1981 Houston Astros
Personnel | Standings | Splits | Calendar | Regular Season
National League Division Series

Summary:

61-49, Third place, NL West
NL Western Division Second Half Champions

Manager: Bill Virdon

Coaches:

NameFirst GameLast Game
Deacon Jones4/9/19816/10/1981
Don Leppert4/9/19816/10/1981
Bob Lillis4/9/19816/10/1981
Tony Pacheco4/9/19816/10/1981
Mel Wright4/9/19816/10/1981

Players:

Joaquin Andujar Alan Ashby Dave Bergman Cesar Cedeno Jose Cruz
Kiko Garcia Phil Garner Danny Heep Art Howe Mike Ivie
Bob Knepper Alan Knicely Frank LaCorte Rafael Landestoy Jeffrey Leonard
Scott Loucks Joe Niekro Bert Pena Joe Pittman Gordie Pladson
Terry Puhl Luis Pujols Craig Reynolds Dave Roberts Vern Ruhle
Nolan Ryan Joe Sambito Tony Scott Billy Smith Dave Smith
Harry Spilman Bobby Sprowl Don Sutton Dickie Thon Tim Tolman
Denny Walling Gary Woods

Standings: 1981 NL Western Division

Overall:
Team G W L Pct RS RA GB
Cincinnati Reds 108 66 42 .611 464 440 -
Los Angeles Dodgers 110 63 47 .573 450 356 4.0
Houston Astros 110 61 49 .555 394 331 6.0
San Francisco Giants 111 56 55 .505 427 414 11.5
Atlanta Braves 107 50 56 .472 395 416 15.0
San Diego Padres 110 41 69 .373 382 455 26.0

Finish: Third place out of six, 6 games behind

First Half:
Team G W L Pct RS RA GB
Los Angeles Dodgers 57 36 21 .632 237 170 -
Cincinnati Reds 56 35 21 .625 262 231 0.5
Houston Astros 57 28 29 .491 195 183 8.0
Atlanta Braves 55 25 29 .463 201 236 9.5
San Francisco Giants 59 27 32 .458 222 224 10.0
San Diego Padres 56 23 33 .411 194 229 12.5

Finish: Third place out of six, 8 games behind

Second Half:
Team G W L Pct RS RA GB
Houston Astros 53 33 20 .623 199 148 -
Cincinnati Reds 52 31 21 .596 202 209 1.5
San Francisco Giants 52 29 23 .558 205 190 3.5
Los Angeles Dodgers 53 27 26 .509 213 186 6.0
Atlanta Braves 52 25 27 .481 194 180 7.5
San Diego Padres 54 18 36 .333 188 226 15.5

Finish: First place out of six, -1.5 games behind


Team splits:

Total Home Road
Team G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
Atlanta Braves 12 8 4 .667 37 30 6 4 2 .667 20 10 6 4 2 .667 17 20
Chicago Cubs 7 6 1 .857 33 11 3 3 0 1.000 17 2 4 3 1 .750 16 9
Cincinnati Reds 12 4 8 .333 35 42 6 1 5 .167 8 18 6 3 3 .500 27 24
Los Angeles Dodgers 12 4 8 .333 26 38 6 3 3 .500 12 10 6 1 5 .167 14 28
Montreal Expos 7 5 2 .714 28 18 3 2 1 .667 15 9 4 3 1 .750 13 9
New York Mets 9 6 3 .667 39 16 6 5 1 .833 27 8 3 1 2 .333 12 8
Philadelphia Phillies 10 4 6 .400 34 46 4 4 0 1.000 16 8 6 0 6 .000 18 38
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 2 4 .333 18 21 3 0 3 .000 6 12 3 2 1 .667 12 9
San Diego Padres 14 11 3 .786 52 27 5 4 1 .800 11 6 9 7 2 .778 41 21
San Francisco Giants 15 9 6 .600 64 51 6 4 2 .667 23 13 9 5 4 .556 41 38
St. Louis Cardinals 6 2 4 .333 28 31 3 1 2 .333 11 10 3 1 2 .333 17 21
Total 110 61 49 .555 394 331 51 31 20 .608 166 106 59 30 29 .508 228 225

Division splits:

Total Home Road
Division G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
NL East 45 25 20 .556 180 143 22 15 7 .682 92 49 23 10 13 .435 88 94
NL West 65 36 29 .554 214 188 29 16 13 .552 74 57 36 20 16 .556 140 131
Total 110 61 49 .555 394 331 51 31 20 .608 166 106 59 30 29 .508 228 225

Monthly splits:

Total Home Road
Month G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
April 19 7 12 .368 44 50 13 4 9 .308 26 32 6 3 3 .500 18 18
May 29 17 12 .586 118 100 12 8 4 .667 45 26 17 9 8 .529 73 74
June 9 4 5 .444 33 33 3 2 1 .667 10 5 6 2 4 .333 23 28
August 21 13 8 .619 84 67 8 7 1 .875 37 18 13 6 7 .462 47 49
September 28 18 10 .643 99 64 15 10 5 .667 48 25 13 8 5 .615 51 39
October 4 2 2 .500 16 17 - - - - - - 4 2 2 .500 16 17
Total 110 61 49 .555 394 331 51 31 20 .608 166 106 59 30 29 .508 228 225

Day/night splits:

Total Home Road
Day / night G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
Day 32 15 17 .469 110 115 8 3 5 .375 18 16 24 12 12 .500 92 99
Night 78 46 32 .590 284 216 43 28 15 .651 148 90 35 18 17 .514 136 126
Total 110 61 49 .555 394 331 51 31 20 .608 166 106 59 30 29 .508 228 225

Day-of-week splits:

Total Home Road
Day of week G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA G W L Pct RS RA
Sunday 17 11 6 .647 53 43 8 5 3 .625 21 13 9 6 3 .667 32 30
Monday 12 7 5 .583 43 37 7 3 4 .429 21 22 5 4 1 .800 22 15
Tuesday 17 9 8 .529 51 53 9 6 3 .667 23 15 8 3 5 .375 28 38
Wednesday 17 11 6 .647 65 43 7 5 2 .714 24 5 10 6 4 .600 41 38
Thursday 13 6 7 .462 54 42 3 1 2 .333 15 15 10 5 5 .500 39 27
Friday 16 7 9 .438 46 45 8 4 4 .500 23 18 8 3 5 .375 23 27
Saturday 18 10 8 .556 82 68 9 7 2 .778 39 18 9 3 6 .333 43 50
Total 110 61 49 .555 394 331 51 31 20 .608 166 106 59 30 29 .508 228 225

Score by inning:

Home 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
Opponent 16 8 8 10 9 4 11 15 15 3 3 0 0 1 3 106
Houston 29 10 27 27 13 12 19 19 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 166

Road 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Houston 34 20 25 23 18 19 30 19 33 1 1 1 3 1 228
Opponent 37 17 33 35 15 20 29 23 10 1 1 1 3 0 225

Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
Opponent 53 25 41 45 24 24 40 38 25 4 4 1 3 1 3 331
Houston 63 30 52 50 31 31 49 38 40 3 1 1 3 2 0 394

