Four-hit pitching by Burt Hooton carried the Dodgers to a 3-0 whitewashing of the Astros. Dusty Baker delivered an RBI single in the first inning and the Dodgers scored twice in the eighth on a run-scoring single by Ken Landreaux and sacrifice fly by Baker. [The Sporting News]



Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Friday, September 25, 1981 (Night game) at Astrodome
Dodgers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   3 10  1
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Dodgers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lopes 2b              4   1   0   0     0   0   .211      Puhl rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Landreaux cf          4   1   2   1     0   0   .251      Garner 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Baker lf              3   0   2   2     0   0   .322      Scott cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Garvey 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Cruz lf               3   0   2   0     0   0   .270
Guerrero 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Walling 1b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Scioscia c            3   0   1   0     0   1   .286        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Howe 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .307
  Yeager c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Ashby c               2   0   0   0     1   1   .281
Roenicke rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .270      Reynolds ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .251
Russell ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Ruhle p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .273
  Weiss ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .125        LaCorte p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Hooton p              3   1   1   0     0   1   .205        Spilman 1b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .280

Totals               34   3  10   3     0   2             Totals               29   0   4   0     1   3

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 35,481
Left on Base: Dodgers 6, Astros 3
DP: Dodgers 2, Astros 0
Errors: Weiss, Reynolds
Doubles: Hooton (3)
Triples: Cruz (4)
Stolen Bases: Landreaux (17), Puhl (19)
Caught Stealing: Baker (7), Scott (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Hooton (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Baker (5)
GIDP: Scott (4)


Dodgers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hooton W(11-6)          9     4   0   0   1   3   0  30   2.35
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   3   0  30

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ruhle L(4-5)            7     9   3   2   0   1   0  29   2.86
LaCorte                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.95
Sambito                 1.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.99
Totals                  9    10   3   2   0   2   0  36

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Joe West, 3B - Dick Stello


DODGERS 1ST: Lopes grounded out (first unassisted); Landreaux
singled to center; Landreaux stole second; Baker singled to left
[Landreaux scored]; Baker was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Garvey grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl singled to first; Puhl stole second; Garner hit
into a double play (right to third) [Puhl out at third]; Scott
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 2ND: Guerrero flied out to left; Scioscia singled to
right; Roenicke singled to center [Scioscia out at third (center
to third), Roenicke to second (on throw to 3b)]; Russell flied
out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz tripled to left; Walling struck out; Howe
reached on a fielder's choice [Cruz out at third (pitcher to
third)]; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1,
Astros 0.

DODGERS 3RD: Hooton flied out to left; Lopes grounded out (third
to first); Landreaux flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Ruhle
grounded out (third to first); Puhl grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 4TH: Baker flied out to right; Garvey flied out to
right; Guerrero singled to left; Scioscia grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Garner flied out to center; Scott flied out to
right; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers
1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 5TH: Roenicke singled to right; Russell forced Roenicke
(shortstop to second); Hooton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to second) [Russell to second]; Lopes flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: WEISS REPLACED RUSSELL (PLAYING SS); Walling made an
out to shortstop; Howe flied out to right; Ashby grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 6TH: Landreaux flied out to left; Baker singled to
center; Garvey flied out to center; Guerrero flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Reynolds flied out to center; Ruhle flied out to
left; Puhl popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 7TH: Scioscia struck out; Roenicke grounded out (second
to pitcher); Weiss grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Garner flied out to right; Scott singled to pitcher;
Scott was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cruz
singled to center; Walling flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Dodgers 1, Astros 0.

DODGERS 8TH: Hooton doubled to left; Lopes reached on an error
by Reynolds [Hooton to third]; Landreaux singled to right
[Hooton scored, Lopes to third]; LACORTE REPLACED RUHLE
(PITCHING); Baker hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lopes scored
(unearned)]; Garvey singled to left [Landreaux to third];
Guerrero forced Garvey (pitcher to second); SAMBITO REPLACED
WALLING (PITCHING); SPILMAN REPLACED LACORTE (PLAYING 1B); SMITH
BATTED FOR SCIOSCIA; Smith grounded out (second to first); 2 R
(1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: YEAGER REPLACED SMITH (PLAYING C ); Howe flied out
to center; Ashby walked; Reynolds struck out; Spilman grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros
0.

DODGERS 9TH: Roenicke grounded out (third to first); Weiss
grounded out (third to first); Hooton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Puhl flied out to right; Garner reached on an error
by Weiss [Garner to first]; Scott grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Garner out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Dodgers 3, Astros 0.