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Friday September 18, 1981
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Jerry Martin and Joe Morgan had three hits apiece to pace the Giants to a 5-2 decision over the Astros. Singles by Morgan, Jack Clark and Martin, plus a walk and a sacrifice fly by Larry Herndon, produced two first-inning runs and the Giants upped their margin to 3-0 in the second on consecutive singles by Doyle Alexander, Morgan and Enos Cabell. A single by Martin and double by Johnnie LeMaster made it 4-0 in the fourth and Morgan and Cabell drilled back-to-back two-baggers in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


San Francisco Giants 5, Houston Astros 2

Game Played on Friday, September 18, 1981 (Night game) at Candlestick Park

Astros       0  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  0
Giants       2  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   5 12  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Giants               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Puhl rf               3   0   2   1     0   0   .255      Morgan 2b             4   2   3   0     0   0   .246
  Woods ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Cabell 1b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .249
Garner 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .249      Clark rf              2   1   1   0     2   0   .260
Scott cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Evans 3b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .248
Cruz lf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Herndon lf            3   0   0   1     0   0   .281
Cedeno 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Martin cf             4   1   3   1     0   1   .256
Howe 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .310      May c                 4   0   1   0     0   0   .309
Ashby c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .277      LeMaster ss           3   0   1   1     1   0   .265
Reynolds ss           3   1   2   0     0   1   .255      Alexander p           2   1   1   0     0   0   .159
  Thon ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .224        Holland p           2   0   0   0     0   2   .125
Knepper p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .122
  Spilman ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .286
  B. Smith p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heep ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .253
  Loucks pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   2   7   2     1   7             Totals               31   5  12   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance:  8,183
Left on Base: Astros 6, Giants 7
DP: Astros 2, Giants 0
Doubles: LeMaster (9), Morgan (13), Cabell (17), May (15)
Stolen Bases: Martin (5)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Herndon (2)
GIDP: Herndon (10), May (6)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Knepper L(8-4)          4     8   4   4   2   0   0  19   1.96
B. Smith                2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.06
Sambito                 2     3   1   1   2   3   0  11   2.11
Totals                  8    12   5   5   4   3   0  36

Giants                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(9-7)        6.1   7   2   2   1   3   0  27   2.75
Holland SV(7)           2.2   0   0   0   0   4   0   8   2.35
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   7   0  35

Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - Paul Pryor, 2B - John McSherry, 3B - Fred Brocklander


ASTROS 1ST: Puhl singled to right; Garner flied out to right;
Scott forced Puhl (second to shortstop); Cruz struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 0.

GIANTS 1ST: Morgan singled to left; Cabell flied out to right;
Clark singled to right [Morgan to third]; Evans walked [Clark to
second]; Herndon hit a sacrifice fly to center [Morgan scored];
Martin singled to left [Clark scored, Evans out at third (left
to third to second)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Cedeno grounded out (second to first); Howe flied
out to right; Ashby flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 2.

GIANTS 2ND: May flied out to left; LeMaster grounded out (third
to first); Alexander singled to left; Morgan singled to left
[Alexander to second]; Cabell singled to center [Alexander
scored, Morgan to third]; Morgan was caught stealing home
(catcher to second to first to shortstop to third); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Reynolds struck out; Knepper struck out; Puhl flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 3RD: Clark walked; Evans made an out to shortstop;
Herndon grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Clark
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Giants 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott
singled to center; Cruz forced Scott (second to shortstop);
Cedeno forced Cruz (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 3.

GIANTS 4TH: Martin singled to left; May grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Martin to second]; Martin stole third; LeMaster
doubled to right [Martin scored]; Alexander flied out to right;
Morgan grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Giants 4.

ASTROS 5TH: Howe grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby
walked; Reynolds singled to right [Ashby to third]; SPILMAN
BATTED FOR KNEPPER; Spilman flied out to left; Puhl singled to
center [Ashby scored, Reynolds to third]; Garner singled to
right [Reynolds scored, Puhl to second]; Scott grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 5TH: B. SMITH REPLACED SPILMAN (PITCHING); Cabell
grounded out (third to first); Clark flied out to right; Evans
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
2, Giants 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); Cedeno made an
out to shortstop; Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 6TH: Herndon flied out to right; Martin singled to right;
May grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Martin out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants
4.

ASTROS 7TH: Ashby flied out to center; Reynolds singled to
right; HEEP BATTED FOR B. SMITH; Heep singled to left [Reynolds
to second]; LOUCKS RAN FOR HEEP; HOLLAND REPLACED ALEXANDER
(PITCHING); WOODS BATTED FOR PUHL; Woods was called out on
strikes; Garner flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 4.

GIANTS 7TH: WOODS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SAMBITO REPLACED
LOUCKS (PITCHING); LeMaster grounded out (shortstop to first);
Holland was called out on strikes; Morgan doubled to right;
Cabell doubled to left [Morgan scored]; Clark was walked
intentionally; Evans flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 2, Giants 5.

ASTROS 8TH: Scott flied out to right; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Cedeno flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
2, Giants 5.

GIANTS 8TH: Herndon grounded out (pitcher to first); Martin
struck out; May doubled to left; LeMaster was walked
intentionally; Holland struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
2, Giants 5.

ASTROS 9TH: Howe struck out; Ashby flied out to center; THON
BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Thon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Giants 5.



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