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Regular Season

Date Opponent Score Rec Strk WP LP SV A T D/N
Thu 4/9/1981 at Dodgers L 0-2 0-1 L1 Valenzuela (1-0) Niekro (0-1) 50,511 2:17 D
Sat 4/11/1981 at Dodgers L 4-7 0-2 L2 Hooton (1-0) Sutton (0-1) 51,691 2:56 N
Sun 4/12/1981 at Dodgers L 2-3 0-3 L3 Sutcliffe (1-0) Ruhle (0-1) Howe (1) 50,734 2:16 D
Mon 4/13/1981 vs Braves L 1-2 (10) 0-4 L4 Camp (1-0) Sambito (0-1) Bradford (1) 34,961 2:57 N
Tue 4/14/1981 vs Braves W 8-2 1-4 W1 Niekro (1-1) Walk (0-1) 21,440 2:38 N
Wed 4/15/1981 vs Braves W 2-0 2-4 W2 Ryan (1-0) Boggs (0-1) LaCorte (1) 22,365 2:00 N
Fri 4/17/1981 vs Pirates L 3-4 2-5 L1 Rhoden (2-0) Sutton (0-2) Romo (2) 39,119 2:28 N
Sat 4/18/1981 vs Pirates L 3-6 (11) 2-6 L2 Jackson (1-0) D. Smith (0-1) 29,790 3:06 D
Sun 4/19/1981 vs Pirates L 0-2 2-7 L3 Scurry (1-0) Niekro (1-2) Solomon (1) 30,394 2:21 D
Mon 4/20/1981 vs Dodgers L 2-5 2-8 L4 Hooton (3-0) Andujar (0-1) Goltz (1) 21,730 2:34 N
Tue 4/21/1981 vs Dodgers W 1-0 3-8 W1 Knepper (1-0) Reuss (0-1) 21,904 1:48 N
Wed 4/22/1981 vs Dodgers L 0-1 3-9 L1 Valenzuela (4-0) Sutton (0-3) 22,830 2:24 N
Thu 4/23/1981 vs Reds L 4-5 (10) 3-10 L2 Price (1-0) D. Smith (0-2) Moskau (1) 23,173 3:06 N
Fri 4/24/1981 vs Reds L 0-3 3-11 L3 Pastore (1-0) Niekro (1-3) 27,087 2:23 N
Sat 4/25/1981 vs Reds L 1-2 3-12 L4 Berenyi (2-0) Ryan (1-1) Hume (1) 19,957 2:45 D
Sun 4/26/1981 vs Reds W 1-0 4-12 W1 Knepper (2-0) Soto (1-3) 23,428 2:21 D
Tue 4/28/1981 at Braves W 2-1 5-12 W2 Sutton (1-3) Montefusco (1-2) D. Smith (1) 8,669 2:34 N
Wed 4/29/1981 at Braves W 5-4 6-12 W3 LaCorte (1-0) Camp (2-1) 8,334 3:18 N
Thu 4/30/1981 at Braves W 5-1 7-12 W4 Niekro (2-3) Boggs (1-3) 10,006 2:19 N
Fri 5/1/1981 at Pirates W 5-3 8-12 W5 Sambito (1-1) Solomon (0-1) 7,012 3:01 N
Sat 5/2/1981 at Pirates L 4-5 (12) 8-13 L1 Solomon (1-1) D. Smith (0-3) 21,993 3:56 N
Sun 5/3/1981 at Pirates W 3-1 9-13 W1 Sutton (2-3) Bibby (1-1) D. Smith (2) 10,438 3:15 D
Mon 5/4/1981 at Cubs W 5-4 10-13 W2 Andujar (1-1) Krukow (1-2) Sambito (1) 2,941 3:02 D
Tue 5/5/1981 at Cubs W 4-3 11-13 W3 D. Smith (1-3) Smith (0-2) 2,092 2:41 D
Wed 5/6/1981 at Cubs L 1-2 (11) 11-14 L1 Smith (1-2) LaCorte (1-1) 2,572 3:27 D
Thu 5/7/1981 at Cubs W 6-0 12-14 W1 Knepper (3-0) Martz (1-1) 3,112 2:40 D
Fri 5/8/1981 at Reds L 0-4 12-15 L1 Seaver (3-1) Sutton (2-4) 31,961 2:21 N
Sat 5/9/1981 at Reds L 5-9 12-16 L2 Berenyi (3-1) Andujar (1-2) 30,860 2:38 D
Sun 5/10/1981 at Reds W 7-5 13-16 W1 Niekro (3-3) Pastore (1-1) LaCorte (2) 31,903 2:44 D
