefebvre rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Puhl rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Moreno ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Thon ss               3   1   1   0     1   0   .197      Bonilla 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Ryan p                1   1   0   0     2   0   .115      Lollar p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  D. Smith p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Curtis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
  Spilman ph,1b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Flannery ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .429
                                                            Littlefield p       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Urrea p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250

Totals               33   5   6   4     6   0             Totals               32   1   5   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance:  8,414
Left on Base: Astros 7, Padres 6
DP: Astros 1, Padres 0
Errors: Cedeno, Kennedy 2
Doubles: Pujols (1)
Triples: Scott (3), Smith (1)
Stolen Bases: Thon (5), Smith (17)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan W(6-3)             6     2   1   1   2   3   0  22   1.38
D. Smith                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   4.26
Sambito                 1     2   0   0   0   2   0   5   1.49
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   5   0  34

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lollar L(1-5)           2.1   5   5   4   3   0   0  15   7.82
Curtis                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   6.07
Littlefield             5     0   0   0   3   0   0  18   5.17
Urrea                   1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.30
Totals                  9     6   5   4   6   0   0  39

Wild Pitches: Lollar (5)
Balks: Lollar (3)

Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Jerry Crawford


ASTROS 1ST: Scott walked; Lollar threw a wild pitch [Scott to
second]; Pittman flied out to right; Cedeno flied out to right;
Cruz singled to center [Scott scored]; Howe grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Smith tripled to right; Jones singled to center
[Smith scored]; Richards lined into a double play (third to
first) [Jones out at first]; Kennedy walked; Bass struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Pujols walked; Lollar balked [Pujols to second];
Puhl flied out to right; Thon singled to right [Pujols to
third]; Thon stole second; Ryan walked; Scott singled to left
[Pujols scored, Thon scored, Ryan scored (error by Kennedy)
(unearned) (no RBI), Scott to third (error by Kennedy)]; Pittman
grounded out (second to first); Cedeno made an out to second; 3
R (2 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Padres 1.

PADRES 2ND: Salazar grounded out (third to first); Lefebvre
grounded out (first unassisted); Bonilla flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Padres 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Cruz singled to center; Howe flied out to left;
Pujols doubled to center [Cruz scored]; CURTIS REPLACED LOLLAR
(PITCHING); Puhl made an out to shortstop; Thon grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 3RD: FLANNERY BATTED FOR CURTIS; Flannery grounded out
(first unassisted); Smith walked; Smith stole second; Jones
flied out to center; Richards was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

ASTROS 4TH: LITTLEFIELD REPLACED FLANNERY (PITCHING); Ryan
grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (second to
first); Pittman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 4TH: Kennedy made an out to shortstop; Bass was called
out on strikes; Salazar made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howe grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 5TH: Lefebvre flied out to center; Bonilla grounded out
(second to first); Littlefield grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first); Puhl lined
to first; Thon walked; Ryan walked [Thon to second]; Scott
walked [Thon to third, Ryan to second]; Pittman flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 6TH: Smith flied out to left; Jones flied out to left;
Richards reached on an error by Cedeno [Richards to first];
Kennedy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5,
Padres 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno flied out to right; Cruz grounded out (first
to pitcher); Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 7TH: D. SMITH REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING); Bass grounded out
(first unassisted); Salazar flied out to left; Lefebvre made an
out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Pujols grounded out (second to first); Puhl lined to
center; Thon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 8TH: Bonilla grounded out (shortstop to first); TURNER
BATTED FOR LITTLEFIELD; Turner flied out to center; Smith
singled to left; Jones grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

ASTROS 9TH: URREA REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); SPILMAN BATTED FOR
D. SMITH; Spilman flied out to center; Scott tripled to center;
Pittman grounded out (third to first); Cedeno grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.

PADRES 9TH: SPILMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); SAMBITO
REPLACED CEDENO (PITCHING); Richards singled to left; Kennedy
struck out; Bass singled to center [Richards to second]; Salazar
struck out; MORENO BATTED FOR LEFEBVRE; Moreno made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 1.