The 1981 Houston Astros Game Log (original) (raw)

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The 1981 Houston Astros Regular Season Game Log

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Date # Opponent Result Record Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Time D/N 4- 9-1981 BOX+PBP At LA N L 0- 2 0-1 Valenzuela (1-0) Niekro (0-1) 50511 2:17 day 4-11-1981 BOX+PBP At LA N L 4- 7 0-2 Hooton (1-0) Sutton (0-1) 51691 2:56 night 4-12-1981 BOX+PBP At LA N L 2- 3 0-3 Sutcliffe (1-0) Ruhle (0-1) Howe (1) 50734 2:16 day 4-13-1981 BOX+PBP Vs ATL N L 1- 2 (10) 0-4 Camp (1-0) Sambito (0-1) Bradford (1) 34961 2:57 night 4-14-1981 BOX+PBP Vs ATL N W 8- 2 1-4 Niekro (1-1) Walk (0-1) 21440 2:38 night 4-15-1981 BOX+PBP Vs ATL N W 2- 0 2-4 Ryan (1-0) Boggs (0-1) LaCorte (1) 22365 2:00 night 4-17-1981 BOX+PBP Vs PIT N L 3- 4 2-5 Rhoden (2-0) Sutton (0-2) Romo (2) 39119 2:28 night 4-18-1981 BOX+PBP Vs PIT N L 3- 6 (11) 2-6 Jackson (1-0) D. Smith (0-1) 29790 3:06 day 4-19-1981 BOX+PBP Vs PIT N L 0- 2 2-7 Scurry (1-0) Niekro (1-2) Solomon (1) 30394 2:21 day 4-20-1981 BOX+PBP Vs LA N L 2- 5 2-8 Hooton (3-0) Andujar (0-1) Goltz (1) 21730 2:34 night 4-21-1981 BOX+PBP Vs LA N W 1- 0 3-8 Knepper (1-0) Reuss (0-1) 21904 1:48 night 4-22-1981 BOX+PBP Vs LA N L 0- 1 3-9 Valenzuela (4-0) Sutton (0-3) 22830 2:24 night 4-23-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CIN N L 4- 5 (10) 3-10 Price (1-0) D. Smith (0-2) Moskau (1) 23173 3:06 night 4-24-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CIN N L 0- 3 3-11 Pastore (1-0) Niekro (1-3) 27087 2:23 night 4-25-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CIN N L 1- 2 3-12 Berenyi (2-0) Ryan (1-1) Hume (1) 19957 2:45 day 4-26-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CIN N W 1- 0 4-12 Knepper (2-0) Soto (1-3) 23428 2:21 day 4-28-1981 BOX+PBP At ATL N W 2- 1 5-12 Sutton (1-3) Montefusco (1-2) D. Smith (1) 8669 2:34 night 4-29-1981 BOX+PBP At ATL N W 5- 4 6-12 LaCorte (1-0) Camp (2-1) 8334 3:18 night 4-30-1981 BOX+PBP At ATL N W 5- 1 7-12 Niekro (2-3) Boggs (1-3) 10006 2:19 night 5- 1-1981 BOX+PBP At PIT N W 5- 3 8-12 Sambito (1-1) Solomon (0-1) 7012 3:01 night Date # Opponent Result Record Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Time D/N 5- 2-1981 BOX+PBP At PIT N L 4- 5 (12) 8-13 Solomon (1-1) D. Smith (0-3) 21993 3:56 night 5- 3-1981 BOX+PBP At PIT N W 3- 1 9-13 Sutton (2-3) Bibby (1-1) D. Smith (2) 10438 3:15 day 5- 4-1981 BOX+PBP At CHI N W 5- 4 10-13 Andujar (1-1) Krukow (1-2) Sambito (1) 2941 3:02 day 5- 5-1981 BOX+PBP At CHI N W 4- 3 11-13 D. Smith (1-3) Smith (0-2) 2092 2:41 day 5- 6-1981 BOX+PBP At CHI N L 1- 2 (11) 11-14 Smith (1-2) LaCorte (1-1) 2572 3:27 day 5- 7-1981 BOX+PBP At CHI N W 6- 0 12-14 Knepper (3-0) Martz (1-1) 3112 2:40 day 5- 8-1981 BOX+PBP At CIN N L 0- 4 12-15 Seaver (3-1) Sutton (2-4) 31961 2:21 night 5- 9-1981 BOX+PBP At CIN N L 5- 9 12-16 Berenyi (3-1) Andujar (1-2) 30860 2:38 day 5-10-1981 BOX+PBP At CIN N W 7- 5 13-16 Niekro (3-3) Pastore (1-1) LaCorte (2) 31903 2:44 day 5-11-1981 BOX+PBP At CIN N W 5- 0 14-16 Ryan (2-1) LaCoss (1-4) 11795 2:36 night 5-12-1981 BOX+PBP Vs STL N L 2- 3 (10) 14-17 Sutter (1-1) Sambito (1-2) Kaat (2) 20020 2:26 night 5-13-1981 BOX+PBP Vs STL N W 3- 0 15-17 Sutton (3-4) Shirley (4-1) 21705 2:24 night 5-14-1981 BOX+PBP Vs STL N L 6- 7 15-18 Otten (1-0) Sambito (1-3) Sutter (6) 20042 2:54 night 5-15-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CHI N W 5- 0 16-18 Niekro (4-3) Caudill (0-3) 23718 2:16 night 5-16-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CHI N W 6- 1 17-18 Ryan (3-1) Martz (1-2) Sambito (2) 43726 2:48 night 5-17-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CHI N W 6- 1 18-18 Knepper (4-0) Krukow (1-4) 34068 2:34 day 5-19-1981 BOX+PBP At STL N L 12-15 18-19 Kaat (2-0) Sprowl (0-1) 14585 3:03 night 5-20-1981 BOX+PBP At STL N W 4- 3 (11) 19-19 Niekro (5-3) Sutter (1-2) Sambito (3) 19175 2:47 night 5-21-1981 BOX+PBP At STL N L 1- 3 19-20 Martin (1-0) Ryan (3-2) 19823 2:13 day 5-22-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SF N L 3- 6 (15) 19-21 Minton (2-2) Andujar (1-3) 30377 4:38 night Date # Opponent Result Record Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Time D/N 5-23-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SF N W 5- 3 20-21 LaCorte (2-1) Whitson (1-5) 38586 3:09 night 5-24-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SF N L 1- 2 20-22 Blue (4-3) Sutton (3-5) Minton (9) 34922 2:26 day 5-25-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SD N W 6- 3 21-22 Niekro (6-3) Mura (1-7) Sambito (4) 19025 2:41 night 5-26-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SD N W 1- 0 22-22 Ryan (4-2) Eichelberger (4-3) Sambito (5) 17709 2:23 night 5-27-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SD N W 1- 0 23-22 Knepper (5-0) Welsh (2-3) 21256 1:50 night 5-29-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N L 1- 3 23-23 Blue (5-3) Sutton (3-6) Holland (2) 8397 2:22 night 5-30-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N W 9- 8 (14) 24-23 Andujar (2-3) Breining (1-1) Ruhle (1) 8869 4:33 day 5-31-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N L 1- 6 24-24 Griffin (4-3) Ryan (4-3) Holland (3) 20626 2:34 day 6- 2-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N W 2- 1 25-24 LaCorte (3-1) Welsh (2-4) Sambito (6) 9671 2:19 night 6- 3-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N W 6- 1 26-24 Sutton (4-6) Wise (2-5) 10023 2:25 night 6- 4-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N