Mon 5/11/1981 at Reds W 5-0 14-16 W2 Ryan (2-1) LaCoss (1-4) 11,795 2:36 N
Tue 5/12/1981 vs Cardinals L 2-3 (10) 14-17 L1 Sutter (1-1) Sambito (1-2) Kaat (2) 20,020 2:26 N
Wed 5/13/1981 vs Cardinals W 3-0 15-17 W1 Sutton (3-4) Shirley (4-1) 21,705 2:24 N
Thu 5/14/1981 vs Cardinals L 6-7 15-18 L1 Otten (1-0) Sambito (1-3) Sutter (6) 20,042 2:54 N
Fri 5/15/1981 vs Cubs W 5-0 16-18 W1 Niekro (4-3) Caudill (0-3) 23,718 2:16 N
Sat 5/16/1981 vs Cubs W 6-1 17-18 W2 Ryan (3-1) Martz (1-2) Sambito (2) 43,726 2:48 N
Sun 5/17/1981 vs Cubs W 6-1 18-18 W3 Knepper (4-0) Krukow (1-4) 34,068 2:34 D
Tue 5/19/1981 at Cardinals L 12-15 18-19 L1 Kaat (2-0) Sprowl (0-1) 14,585 3:03 N
Wed 5/20/1981 at Cardinals W 4-3 (11) 19-19 W1 Niekro (5-3) Sutter (1-2) Sambito (3) 19,175 2:47 N
Thu 5/21/1981 at Cardinals L 1-3 19-20 L1 Martin (1-0) Ryan (3-2) 19,823 2:13 D
Fri 5/22/1981 vs Giants L 3-6 (15) 19-21 L2 Minton (2-2) Andujar (1-3) 30,377 4:38 N
Sat 5/23/1981 vs Giants W 5-3 20-21 W1 LaCorte (2-1) Whitson (1-5) 38,586 3:09 N
Sun 5/24/1981 vs Giants L 1-2 20-22 L1 Blue (4-3) Sutton (3-5) Minton (9) 34,922 2:26 D
Mon 5/25/1981 vs Padres W 6-3 21-22 W1 Niekro (6-3) Mura (1-7) Sambito (4) 19,025 2:41 N
Tue 5/26/1981 vs Padres W 1-0 22-22 W2 Ryan (4-2) Eichelberger (4-3) Sambito (5) 17,709 2:23 N
Wed 5/27/1981 vs Padres W 1-0 23-22 W3 Knepper (5-0) Welsh (2-3) 21,256 1:50 N
Fri 5/29/1981 at Giants L 1-3 23-23 L1 Blue (5-3) Sutton (3-6) Holland (2) 8,397 2:22 N
Sat 5/30/1981 at Giants W 9-8 (14) 24-23 W1 Andujar (2-3) Breining (1-1) Ruhle (1) 8,869 4:33 D
Sun 5/31/1981 at Giants L 1-6 24-24 L1 Griffin (4-3) Ryan (4-3) Holland (3) 20,626 2:34 D
Tue 6/2/1981 at Padres W 2-1 25-24 W1 LaCorte (3-1) Welsh (2-4) Sambito (6) 9,671 2:19 N
Wed 6/3/1981 at Padres W 6-1 26-24 W2 Sutton (4-6) Wise (2-5) 10,023 2:25 N
Thu 6/4/1981 at Padres L 5-7 26-25 L1 Mura (3-7) Niekro (6-4) Lucas (8) 12,403 2:31 D
Fri 6/5/1981 vs Mets W 3-0 27-25 W1 Ryan (5-3) Jones (1-6) 28,085 2:09 N
Sat 6/6/1981 vs Mets W 6-2 28-25 W2 Ruhle (1-1) Zachry (5-6) D. Smith (3) 42,478 2:17 N
Sun 6/7/1981 vs Mets L 1-3 28-26 L1 Scott (3-4) Knepper (5-1) Allen (6) 29,873 2:13 D
Mon 6/8/1981 at Phillies L 3-4 28-27 L2 Ruthven (8-3) Sutton (4-7) McGraw (6) 31,664 2:41 N
Tue 6/9/1981 at Phillies L 3-10 28-28 L3 Bystrom (4-3) Niekro (6-5) R. Reed (5) 33,978 2:17 N
Wed 6/10/1981 at Phillies L 4-5 28-29 L4 Carlton (9-1) LaCorte (3-2) McGraw (7) 57,386 2:22 N
