Don Sutton allowed only three hits in eight innings and Terry Puhl cracked a three-run homer to lead the Astros to a 5-0 whitewashing of the Padres. The Astros tallied in the opening frame on a two-out single by Puhl and a triple by Jose Cruz. Puhl's circuit clout came in the third with Sutton and Craig Reynolds aboard via singles. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 5, San Diego Padres 0

Game Played on Saturday, August 15, 1981 (Night game) at Jack Murphy Stadium

Astros 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 9 0 Padres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Scott cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Smith ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .249 Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .249 Jones cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .249 Puhl rf 4 2 2 3 0 1 .274 Richards lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Cruz lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 .289 Kennedy c 3 0 2 0 0 1 .313 Walling pr,lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .228 Bass 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Cedeno 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Salazar 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .289 Howe 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .315 Bonilla 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Ashby c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Lefebvre rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .223 Pittman 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .296 Eichelberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .138 Sutton p 3 1 2 0 0 0 .100 Flannery ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Woods ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Urrea p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moreno ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Curtis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Lucas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Totals 34 5 9 5 3 2 Totals 29 0 3 0 1 7 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 5,852 Left on Base: Astros 6, Padres 3 DP: Astros 1, Padres 1 Doubles: Walling (4) Triples: Cruz (2), Richards (8) Home Runs: Puhl (3) Stolen Bases: Puhl (17) Sacrifice Hits: Scott (3) GIDP: Ashby (3), Bass (3) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sutton W(5-7) 8 3 0 0 1 6 0 27 3.20 Sambito 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.45 Totals 9 3 0 0 1 7 0 30 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eichelberger L(6-4) 3 5 4 4 0 0 1 14 3.05 Urrea 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 13 0.28 Curtis 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 8 6.00 Lucas 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.21 Totals 9 9 5 5 3 2 1 38 Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Terry Tata, 2B - Jerry Crawford, 3B - Ed Vargo ASTROS 1ST: Scott made an out to shortstop; Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); Puhl singled to left; Cruz tripled to center [Puhl scored]; WALLING RAN FOR CRUZ; Cedeno made an out to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: WALLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Smith struck out; Jones grounded out (second to first); Richards tripled to center; Kennedy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Padres 0. ASTROS 2ND: Howe grounded out (third to first); Ashby grounded out (second to first); Pittman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Bass made an out to first; Salazar grounded out (second to first); Bonilla flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Padres 0. ASTROS 3RD: Sutton singled to right; Scott out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Sutton to second]; Reynolds singled to right [Sutton to third]; Puhl homered [Sutton scored, Reynolds scored]; Walling grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Lefebvre grounded out (third to first); FLANNERY BATTED FOR EICHELBERGER; Flannery grounded out (first to pitcher); Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. ASTROS 4TH: URREA REPLACED FLANNERY (PITCHING); Howe made an out to first; Ashby grounded out (first unassisted); Pittman singled to center; Sutton singled to center [Pittman to second]; Scott flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Richards grounded out (shortstop to first); Kennedy singled to center; Bass was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. ASTROS 5TH: Reynolds walked; Puhl forced Reynolds (second unassisted); Puhl stole second; Walling grounded out (third to first); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. PADRES 5TH: Salazar struck out; Bonilla grounded out (shortstop to first); Lefebvre grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. ASTROS 6TH: Howe walked; Ashby grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Howe out at second]; Pittman walked; Sutton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. PADRES 6TH: MORENO BATTED FOR URREA; Moreno struck out; Smith was called out on strikes; Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. ASTROS 7TH: CURTIS REPLACED MORENO (PITCHING); Scott lined to center; Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); Puhl struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. PADRES 7TH: Richards flied out to left; Kennedy singled to center; Bass grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Kennedy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Padres 0. ASTROS 8TH: Walling doubled to center; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first) [Walling to third]; Howe singled to right [Walling scored]; Ashby flied out to right; Pittman grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Padres 0. PADRES 8TH: Salazar made an out to first; Bonilla flied out to center; Lefebvre walked; TURNER BATTED FOR CURTIS; Turner forced Lefebvre (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Padres 0. ASTROS 9TH: LUCAS REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); WOODS BATTED FOR SUTTON; Woods flied out to right; Scott struck out; Reynolds grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Padres 0. PADRES 9TH: SAMBITO REPLACED WOODS (PITCHING); Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Jones struck out; Richards grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Padres 0.

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