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Houston Astros 4 St. Louis Cardinals 3

May 20,1981

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (19-19)

Home Team

St. Louis Cardinals (20-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

11

Ballpark

Busch Stadium II

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

19,175

Time of Game

2:47

Umpires

[HP]: Doug Harvey [1B]: Nick Colosi [2B]: Frank Pulli [3B]: Eric Gregg

Houston Astros 4 St. Louis Cardinals 3

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	19-19		0	1	2		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1		4	11	0		5	8	18	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	20-11		3	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0		3	10	1		1	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	cf	24.316	L	5	0	0	0		0	1	.248		38	545
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	28.144	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.274		34	638
3	Denny Walling	rf-1b	27.033	L	4	1	1	0		1	1	.224		21	338
4	Jose Cruz	lf	33.285	L	5	2	3	1		0	0	.282		38	1362
5	Art Howe	3b	34.156	R	5	0	2	1		0	0	.371		38	622
6	Danny Heep	1b	23.321	L	5	0	0	0		0	1	.226		18	65
7	Alan Ashby	c	29.316	B	4	1	1	0		1	0	.239		32	659
8	Rafael Landestoy	2b	27.357	B	5	0	2	2		0	0	.173		24	376
9	Joe Niekro	p	36.194	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.120		9	470
	Joe Pittman	ph	28.139	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.222		9	9
Totals

2B: Jose Cruz (7)

3B: Jose Cruz (1), Rafael Landestoy (1)

RBI: Jose Cruz (27), Art Howe (13), Rafael Landestoy 2 (3)

GDP: Denny Walling (2)

SB: Art Howe (1)

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Garry Templeton	ss	25.057	B	5	1	2	0		0	0	.276		30	662
2	Tony Scott	cf	29.244	B	5	0	1	0		0	0	.286		31	638
3	Keith Hernandez	1b	27.212	L	4	1	2	1		1	1	.325		31	878
4	George Hendrick	rf	31.214	R	4	1	0	0		1	1	.274		30	1256
5	Dane Iorg	lf	31.009	L	5	0	1	1		0	1	.256		16	277
6	Ken Oberkfell	3b	25.016	L	4	0	1	0		1	0	.293		31	315
7	Gene Tenace	c	34.222	R	5	0	1	1		0	2	.217		16	1394
8	Tom Herr	2b	25.046	B	5	0	2	0		0	1	.269		31	121
9	Lary Sorensen	p	25.228	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.091		8	18
	Sixto Lezcano	ph	27.173	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.267		27	812
Totals

Errors: Ken Oberkfell

2B: Dane Iorg (1), Tom Herr (5)

3B: Garry Templeton (7)

RBI: Keith Hernandez (19), Dane Iorg (5), Gene Tenace (8)

SB: Garry Templeton (4), Tony Scott (9), Keith Hernandez (4), Tom Herr (2)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joe Niekro	R	W 5-3	10.0	10	3	3	3	8	0		2.22	1.07		9	483
2	Joe Sambito	L	SV 3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.31	1.07		17	280
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joe Niekro (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Lary Sorensen	R		9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0		3.02	0.90		8	137
2	Jim Kaat	L		1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2.00	1.00		16	787
3	Bruce Sutter	R	L 1-2	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		3.25	1.23		15	315
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Lary Sorensen (0-0-0), Jim Kaat (0-0-0), Bruce Sutter (0-0-0)