Pushing across a run in the top of the 12th inning, the Astros edged the Expos, 4-3. The score was 3-3 when Dickie Thon hit a one-out single and moved to third on Tony Scott's single. Phil Garner then delivered another single to plate Thon. Expos' runs came on Andre Dawson's inside-the-park two-run homer in the third and his solo shot in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 4, Montreal Expos 3

Game Played on Sunday, September 6, 1981 (Day game) at Stade Olympique

Astros 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 14 0 Expos 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 13 0 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Expos AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Scott cf 5 0 2 0 1 0 .260 Raines lf 6 0 1 0 0 1 .302 Garner 2b 4 0 1 1 1 1 .245 Scott 2b 5 1 1 0 1 1 .213 Puhl rf 6 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Dawson cf 5 2 3 3 1 0 .325 Cruz lf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Carter c 5 0 2 0 0 0 .239 Cedeno 1b 5 2 3 1 0 0 .291 Cromartie rf 5 0 1 0 1 2 .287 Howe 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .320 Milner 1b 6 0 3 0 0 0 .233 D. Smith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Manuel pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Spilman ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Parrish 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .215 Loucks pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 LaCorte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Francona ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Garcia ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Speier ss 4 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Pujols c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .225 Lee p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .385 Ashby ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Reardon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Niekro p 2 0 1 1 0 0 .195 White ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fryman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Thon 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .233 Office ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mills 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Totals 44 4 14 4 2 4 Totals 45 3 13 3 5 5 Time of Game: 3:33 Attendance: 47,193 Left on Base: Astros 8, Expos 13 DP: Astros 0, Expos 2 Doubles: Pujols (2), Niekro (1), Milner 2 (4), Carter (11), Scott (7), Mills (1) Triples: Howe (3) Home Runs: Cedeno (3), Dawson 2 (22) Caught Stealing: Scott (9), Cedeno (7), Raines (10) Sacrifice Hits: Niekro (9), Garner (4), White (1), Carter (2) GIDP: Garcia (2) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro 6 7 2 2 3 1 1 26 2.99 Sambito 1.2 2 1 1 0 1 1 7 1.90 D. Smith 2.1 1 0 0 2 2 0 10 3.03 LaCorte W(4-2) 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 3.22 Totals 12 13 3 3 5 5 2 52 Expos IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee 6.1 10 3 3 1 2 1 28 2.72 Reardon 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.56 Fryman 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.74 Jackson 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 2.55 Sosa L(1-2) 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 8 4.45 Totals 12 14 4 4 2 4 1 48 Wild Pitches: Niekro (7) Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - Satch Davidson, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Jerry Crawford ASTROS 1ST: Scott singled to left; Garner flied out to right; Puhl was called out on strikes while Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 0. EXPOS 1ST: Raines grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott struck out; Dawson singled to left; Carter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Expos 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Cedeno homered; Howe grounded out (pitcher to first); Garcia singled to left; Pujols forced Garcia (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 2ND: Cromartie flied out to center; Milner doubled to left; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Milner to third]; Parrish grounded out (third to first); Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Expos 0. ASTROS 3RD: Niekro grounded out (second to first); Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Garner grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Expos 0. EXPOS 3RD: Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Raines grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott walked; Dawson hit an inside the park homer to center [Scott scored]; Carter flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Expos 2. ASTROS 4TH: Puhl grounded out (second to first); Cruz was called out on strikes; Cedeno singled to center; Howe tripled to right [Cedeno scored]; Garcia flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Expos 2. EXPOS 4TH: Cromartie grounded out (first to pitcher); Milner singled to left [Milner out at second (shortstop to second)]; Parrish grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Expos 2. ASTROS 5TH: Pujols singled to center; Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Pujols to second]; Scott popped to first in foul territory; Garner walked; Puhl popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Expos 2. EXPOS 5TH: Speier grounded out (shortstop to first); Lee singled to left; Raines forced Lee (shortstop to second); Raines was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Expos 2. ASTROS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (pitcher to first); Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Howe singled to center; Garcia grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Expos 2. EXPOS 6TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Dawson grounded out (third to first); Carter singled to left; Cromartie singled to second [Carter to second]; Milner popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Expos 2. ASTROS 7TH: Pujols doubled to right; Niekro doubled to left [Pujols scored]; Scott flied out to right [Niekro to third]; REARDON REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Garner struck out; Puhl flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 2. EXPOS 7TH: Parrish walked; Speier walked [Parrish to second]; SAMBITO REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); WHITE BATTED FOR REARDON; White out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher unassisted) [Parrish to third, Speier to second]; Raines made an out to second; Scott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 2. ASTROS 8TH: FRYMAN REPLACED WHITE (PITCHING); Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first); Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 2. EXPOS 8TH: Dawson homered; Carter doubled to left; Cromartie struck out; Milner made an out to second; D. SMITH REPLACED HOWE (PITCHING); THON REPLACED SAMBITO (PLAYING 3B); Parrish grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 3. ASTROS 9TH: Garcia made an out to shortstop; Pujols struck out; Thon flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 3. EXPOS 9TH: Speier flied out to left; OFFICE BATTED FOR FRYMAN; Office flied out to left; Raines was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 3. ASTROS 10TH: JACKSON REPLACED OFFICE (PITCHING); Scott walked; Garner out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Scott to second]; Puhl flied out to left; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 3. EXPOS 10TH: Scott doubled to center; Dawson was walked intentionally; Carter out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Scott to third, Dawson to second]; Cromartie was walked intentionally; Milner popped to catcher in foul territory; Parrish struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 3. ASTROS 11TH: SOSA REPLACED PARRISH (PITCHING); MILLS REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING 3B); Cedeno popped to first in foul territory; SPILMAN BATTED FOR D. SMITH; Spilman singled to right; LOUCKS RAN FOR SPILMAN; Garcia grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Loucks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 3. EXPOS 11TH: LACORTE REPLACED LOUCKS (PITCHING); Speier flied out to right; Mills doubled to right; Raines singled to right [Mills to third]; Scott flied out to left; Dawson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Expos 3. ASTROS 12TH: ASHBY BATTED FOR PUJOLS; Ashby flied out to center; Thon singled to center; Scott singled to second [Thon to second]; Garner singled to center [Thon scored, Scott out at third (center to third)]; Puhl popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Expos 3. EXPOS 12TH: ASHBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Carter flied out to left; Cromartie struck out; Milner doubled to right; MANUEL RAN FOR MILNER; FRANCONA BATTED FOR SOSA; Francona flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 4, Expos 3.

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