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Houston Astros @ Los Angeles Dodgers

1980-10-06 · Day game · Dodger Stadium · Att: 51127 · sunny, dry · 3:10

Houston Astros defeated Los Angeles Dodgers 7–1. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 4th. Joe Niekro earned the win. Art Howe went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	12
LAN	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	6

W: Joe Niekro L: Dave Goltz SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: Nick Colosi · 2B: Paul Runge · 3B: Jerry Dale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terry Puhl	5	2	1	0	0	0
Enos Cabell	4	2	2	0	1	1
Joe Morgan	2	1	0	0	1	1
Jose Cruz	4	0	1	1	0	1
Cesar Cedeno	4	1	1	1	1	0
Art Howe	5	1	3	4	0	0
Alan Ashby	4	0	1	0	1	0
Craig Reynolds	4	0	3	0	0	1
Joe Niekro	2	0	0	0	0	1
Rafael Landestoy	2	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Davey Lopes	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dusty Baker	4	1	1	0	0	2
Steve Garvey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rick Monday	3	0	1	1	1	0
Joe Ferguson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mickey Hatcher	3	0	1	0	0	1
Derrel Thomas	3	0	2	0	1	0
Rudy Law	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vic Davalillo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Perconte	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Thomasson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Niekro	9.0	6	2	6

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Goltz	3.0	8	0	2
Rick Sutcliffe	0.1	1	2	0
Joe Beckwith	0.1	1	1	0
Bobby Castillo	1.1	1	1	2
Fernando Valenzuela	2.0	1	0	1
Steve Howe	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Terry Puhl: E4/G4.B-1
Enos Cabell: S8/L4D.1-3
Joe Morgan: K+SB2
Jose Cruz: FC5/G5.3XH(5E2)(NR)(UR);2-3;B-1
Cesar Cedeno: 43/G4.3-H(UR);1-2
Art Howe: S5/G5L.2-3
Alan Ashby: 7/F7S

Bot 1

Davey Lopes: 53/G56S
Jay Johnstone: 43/G4
Dusty Baker: K

Top 2

Craig Reynolds: S8/L6D
Joe Niekro: 24/BG1S/SH.1-2
Terry Puhl: 3/G3.2-3
Enos Cabell: K

Bot 2

Steve Garvey: 4/P34
Rick Monday: 9/L9
Joe Ferguson: 43/G4M

Top 3

Joe Morgan: 9/F89
Jose Cruz: S7/G56
Cesar Cedeno: CS2(26)
Cesar Cedeno: S8/G4M
Art Howe: SB2
Art Howe: HR/F78XD.2-H
Alan Ashby: S8/L8
Craig Reynolds: D8/F89D.1XH(842)

Bot 3

Mickey Hatcher: S7/G56
Derrel Thomas: S8/L89.1-3
Rudy Law: 7/F7
Davey Lopes: 7/F7
Jay Johnstone: 5/P25F/FL

Top 4

Joe Niekro: 53/G5
Terry Puhl: S5/BG5S
Enos Cabell: SB2
Enos Cabell: W+SB3
Joe Morgan: W.1-2
Jose Cruz: 8/F78D/SF.3-H
Cesar Cedeno: W.2-3;1-2
Art Howe: S8/G6M.3-H;2-H;1-3
Alan Ashby: W.1-2
Craig Reynolds: K23

Bot 4

Dusty Baker: S5/G5.B-2(E5/TH1)
Steve Garvey: K23
Rick Monday: S8/G4M.2-H(UR)
Joe Ferguson: K/C
Mickey Hatcher: 8/F8

Top 5

Joe Niekro: K/C
Terry Puhl: 43/G4
Enos Cabell: D9/G3L
Rafael Landestoy: 5/P5S

Bot 5

Derrel Thomas: W
Vic Davalillo: 4(1)/FO/G4
Davey Lopes: 8/F8
Jay Johnstone: K

Top 6

Jose Cruz: K
Cesar Cedeno: 8
Art Howe: 5/L

Bot 6

Dusty Baker: 7
Steve Garvey: 8
Rick Monday: W
Joe Ferguson: S4.1-2
Mickey Hatcher: K+PB.2-3;1-2;B-1
Derrel Thomas: 8

Top 7

Alan Ashby: 7
Craig Reynolds: S8
Joe Niekro: 14/SH.1-2
Terry Puhl: 8

Bot 7

Jack Perconte: 53/G5S
Davey Lopes: 13/G15
Jay Johnstone: 13/G13

Top 8

Enos Cabell: 53/G56
Rafael Landestoy: 43/G4
Jose Cruz: 5/P5F/FL

Bot 8

Dusty Baker: K
Steve Garvey: 63/G56
Rick Monday: 2/P2F/FL

Top 9

Cesar Cedeno: 9/F9D
Art Howe: 7/F7D
Alan Ashby: 7/L7

Bot 9

Joe Ferguson: 5/P25F/FL
Gary Thomasson: 43/G4
Derrel Thomas: S7/F7S
Jack Perconte: 3/G34

Notes & reviews

Playoff to decide NL West title
Puhl's slide dislodged the ball from Ferguson's glove
Hatcher: diving backhanded stop
Into LCF bleachers to the right of the 385' mark
Monday: diving catch
Time was called when fans started throwing objects on the field, particularly at Cruz in LF.
The umpires ordered the Astros off the field due to fans again throwing things on the field (and at Cruz). A PA announcement warned the crowd that if it continued, the umpires could forfeit the game to the Astros. After a few minutes, Houston returned to the field.
Thomas upended Landestoy as the latter went to tag him on the line, thwarting a potential DP.

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