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Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 20, 1980
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros, played on September 20, 1980 at Candlestick Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 20, 1980 |
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Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 20, 1980 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Nolan Ryan |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ed Whitson |
Ballpark | Candlestick Park |
City | San Francisco |
State | CA |
Attendance | 16,770 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Lee Weyer 1B: Fred Brocklander 2B: Dutch Rennert 3B: Harry Wendelstedt |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
Enos Cabell | Third Baseman |
Terry Puhl | Right Fielder |
Jose Cruz | Left Fielder |
Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
Dave Bergman | First Baseman |
Alan Ashby | Catcher |
Craig Reynolds | Shortstop |
Nolan Ryan | Pitcher |
Bill Virdon | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
Name | Position |
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Max Venable | Center Fielder |
Larry Herndon | Right Fielder |
Darrell Evans | Third Baseman |
Milt May | Catcher |
Terry Whitfield | Left Fielder |
Rich Murray | First Baseman |
Joe Pettini | Shortstop |
Guy Sularz | Second Baseman |
Ed Whitson | Pitcher |
Dave Bristol | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Giants
Candlestick Park
September 20, 1980
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Whitson
Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cabell vs. Whitson
Whitson fires to first and picks off Morgan. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Whitson
Cabell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Cabell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Puhl vs. Whitson
Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pettini scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cruz vs. Whitson
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Venable vs. Ryan
Venable hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Venable for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Ryan
Herndon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Ryan
Evans hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Ryan
May hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Whitson
Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bergman vs. Whitson
There goes Cedeno. The throw from May and he is out, Sularz applying the tag. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bergman vs. Whitson
Bergman hits a fly ball into left field. Whitfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Whitson
Ashby strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Ryan
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Ryan
Murray hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pettini vs. Ryan
Pettini strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sularz vs. Ryan
Sularz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Murray moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitson vs. Ryan
Whitson strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Whitson
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sularz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ryan vs. Whitson
Ryan strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Whitson
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Venable vs. Ryan
Venable hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Puhl. Venable reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Herndon vs. Ryan
Herndon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman fields the ball and throws to Ryan covering. Safe. Venable moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Ryan
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bergman fields it, throws to second to get Herndon. There's the throw to home to get Venable, for the double play. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Ryan
There goes Evans. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Evans steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Ryan
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitfield vs. Ryan
Whitfield strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Whitson
Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Puhl vs. Whitson
Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sularz fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Whitson
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Whitson
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Ryan
Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pettini vs. Ryan
Pettini is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sularz vs. Ryan
Sularz is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bergman vs. Whitson
Bergman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Bergman reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ashby vs. Whitson
Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pettini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bergman moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Reynolds vs. Whitson
Reynolds hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bergman scores. Ashby moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ryan vs. Whitson
Ryan bunts towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashby moves to third. Reynolds moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Morgan vs. Whitson
Morgan is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cabell vs. Whitson
Cabell hits a popup towards short. Pettini settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Puhl vs. Whitson
Puhl hits a fly ball into center field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitson vs. Ryan
Whitson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Venable vs. Ryan
Venable hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herndon vs. Ryan
Herndon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whitson moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Ryan
Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Whitson scores. Herndon moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Ryan
May hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whitfield vs. Ryan
Whitfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Herndon moves to third. Evans moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Murray vs. Ryan
Murray takes first base on ball four. Herndon scores. Evans moves to third. Whitfield moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Pettini vs. Ryan
Pettini hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Whitson
Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Whitson
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Pettini fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bergman vs. Whitson
Bergman takes first base on ball four. Cedeno moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woods vs. Lavelle
Gary Lavelle now pitching. Johnnie LeMaster now playing shortstop. Gary Woods pinch hits for Alan Ashby.
Woods strikes out. There goes Cedeno. The throw from May and Cedeno is out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sularz vs. Ryan
Luis Pujols now catching.
Sularz hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LeMaster vs. Ryan
LeMaster strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Venable vs. Ryan
Venable hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Landestoy vs. Lavelle
Rafael Landestoy pinch hits for Craig Reynolds.
Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howe vs. Lavelle
Art Howe pinch hits for Nolan Ryan.
Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Lavelle
Morgan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herndon vs. Smith
Rafael Landestoy now playing shortstop. Dave Smith now pitching.
Herndon strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Smith
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Smith
May strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cabell vs. Lavelle
Cabell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Puhl vs. Lavelle
Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Lavelle
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sularz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Puhl moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cedeno vs. Lavelle
Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Puhl scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bergman vs. Lavelle
Bergman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whitfield vs. Smith
Whitfield hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Smith
Murray strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lavelle vs. Smith
Lavelle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pujols vs. Lavelle
Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards short. LeMaster fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landestoy vs. Lavelle
Scott Loucks pinch runs for Luis Pujols.
Landestoy bunts towards first. Murray scoops it up and throws to first, with Sularz covering, for the out. Loucks moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Leonard vs. Lavelle
Jeffrey Leonard pinch hits for Dave Smith.
Leonard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whitfield. Leonard reaches second base with a double. Loucks scores. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morgan vs. Lavelle
Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Venable settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cabell vs. Lavelle
Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Herndon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clark vs. Sambito
Bruce Bochy now catching. Joe Sambito now pitching. Jack Clark pinch hits for Guy Sularz.
Clark hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wohlford vs. Sambito
Jim Wohlford pinch hits for Johnnie LeMaster.
Wohlford takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bourjos vs. Sambito
Chris Bourjos pinch hits for Max Venable.
Bourjos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/20/1980 -- Houston at San Francisco (D) Houston AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI Morgan J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Venable M, cf 4 0 1 0 Cabell E, 3b 5 0 2 0 Bourjos C, ph 1 0 0 0 Puhl T, rf 4 1 1 0 Herndon L, rf 4 1 3 0 Cruz J, lf 3 0 0 0 Evans D, 3b 4 0 1 1 Cedeno C, cf 4 0 3 1 May M, c 3 0 0 0 Bergman D, 1b 3 1 1 0 Whitfield T, lf 4 0 1 0 Ashby A, c 2 0 1 0 Murray R, 1b 3 0 1 1 Woods G, ph 1 0 0 0 Pettini J, ss 3 0 0 0 Pujols L, c 1 0 1 0 Lavelle G, p 1 0 0 0 Loucks S, pr 0 1 0 0 Sularz G, 2b 3 0 1 0 Bochy B, c 0 0 0 0 Clark J, ph 1 0 0 0 Reynolds C, ss 2 0 1 1 Whitson E, p 2 1 1 0 Landestoy R, ph-ss 1 0 0 0 LeMaster J, ss 1 0 0 0 Ryan N, p 1 0 0 0 Wohlford J, ph 0 0 0 0 Howe A, ph 1 0 0 0 Smith D, p 0 0 0 0 Leonard J, ph 1 0 1 1 Sambito J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 3 12 3 34 2 9 2 Houston 000 010 011 -- 3 San Francisco 000 020 000 -- 2 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Ryan N 6.0 9 2 2 2 6 Smith D (W) 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 Sambito J (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO Whitson E 5.1 8 1 1 3 2 Lavelle G (L) 3.2 4 2 2 0 4 DP -- Houston 2, San Francisco 2 LOB -- Houston 8, San Francisco 8 2B -- Cabell E, Venable M, Bergman D, Leonard J SB -- Evans D CS -- Cedeno C 2 SH -- Ryan N, Landestoy R T -- 2:53 A -- 16770
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