L 5- 7 26-25 Mura (3-7) Niekro (6-4) Lucas (8) 12403 2:31 day 6- 5-1981 BOX+PBP Vs NY N W 3- 0 27-25 Ryan (5-3) Jones (1-6) 28085 2:09 night 6- 6-1981 BOX+PBP Vs NY N W 6- 2 28-25 Ruhle (1-1) Zachry (5-6) D. Smith (3) 42478 2:17 night 6- 7-1981 BOX+PBP Vs NY N L 1- 3 28-26 Scott (3-4) Knepper (5-1) Allen (6) 29873 2:13 day 6- 8-1981 BOX+PBP At PHI N L 3- 4 28-27 Ruthven (8-3) Sutton (4-7) McGraw (6) 31664 2:41 night 6- 9-1981 BOX+PBP At PHI N L 3-10 28-28 Bystrom (4-3) Niekro (6-5) R. Reed (5) 33978 2:17 night 6-10-1981 BOX+PBP At PHI N L 4- 5 28-29 Carlton (9-1) LaCorte (3-2) McGraw (7) 57386 2:22 night 8-10-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N W 6- 5 29-29 Sambito (2-3) Breining (2-2) LaCorte (3) 11115 3:08 night 8-11-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N L 2- 3 29-30 Griffin (5-5) Niekro (6-6) Minton (10) 12354 2:36 night 8-12-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N W 5- 4 30-30 Sambito (3-3) Holland (3-3) B. Smith (1) 8707 2:51 day Date # Opponent Result Record Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Time D/N 8-13-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N L 1- 9 30-31 Welsh (4-4) Knepper (5-2) 4899 2:29 day 8-14-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N W 5- 1 31-31 Ryan (6-3) Lollar (1-5) 8414 2:24 night 8-15-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N W 5- 0 32-31 Sutton (5-7) Eichelberger (6-4) 5852 1:59 night 8-16-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N W 3- 0 33-31 Niekro (7-6) Mura (4-9) D. Smith (4) 5880 2:16 day 8-17-1981 BOX+PBP Vs MON N L 2- 6 33-32 Burris (5-5) Ruhle (1-2) Fryman (4) 24203 2:19 night 8-18-1981 BOX+PBP Vs MON N W 4- 2 34-32 Knepper (6-2) Rogers (8-5) Sambito (7) 23306 2:04 night 8-19-1981 BOX+PBP Vs MON N W 9- 1 35-32 Ryan (7-3) Sanderson (6-4) D. Smith (5) 27169 2:39 night 8-21-1981 BOX+PBP At PHI N L 4- 5 35-33 Lyle (6-2) Ruhle (1-3) McGraw (8) 31693 2:41 night 8-22-1981 BOX+PBP At PHI N L 4- 8 35-34 Ruthven (9-5) Niekro (7-7) 35199 2:16 day 8-23-1981 BOX+PBP At PHI N L 0- 6 35-35 Carlton (10-3) Knepper (6-3) 30630 1:51 night 8-25-1981 BOX+PBP At NY N L 1- 2 35-36 Marshall (1-0) Sambito (3-4) 15622 2:32 night 8-26-1981 BOX+PBP At NY N W 9- 3 36-36 Sutton (6-7) Zachry (6-9) 16731 2:34 night 8-27-1981 BOX+PBP At NY N L 2- 3 36-37 Marshall (2-0) Sambito (3-5) Allen (12) 17488 2:28 day 8-28-1981 BOX+PBP Vs PHI N W 3- 2 (10) 37-37 D. Smith (2-3) Lyle (6-3) 29482 2:37 night 8-29-1981 1 BOX+PBP Vs PHI N W 6- 1 38-37 Ruhle (2-3) M. Davis (0-2) 2:22 night 8-29-1981 2 BOX+PBP Vs PHI N W 2- 1 39-37 B. Smith (1-0) Noles (0-1) LaCorte (4) 33327 2:01 night 8-30-1981 BOX+PBP Vs PHI N W 5- 4 (10) 40-37 D. Smith (3-3) Lyle (6-4) 23102 2:53 night 8-31-1981 BOX+PBP Vs NY N