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.

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