Oct 16, 1981 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1981 Houston 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 7 0 1981 St. Louis 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 Houston AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg St. Louis AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Thon SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Herr 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .083 Spilman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Hernandez 1B 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200 LaCorte P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Porter, D C 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tenace PH-C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 Smith,D P 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Lezcano RF 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .400 Garner 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 Iorg LF 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .600 Pittman, J 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 Sutter P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cedeno CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 Roof PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 Puhl PH-CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Kaat P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz, J LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 Hendrick CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .231 Howe 3B 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 .091 Templeton SS 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .091 Walling 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 Oberkfell 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Woods, G RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 Martin, J P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 Ashby C 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .300 Landrum LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Niekro P 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 31 1 5 1 5 6 0 0 0 16 .226 Garcia, K PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Reynolds SS 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 34 4 7 4 2 7 2 0 1 14 .188 Houston IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Niekro 6.0 4 1 1 0 3 3 86 55 31 1.50 24 115(113) 60 LaCorte W(1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 11 6 0.00 4 35(42) Sambito H(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 1 20 10 10 3.86 4 35(43) Smith,D S(1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 13 4 0.00 4 50(54) 9.0 5 1 1 0 5 6 140 89 51 2.48 36 St. Louis IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Martin, J 6.2 1 1 1 0 2 6 114 80 34 1.35 25 115(124) 72 Sutter L(0-1) BS(2) 1.1 3 1 1 1 0 0 19 16 3 3.18 7 50(49) - Kaat 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 1 25 18 7 18.00 6 70(75) 9.0 7 4 4 1 2 7 158 114 44 2.48 38 Hou: Garcia hit for Niekro in the 7th Spilman hit for Thon in the 7th Pittman, J moved to 2B in the 7th Reynolds moved to SS in the 7th Puhl hit for Cedeno in the 8th Puhl moved to CF in the 8th StL: Landrum moved to LF in the 7th Tenace hit for Porter in the 8th Roof hit for Sutter in the 8th E-Martin, J(1), Templeton(2) 2B-Ashby(1), Garner(1) HR-Hou Cruz, J(1) off Sutter(1) in the 8th with bases empty, 380 feet RBI-Hou - Cruz, J(2), Garcia, K(1), Reynolds(1), Smith,D(1) StL - Iorg(1) IBB-StL Oberkfell off Niekro SF-Reynolds(1) SH-Garner(1) Great-Woods, G(1), Hendrick(1) LOB-Hou(7) - Woods, G 3, Cedeno 2, Cruz, J 2, Spilman 2, Walling 2, Howe, Niekro, Pittman, J StL(8) - Hendrick 5, Lezcano 2, Martin, J 2, Roof 2, Templeton 2, Herr, Landrum, Tenace DP-Houston 1 GWRBI-Cruz, J Game MVP:Dave Smith Busch Stadium I Time 2:58, 57ø, Wind: 15 MPH Left to Right Night Game Oct 16, 1981 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1981 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 7 0 1981 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 1981 Houston Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Thon SS 1>Fd9 K 6>G6/e6,B2 Spilman PH P6 LaCorte P Sambito P Smith,D P S,3H 2 Garner 2B G63 4>D B14,23 Pittman, J 2B 8>G63 K 3 Cedeno CF P4 L8 K Puhl PH-CF G31 4 Cruz, J LF 2>Fs8 Fs7 F8 HR 5 Howe 3B W K 7>W L7 6 Walling 1B Fd9 5>Fd8 Fd8 9>S 7 Woods, G RF Fd7 F8 K P5 8 Ashby C 3>K G3,B1/e1 S,12 D,13 9 Niekro P K G43 Garcia, K PH S,23,2H Reynolds SS Fs9,3H/SF,23 1981 St. Louis Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Herr 2B 1>K Fs8 6>G43 L9 2 Hernandez 1B S 4>K G53 8>W 3 Porter, D C W,12 F8 S Tenace PH-C F7 4 Lezcano RF G643/dp L6 W,12 W,12 5 Iorg LF 2>G13 5>S S,23,,2H Sutter P Roof PH K Kaat P 6 Hendrick CF G3u Fs9 L8 F9 7 Templeton SS G43 G13,12 7>K 9>K 8 Oberkfell 3B 3>G63 IBB S G31 9 Martin, J P G43 K Landrum LF Fd7 G53 Houston IN OUT Niekro AB1-1 AB3-6 LaCorte AB3-7 AB4-1 Sambito AB4-2 AB4-5 Smith,D AB4-6 End St. Louis IN OUT Martin, J AB1-1 AB3-7 Sutter AB3-8 AB4-5 Kaat AB4-6 End Oct 16, 1981 