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August 17, 1980

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 9 11 1
Padres 2 8 1
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Astros 9 11 1
Padres 2 8 1

Gene Richards Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .297
OBP .250 .365
At Bats 4 451
Hits 1 134
• Singles 1 113
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 0 26

Joe Niekro Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 11 0
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Jack Murphy Stadium - August 17, 1980
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Out
Joe Niekro
Alan Ashby
Danny Heep
Art Howe
Luis Pujols
Rafael Landestoy
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Terry Puhl
Gene Richards

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 9 11 1 7
San Diego Padres 2 8 1 8
Winning Pitcher Joe Niekro
Losing Pitcher Steve Mura
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Alan Ashby
Attendance 16,120
Time of Game 2 hours 23 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Richards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tim Flannery pinch hits for Gary Lucas. Flannery hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Baker hits a line drive towards third. Pujols reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ashby strikes out.
Top 9 Howe strikes out.
Top 9 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Evans hits a popup towards short. Landestoy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fahey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Perkins moves to second.
Bottom 8 Perkins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Cash hits a line drive towards short. Landestoy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Top 8 Heep hits a ball on the ground towards first. Perkins scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heep for the out.
Top 8 Gary Lucas now pitching. Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Salazar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heep scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mumphrey for the out.
Bottom 7 Salazar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pujols fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Richards hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gene Tenace pinch hits for Eric Rasmussen. Tenace hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pujols hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Evans fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Landestoy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Richards. Landestoy reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fahey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cash tags and scores. Perkins tags and moves to third.
Bottom 6 Perkins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Perkins reaches second base with a double. Cash moves to third.
Bottom 6 Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Luis Pujols now playing third base. Art Howe now playing second base. Mumphrey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Eric Rasmussen now pitching. Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Salazar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Salazar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Richards hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Willie Montanez pinch hits for Dennis Kinney. Montanez hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Heep hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Puhl hits a fly ball into center field. Mumphrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Evans hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Fahey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fahey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heep juggles the ball. That's an error on Heep.
Bottom 4 Perkins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heep scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Perkins for the out.
Bottom 4 Cash hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Niekro hits a fly ball into right field. Salazar settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Heep scores. Cedeno scores. Howe moves to second.
Top 4 Ashby hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perkins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Howe is walked intentionally.
Top 4 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Fahey and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 4 Cedeno is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cash scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Heep moves to third.
Top 4 Dave Cash now playing second base. Barry Evans now playing third base. Luis Salazar now playing right field. Heep hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Richards. Heep reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Mumphrey strikes out.
Bottom 3 Salazar strikes out. Ashby drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Salazar out.
Bottom 3 Richards hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Puhl hits a fly ball into left field. Richards settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Evans scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Landestoy moves to third.
Top 3 Niekro bunts towards the mound. Kinney fields it and throws to first for the out. Landestoy moves to second.
Top 3 Landestoy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kinney strikes out.
Bottom 2 Baker strikes out. Ashby drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Baker out.
Bottom 2 Evans hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Howe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl scores. Heep scores. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 2 Cedeno is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Cruz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fahey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Heep hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Winfield. Heep reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores. Puhl moves to third.
Top 2 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Dennis Kinney now pitching. There goes Morgan. The throw from Fahey and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 2 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ashby scores. Landestoy scores.
Top 2 Niekro bunts towards the mound. Mura fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashby moves to third. Landestoy moves to second.
Top 2 Landestoy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howe scores. Ashby moves to second.
Top 2 Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Howe moves to third.
Top 2 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Fahey and he is safe. Cedeno steals second.
Top 2 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Fahey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Perkins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Winfield strikes out.
Bottom 1 Mumphrey bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Richards moves to third. Salazar moves to second.
Bottom 1 Salazar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Richards moves to second.
Bottom 1 Richards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cruz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Fahey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Heep hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Puhl is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.