Burt Hooton pitched his second straight four-hit shutout in the Dodgers' 3-0 victory over the Pirates. Los Angeles took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on an RBI single by Bill Russell and added single runs in the third and sixth frames on solo homers by Dusty Baker and Steve Yeager. [The Sporting News]

Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Game Played on Monday, August 24, 1981 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium

Dodgers 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 2 Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Sax 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Moreno cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Landreaux cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .272 Foli ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Baker lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .301 Parker rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Garvey 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Madlock 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .340 Cey 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Easler lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Guerrero rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .325 Pena c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .322 Yeager c 4 1 1 1 0 2 .226 Montanez 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Russell ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .207 Garner 2b 2 0 1 0 1 1 .256 Hooton p 4 0 2 0 0 0 .226 Jones p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Thompson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 7 3 1 5 Totals 30 0 4 0 1 4 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 12,308 Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Pirates 4 DP: Dodgers 2, Pirates 0 Errors: Cey, Foli, Madlock Doubles: Hooton (2), Landreaux (11) Home Runs: Baker (6), Yeager (3) Stolen Bases: Madlock (14) GIDP: Thompson (5) Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hooton W(9-4) 9 4 0 0 1 4 0 31 2.30 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 4 0 31 Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones L(1-1) 8 7 3 2 1 5 2 33 2.60 Tekulve 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.82 Totals 9 7 3 2 1 5 2 36 Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer DODGERS 1ST: Sax reached on an error by Foli; Landreaux grounded out (shortstop to first) [Sax to second]; Baker struck out; Garvey lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Moreno flied to left; Foli popped to first in foul territory; Parker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Pirates 0. DODGERS 2ND: Cey popped to shortstop; Guerrero reached on an error by Madlock [Guerrero to second]; Yeager struck out; Russell singled to left [Guerrero scored (unearned)]; Hooton doubled [Russell to third]; Sax flied to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Madlock flied to left; Easler struck out; Pena reached on an error by Cey; Montanez forced Pena (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Pirates 0. DODGERS 3RD: Landreaux grounded out (shortstop to first); Baker homered; Garvey grounded out (shortstop to first); Cey struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 3RD: Garner walked; Jones was called out on strikes; Moreno grounded out (second to first) [Garner to second]; Foli flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Pirates 0. DODGERS 4TH: Guerrero walked; Yeager struck out; Russell flied to right in foul territory; Hooton singled to left [Guerrero to second]; Sax flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Dodgers 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 4TH: Parker flied to left; Madlock singled to shortstop; Madlock stole second; Easler flied to center; Pena grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 2, Pirates 0. DODGERS 5TH: Landreaux grounded out (second to first); Baker singled to left [Baker out at second (left to second)]; Garvey grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Pirates 0. PIRATES 5TH: Montanez grounded out (first to pitcher); Garner struck out; Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 2, Pirates 0. DODGERS 6TH: Cey grounded out (third to first); Guerrero flied to right; Yeager homered; Russell flied to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 6TH: Moreno grounded out (shortstop to first); Foli grounded out (shortstop to first); Parker grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0. DODGERS 7TH: Hooton flied to center; Sax flied to center; Landreaux doubled to center; Baker grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 7TH: Madlock singled to center; Easler lined into a double play (second to second to first) [Madlock out at first]; Pena singled to third; Montanez flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0. DODGERS 8TH: Garvey flied to left; Cey struck out; Guerrero flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 8TH: Garner singled to left; THOMPSON BATTED FOR JONES; Thompson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Garner out at second]; Moreno flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0. DODGERS 9TH: TEKULVE REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Yeager grounded out (first unassisted); Russell popped to shortstop; Hooton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0. PIRATES 9TH: Foli flied to right; Parker grounded out (second to first); Madlock grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Pirates 0.

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