The Astros completed a four-game sweep of the Phillies by posting a 5-4 triumph in 10 innings. Craig Reynolds began the Astros' 10th with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice by Denny Walling and scored on a single by Jose Cruz. The Phils had tied the game in the ninth on a walk to Lonnie Smith and a double by Pete Rose. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4
Game Played on Sunday, August    30, 1981 (Night game) at Astrodome
Phillies     0  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  1    0  -   4 12  0
Astros       1  1  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   5 11  1


Phillies             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Smith cf,lf           4   1   1   0     2   1   .245      Scott cf              5   1   1   1     0   0   .249
Rose 1b               3   0   3   1     2   0   .329      Reynolds ss           4   2   1   0     1   0   .245
Unser lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .178      Walling rf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .258
  Bowa ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Cruz lf               5   0   2   2     0   0   .281
  Maddox cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Cedeno 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .279
Schmidt 3b            4   1   1   1     1   0   .305      Howe 3b               3   1   1   1     0   0   .314
Moreland c            5   0   1   0     0   0   .245        D. Smith p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
D. Davis rf           5   1   2   0     0   2   .377      Ashby c               3   0   1   1     0   0   .253
Trillo 2b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .278        Pujols ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Aguayo ss             5   1   2   1     0   1   .200      Pittman 2b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .282
Espinosa p            1   0   1   1     0   0   .200      Ryan p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .152
  Proly p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McBride ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .294        Garcia 3b           0   0   0   0     1   0   .264
  Brusstar p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Matthews ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               39   4  12   4     6   4             Totals               34   5  11   5     4   1

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 23,102
Left on Base: Phillies 12, Astros 7
DP: Phillies 2, Astros 1
Errors: Howe
Doubles: Aguayo (2), D. Davis (3), Rose (13), Ashby (9)
Home Runs: Schmidt (22), Scott (3)
Stolen Bases: Smith (10), Pittman 2 (4)
Caught Stealing: Smith (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Lyle (1), Walling (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Howe (3)
GIDP: Proly (1), Cruz (6)


Phillies               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Espinosa                2     7   4   4   2   0   1  14   6.11
Proly                   4     0   0   0   0   0   0  11   2.93
Brusstar                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   0.00
Lyle L(6-4)             2.1   3   1   1   2   1   0  11   4.47
Totals                  9.1  11   5   5   4   1   1  40

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan                    7     8   3   3   5   4   1  31   1.37
Sambito                 1.2   3   1   1   1   0   0  10   1.94
D. Smith W(3-3)         1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.36
Totals                 10    12   4   4   6   4   1  46

Wild Pitches: Ryan (12)

Umpires: HP - Ed Montague, 1B - Lee Weyer, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


PHILLIES 1ST: Smith flied out to left; Rose walked; Unser
singled to right [Rose to third]; Schmidt flied out to right;
Moreland grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Phillies 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Scott homered; Reynolds grounded out (first to
pitcher); Walling singled to left; Cruz forced Walling (second
to shortstop); Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 0, Astros 1.

PHILLIES 2ND: D. Davis singled to left; Ryan threw a wild pitch
[D. Davis to second]; Trillo grounded out (second to first) [D.
Davis to third]; Aguayo doubled to left [D. Davis scored];
Espinosa singled to center [Aguayo scored]; Smith struck out;
Rose singled to center [Espinosa out at third (center to
third)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Howe singled to left; Ashby doubled to center [Howe
scored, Ashby out at third (center to shortstop to third)];
Pittman singled to third; Pittman stole second; Ryan flied out
to right; Scott flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Astros 2.

PHILLIES 3RD: Unser flied out to left; Schmidt walked; Moreland
flied out to right; D. Davis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 2, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Reynolds walked; Walling singled to center [Reynolds
to second]; Cruz singled to right [Reynolds scored, Walling to
second]; Cedeno walked [Walling to third, Cruz to second]; PROLY
REPLACED ESPINOSA (PITCHING); Howe hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Walling scored]; Ashby lined into a double play (center to
second) [Cruz out at second, Cedeno out at first]; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 4TH: Trillo walked; Aguayo forced Trillo (shortstop to
second); On a bunt Proly grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to second) [Aguayo out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 4.

ASTROS 4TH: Pittman flied out to left; Ryan grounded out (second
to first); Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 5TH: Smith singled to center; Smith stole second; Rose
walked; Smith was picked off and caught stealing third (pitcher
to third); Unser flied out to left; Schmidt flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Walling
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 6TH: Moreland popped to shortstop; D. Davis struck out;
Trillo flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Phillies 2,
Astros 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno flied out to center; Howe popped to second;
Ashby grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Phillies 2, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 7TH: Aguayo struck out; MCBRIDE BATTED FOR PROLY;
McBride flied out to left; Smith walked; Rose singled to center
[Smith to third]; Unser grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 4.

ASTROS 7TH: BRUSSTAR REPLACED MCBRIDE (PITCHING); Pittman
singled to center; Pittman stole second; Ryan popped to first;
Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 2, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 8TH: Schmidt homered; SAMBITO REPLACED RYAN (PITCHING);
Moreland popped to first; D. Davis doubled to right; Trillo
reached on an error by Howe [D. Davis to third, Trillo to
first]; Aguayo flied out to right; MATTHEWS BATTED FOR BRUSSTAR;
Matthews forced Trillo (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 3, Astros 4.

ASTROS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED MATTHEWS (PITCHING); Walling walked;
Cruz grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Walling out at second]; Cedeno singled to pitcher; Howe
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
3, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 9TH: Smith walked; Rose doubled to center [Smith
scored]; BOWA BATTED FOR UNSER; Bowa reached on a fielder's
choice [Rose out at third (catcher to third)]; Schmidt flied out
to left; Moreland singled to center [Bowa to second]; D. SMITH
REPLACED HOWE (PITCHING); GARCIA REPLACED SAMBITO (PLAYING 3B);
D. Davis forced Moreland (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 9TH: MADDOX REPLACED BOWA (PLAYING CF); SMITH CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); PUJOLS BATTED FOR ASHBY; Pujols grounded
out (pitcher to first); Pittman struck out; Garcia walked; Scott
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies
4, Astros 4.

PHILLIES 10TH: PUJOLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Trillo popped
to second; Aguayo singled to center; Lyle out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Aguayo to second]; Smith flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Phillies 4, Astros 4.

ASTROS 10TH: Reynolds singled to center; Walling out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Reynolds to second]; Cruz
singled to left [Reynolds scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Phillies 4, Astros 5.