Mon 8/10/1981 at Giants W 6-5 29-29 W1 Sambito (2-3) Breining (2-2) LaCorte (3) 11,115 3:08 N
Tue 8/11/1981 at Giants L 2-3 29-30 L1 Griffin (5-5) Niekro (6-6) Minton (10) 12,354 2:36 N
Wed 8/12/1981 at Giants W 5-4 30-30 W1 Sambito (3-3) Holland (3-3) B. Smith (1) 8,707 2:51 D
Thu 8/13/1981 at Padres L 1-9 30-31 L1 Welsh (4-4) Knepper (5-2) 4,899 2:29 D
Fri 8/14/1981 at Padres W 5-1 31-31 W1 Ryan (6-3) Lollar (1-5) 8,414 2:24 N
Sat 8/15/1981 at Padres W 5-0 32-31 W2 Sutton (5-7) Eichelberger (6-4) 5,852 1:59 N
Sun 8/16/1981 at Padres W 3-0 33-31 W3 Niekro (7-6) Mura (4-9) D. Smith (4) 5,880 2:16 D
Mon 8/17/1981 vs Expos L 2-6 33-32 L1 Burris (5-5) Ruhle (1-2) Fryman (4) 24,203 2:19 N
Tue 8/18/1981 vs Expos W 4-2 34-32 W1 Knepper (6-2) Rogers (8-5) Sambito (7) 23,306 2:04 N
Wed 8/19/1981 vs Expos W 9-1 35-32 W2 Ryan (7-3) Sanderson (6-4) D. Smith (5) 27,169 2:39 N
Fri 8/21/1981 at Phillies L 4-5 35-33 L1 Lyle (6-2) Ruhle (1-3) McGraw (8) 31,693 2:41 N
Sat 8/22/1981 at Phillies L 4-8 35-34 L2 Ruthven (9-5) Niekro (7-7) 35,199 2:16 D
Sun 8/23/1981 at Phillies L 0-6 35-35 L3 Carlton (10-3) Knepper (6-3) 30,630 1:51 N
Tue 8/25/1981 at Mets L 1-2 35-36 L4 Marshall (1-0) Sambito (3-4) 15,622 2:32 N
Wed 8/26/1981 at Mets W 9-3 36-36 W1 Sutton (6-7) Zachry (6-9) 16,731 2:34 N
Thu 8/27/1981 at Mets L 2-3 36-37 L1 Marshall (2-0) Sambito (3-5) Allen (12) 17,488 2:28 D
Fri 8/28/1981 vs Phillies W 3-2 (10) 37-37 W1 D. Smith (2-3) Lyle (6-3) 29,482 2:37 N
Sat 8/29/1981 1 vs Phillies W 6-1 38-37 W2 Ruhle (2-3) M. Davis (0-2) 2:22 N
Sat 8/29/1981 2 vs Phillies W 2-1 39-37 W3 B. Smith (1-0) Noles (0-1) LaCorte (4) 33,327 2:01 N
Sun 8/30/1981 vs Phillies W 5-4 (10) 40-37 W4 D. Smith (3-3) Lyle (6-4) 23,102 2:53 N
Mon 8/31/1981 vs Mets W 6-1 41-37 W5 Sutton (7-7) Zachry (6-10) 10,669 2:27 N
Tue 9/1/1981 vs Mets W 3-2 42-37 W6 Sambito (4-5) Marshall (2-1) 16,339 2:39 N
Wed 9/2/1981 vs Mets W 8-0 43-37 W7 Knepper (7-3) Scott (4-8) 18,938 2:21 N
Thu 9/3/1981 at Expos W 2-1 44-37 W8 Ruhle (3-3) Sanderson (7-5) D. Smith (6) 24,833 2:20 N
Fri 9/4/1981 at Expos W 5-0 45-37 W9 Ryan (8-3) Gullickson (4-7) Sambito (8) 32,580 2:54 N
Sat 9/5/1981 at Expos L 2-5 45-38 L1 Burris (7-5) Sutton (7-8) 30,471 2:13 D
Sun 9/6/1981 at Expos W 4-3 (12) 46-38 W1 LaCorte (4-2) Sosa (1-2) 47,193 3:33 D
Mon 9/7/1981 at Braves W 3-2 47-38 W2 D. Smith (4-3) Camp (7-2) Sambito (9) 7,358 2:40 N
Tue 9/8/1981 at Braves L 2-3 47-39 L1 Camp (8-2) B. Smith (1-1) 2,800 2:13 N
Wed 9/9/1981 at Braves L 0-9 47-40 L2 Niekro (7-5) Ryan (8-4) 4,482 2:34 N
