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August 30, 1981

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Bottom 10 R H E
Phillies 4 12 0
Astros 4 10 1
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Phillies 4 12 0
Astros 5 11 1

Jose Cruz Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .278
OBP .250 .320
At Bats 4 291
Hits 1 81
• Singles 1 55
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 1 42

Sparky Lyle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 3 0
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Astrodome - August 30, 1981
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Single
Sparky Lyle
Keith Moreland
Pete Rose
Manny Trillo
Mike Schmidt
Luis Aguayo
Lonnie Smith
Garry Maddox
Dick Davis
Jose Cruz
Craig Reynolds

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 4 12 0 12
Houston Astros 5 11 1 7
Winning Pitcher Dave Smith
Losing Pitcher Sparky Lyle
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jose Cruz
Attendance 23,102
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Reynolds scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Walling bunts towards the mound. Lyle fields it and throws to first for the out. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 10 Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Lyle bunts towards the mound. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Aguayo moves to second.
Top 10 Aguayo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Luis Pujols now catching. Trillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pittman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Garcia takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Pittman strikes out.
Bottom 9 Garry Maddox now playing center field. Lonnie Smith now playing left field. Luis Pujols pinch hits for Alan Ashby. Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Dave Smith now pitching. Kiko Garcia now playing third base. Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Moreland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bowa moves to second.
Top 9 Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Larry Bowa pinch hits for Del Unser. Bowa hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Ashby fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Rose hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Scott. Rose reaches second base with a double. Smith goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lyle fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aguayo fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Sparky Lyle now pitching. Walling takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Gary Matthews pinch hits for Warren Brusstar. Matthews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Aguayo hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe juggles the ball. That's an error on Howe. Davis moves to third.
Top 8 Davis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walling. Davis reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Joe Sambito now pitching. Moreland hits a popup towards first. Cedeno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schmidt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aguayo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ryan hits a popup towards first. Rose settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There goes Pittman. The throw from Moreland and he is safe. Pittman steals second.
Bottom 7 Warren Brusstar now pitching. Pittman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Unser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Top 7 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bake McBride pinch hits for Mike Proly. McBride hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aguayo strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rose scoops it up and throws to first, with Proly covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Howe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Trillo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Trillo hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Davis strikes out.
Top 6 Moreland hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Proly fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aguayo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Schmidt hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Unser hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ryan spins, and has Smith trapped. He throws to Howe who tags Smith for the out.
Top 5 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes Smith. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Smith steals second.
Top 5 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aguayo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Pittman hits a fly ball into left field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Proly bunts towards the mound. Ryan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Pittman covering - double play.
Top 4 Aguayo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Trillo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Ashby hits a line drive for a double play.
Bottom 3 Mike Proly now pitching. Howe hits a fly ball into left field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walling tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Cedeno takes first base on ball four. Walling moves to third. Cruz moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reynolds scores. Walling moves to second.
Bottom 3 Walling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 3 Reynolds takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Davis strikes out.
Top 3 Moreland hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Schmidt takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Unser hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Scott hits a fly ball into left field. Unser settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ryan hits a fly ball into right field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Pittman. The throw from Moreland and he is safe. Pittman steals second.
Bottom 2 Pittman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Ashby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Smith. Ashby reaches second base with a double. Smith throws the ball in to Schmidt who tags Ashby trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Howe goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Espinosa trying to get to third. Scott throws the ball in to Howe, who tags Espinosa for the out.
Top 2 Smith strikes out.
Top 2 Espinosa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aguayo scores.
Top 2 Aguayo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Aguayo reaches second base with a double. Davis scores.
Top 2 Trillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pittman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Davis moves to third.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Davis moves to second.
Top 2 Davis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Trillo fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Walling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Rose scoops it up and throws to first, with Espinosa covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Scott hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Moreland hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Ashby fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Schmidt hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Unser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rose moves to third.
Top 1 Rose takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.