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1981 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 7 0 1981 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 Inn Out B-S On Hou-StL Result 1-Houston 1 0 1-1 - 0-0 Thon flied to deep right center, 1 out 1 1 3-2 - 0-0 Garner grounded to short, 2 out 1 2 0-2 - 0-0 Cedeno popped to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-St. Louis 1 0 1-2 - 0-0 Herr struck out, 1 out 1 1 1-1 - 0-0 Hernandez lined a single up the middle 1 1 3-2 1 0-0 Porter walked, Hernandez to 2nd 1 1 1-0 12 0-0 Lezcano grounded to short, second to first double play, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Houston 2 0 0-0 - 0-0 Cruz flied to shallow right center, 1 out 2 1 3-2 - 0-0 Howe walked 2 1 3-2 1 0-0 Walling flied to deep right, 2 out 2 2 1-2 1 0-0 Woods flied to deep left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-St. Louis 2 0 2-2 - 0-0 Iorg grounded to the pitcher, 1 out 2 1 2-0 - 0-0 Hendrick grounded to first, 2 out 2 2 0-1 - 0-0 Templeton grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Houston 3 0 0-2 - 0-0 Ashby struck out, 1 out 3 1 2-2 - 0-0 Niekro struck out, 2 out 3 2 0-2 - 0-0 Thon struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-St. Louis 3 0 2-1 - 0-0 Oberkfell grounded to short, 1 out 3 1 1-2 - 0-0 Martin grounded to second, 2 out 3 2 0-0 - 0-0 Herr flied to shallow center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Houston 4 0 2-2 - 0-0 Garner grounded a double between third and short 4 0 2-1 2 0-0 Cedeno lined to center, 1 out 4 1 2-1 2 0-0 Cruz flied shallow down left field line, 2 out 4 2 0-2 2 0-0 Howe struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-St. Louis 4 0 0-2 - 0-0 Hernandez struck out, 1 out 4 1 1-0 - 0-0 Porter flied to center, 2 out 4 2 1-0 - 0-0 Lezcano lined to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Houston 5 0 2-1 - 0-0 Walling flied to deep center, 1 out 5 1 1-2 - 0-0 Woods flied to center, 2 out 5 2 0-2 - 0-0 Ashby grounded to first, safe on dropped throw by pitcher 5 2 3-2 1 0-0 Niekro grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-St. Louis 5 0 0-1 - 0-0 Iorg grounded a single between third and short 5 0 1-2 1 0-0 Hendrick flied shallow down right field line, 1 out 5 1 1-1 1 0-0 Templeton grounded to the pitcher, Iorg to 2nd, 2 out 5 2 0-0 2 0-0 Oberkfell intentionally walked 5 2 0-2 12 0-0 Martin struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Houston 6 0 2-1 - 0-0 Thon grounded to short, safe on throwing error, Thon to 2nd 6 0 0-0 2 0-0 Garner bunted out to the pitcher, Thon to 3rd, sacrifice, 1 out 6 1 1-2 3 0-0 Cedeno struck out, 2 out 6 2 0-1 3 0-0 Cruz flied to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-St. Louis 6 0 1-1 - 0-0 Herr grounded to second, 1 out 6 1 0-1 - 0-0 Hernandez grounded to third, 2 out 6 2 1-0 - 0-0 Porter grounded a single between first and second 6 2 3-1 1 0-0 Lezcano walked, Porter to 2nd 6 2 1-1 12 0-0 Iorg grounded a single between third and short, Porter scored, Lezcano to 2nd, St. Louis 1 Houston 0 6 2 2-2 12 0-1 Hendrick lined to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Houston 7 0 3-1 - 0-1 Howe walked 7 0 1-1 1 0-1 Walling flied to deep left center, 1 out 7 1 0-2 1 0-1 Woods struck out, 2 out >Sutter pitching >Landrum playing LF 7 2 0-2 1 0-1 Ashby grounded a single between third and short, Howe to 2nd 7 2 1-1 12 0-1 Garcia grounded a single between first and second, Howe scored, Ashby to 2nd, Houston 1 St. Louis 1 7 2 0-2 12 1-1 Spilman popped to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-St. Louis >Pittman, J playing 2B >Reynolds playing SS 7 0 2-2 - 1-1 Templeton struck out, 1 out 7 1 0-2 - 1-1 Oberkfell grounded a single between first and second 7 1 1-2 1 1-1 Landrum flied to deep left, 2 out 7 2 3-1 1 1-1 Herr lined to right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Houston 8 0 0-0 - 1-1 Pittman grounded to short, 1 out 8 1 2-0 - 1-1 Puhl grounded to first, 2 out 8 2 0-1 - 1-1 Cruz hit a solo homer to left center, 380 feet, Houston 2 St. Louis 1 8 2 0-0 - 2-1 Howe lined to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-St. Louis >Sambito pitching >Puhl playing CF 8 0 3-1 - 2-1 Hernandez walked 8 0 1-2 1 2-1 Tenace flied to left center, 1 out 8 1 3-0 1 2-1 Lezcano walked, Hernandez to 2nd 8 1 1-2 12 2-1 Roof struck out, 2 out >Smith pitching 8 2 1-1 12 2-1 Hendrick flied to right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Houston >Kaat pitching 9 0 1-2 - 2-1 Walling grounded a single between third and short 9 0 2-0 1 2-1 Woods popped to third, 1 out 9 1 1-0 1 2-1 Ashby doubled to left center, Walling to 3rd 9 1 2-2 23 2-1 Reynolds flied shallow down right field line, Walling scored, Ashby to 3rd, 2 out, Houston 3 St. Louis 1 9 2 1-2 3 3-1 Smith grounded a single between third and short, Ashby scored, Houston 4 St. Louis 1 9 2 0-2 1 4-1 Pittman struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-St. Louis 9 0 2-2 - 4-1 Templeton struck out, 1 out 9 1 1-2 - 4-1 Oberkfell grounded to first, 2 out 9 2 0-0 - 4-1 Landrum grounded to third, 3 out