Fri 9/11/1981 vs Giants W 6-0 48-40 W1 Sutton (8-8) Blue (8-6) 23,677 2:30 N
Sat 9/12/1981 vs Giants W 5-2 49-40 W2 Niekro (8-7) Whitson (5-8) D. Smith (7) 35,867 2:39 N
Sun 9/13/1981 vs Giants W 3-0 50-40 W3 Knepper (8-3) Alexander (8-7) LaCorte (5) 19,642 2:32 N
Mon 9/14/1981 vs Reds L 2-4 50-41 L1 Berenyi (8-5) Ruhle (3-4) 19,742 2:30 N
Tue 9/15/1981 vs Reds L 0-4 50-42 L2 Leibrandt (1-0) Ryan (8-5) 16,354 2:26 N
Wed 9/16/1981 at Padres W 5-2 51-42 W1 Sutton (9-8) Lollar (1-8) Sambito (10) 4,241 2:35 N
Thu 9/17/1981 at Padres W 9-0 52-42 W2 Niekro (9-7) Mura (5-13) 2,428 2:14 N
Fri 9/18/1981 at Giants L 2-5 52-43 L1 Alexander (9-7) Knepper (8-4) Holland (7) 8,183 2:26 N
Sat 9/19/1981 at Giants W 8-1 53-43 W1 Ruhle (4-4) Griffin (8-7) 11,522 2:26 D
Sun 9/20/1981 at Giants W 7-3 54-43 W2 Ryan (9-5) Lavelle (0-6) 16,824 3:04 D
Tue 9/22/1981 vs Braves W 3-0 55-43 W3 Sutton (10-8) Perry (7-8) 22,564 2:16 N
Wed 9/23/1981 vs Braves L 1-3 55-44 L1 Mahler (6-6) Niekro (9-8) 24,142 2:13 N
Thu 9/24/1981 vs Braves W 5-3 56-44 W1 Knepper (9-4) McWilliams (1-1) D. Smith (8) 23,341 2:17 N
Fri 9/25/1981 vs Dodgers L 0-3 56-45 L1 Hooton (11-6) Ruhle (4-5) 35,481 2:18 N
Sat 9/26/1981 vs Dodgers W 5-0 57-45 W1 Ryan (10-5) Power (1-3) 32,115 2:46 D
Sun 9/27/1981 vs Dodgers W 4-1 58-45 W2 Sutton (11-8) Valenzuela (13-6) 41,686 2:23 N
Mon 9/28/1981 vs Padres W 2-1 59-45 W3 Sambito (5-5) Eichelberger (8-8) 21,576 2:07 N
Tue 9/29/1981 vs Padres L 1-2 59-46 L1 Wise (4-8) Knepper (9-5) Lucas (12) 34,732 2:19 N
Wed 9/30/1981 at Reds L 2-5 59-47 L2 Soto (11-9) Ruhle (4-6) Hume (13) 24,394 2:14 N
Thu 10/1/1981 at Reds W 8-1 60-47 W1 Ryan (11-5) Berenyi (9-6) 26,484 3:12 N
Fri 10/2/1981 at Dodgers L 1-6 60-48 L1 Reuss (10-4) Sutton (11-9) 46,108 2:30 N
Sat 10/3/1981 at Dodgers L 2-7 60-49 L2 Welch (9-5) Niekro (9-9) 42,272 2:43 D
Sun 10/4/1981 at Dodgers W 5-3 61-49 W1 D. Smith (5-3) Goltz (2-7) 47,072 3:17 D

Totals:


National League Division Series
Los Angeles Dodgers defeat Houston Astros 3-2

Date G Opponent Score Rec Strk WP LP SV A T D/N
Tue 10/6/1981 1 vs Dodgers W 3-1 1-0 W1 Ryan (1-0) Stewart (0-1) N
Wed 10/7/1981 2 vs Dodgers W 1-0 (11) 2-0 W2 Sambito (1-0) Stewart (0-2) 42,398 3:39 D
Fri 10/9/1981 3 at Dodgers L 1-6 2-1 L1 Hooton (1-0) Knepper (0-1) N
Sat 10/10/1981 4 at Dodgers L 1-2 2-2 L2 Valenzuela (1-0) Ruhle (0-1) N
Sun 10/11/1981 5 at Dodgers L 0-4 2-3 L3 Reuss (1-0) Ryan (1-1) 55,979 2:52 D

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