W 6- 1 41-37 Sutton (7-7) Zachry (6-10) 10669 2:27 night 9- 1-1981 BOX+PBP Vs NY N W 3- 2 42-37 Sambito (4-5) Marshall (2-1) 16339 2:39 night 9- 2-1981 BOX+PBP Vs NY N W 8- 0 43-37 Knepper (7-3) Scott (4-8) 18938 2:21 night Date # Opponent Result Record Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Time D/N 9- 3-1981 BOX+PBP At MON N W 2- 1 44-37 Ruhle (3-3) Sanderson (7-5) D. Smith (6) 24833 2:20 night 9- 4-1981 BOX+PBP At MON N W 5- 0 45-37 Ryan (8-3) Gullickson (4-7) Sambito (8) 32580 2:54 night 9- 5-1981 BOX+PBP At MON N L 2- 5 45-38 Burris (7-5) Sutton (7-8) 30471 2:13 day 9- 6-1981 BOX+PBP At MON N W 4- 3 (12) 46-38 LaCorte (4-2) Sosa (1-2) 47193 3:33 day 9- 7-1981 BOX+PBP At ATL N W 3- 2 47-38 D. Smith (4-3) Camp (7-2) Sambito (9) 7358 2:40 night 9- 8-1981 BOX+PBP At ATL N L 2- 3 47-39 Camp (8-2) B. Smith (1-1) 2800 2:13 night 9- 9-1981 BOX+PBP At ATL N L 0- 9 47-40 Niekro (7-5) Ryan (8-4) 4482 2:34 night 9-11-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SF N W 6- 0 48-40 Sutton (8-8) Blue (8-6) 23677 2:30 night 9-12-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SF N W 5- 2 49-40 Niekro (8-7) Whitson (5-8) D. Smith (7) 35867 2:39 night 9-13-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SF N W 3- 0 50-40 Knepper (8-3) Alexander (8-7) LaCorte (5) 19642 2:32 night 9-14-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CIN N L 2- 4 50-41 Berenyi (8-5) Ruhle (3-4) 19742 2:30 night 9-15-1981 BOX+PBP Vs CIN N L 0- 4 50-42 Leibrandt (1-0) Ryan (8-5) 16354 2:26 night 9-16-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N W 5- 2 51-42 Sutton (9-8) Lollar (1-8) Sambito (10) 4241 2:35 night 9-17-1981 BOX+PBP At SD N W 9- 0 52-42 Niekro (9-7) Mura (5-13) 2428 2:14 night 9-18-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N L 2- 5 52-43 Alexander (9-7) Knepper (8-4) Holland (7) 8183 2:26 night 9-19-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N W 8- 1 53-43 Ruhle (4-4) Griffin (8-7) 11522 2:26 day 9-20-1981 BOX+PBP At SF N W 7- 3 54-43 Ryan (9-5) Lavelle (0-6) 16824 3:04 day 9-22-1981 BOX+PBP Vs ATL N W 3- 0 55-43 Sutton (10-8) Perry (7-8) 22564 2:16 night 9-23-1981 BOX+PBP Vs ATL N L 1- 3 55-44 Mahler (6-6) Niekro (9-8) 24142 2:13 night 9-24-1981 BOX+PBP Vs ATL N W 5- 3 56-44 Knepper (9-4) McWilliams (1-1) D. Smith (8) 23341 2:17 night Date # Opponent Result Record Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Attendance Time D/N 9-25-1981 BOX+PBP Vs LA N L 0- 3 56-45 Hooton (11-6) Ruhle (4-5) 35481 2:18 night 9-26-1981 BOX+PBP Vs LA N W 5- 0 57-45 Ryan (10-5) Power (1-3) 32115 2:46 day 9-27-1981 BOX+PBP Vs LA N W 4- 1 58-45 Sutton (11-8) Valenzuela (13-6) 41686 2:23 night 9-28-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SD N W 2- 1 59-45 Sambito (5-5) Eichelberger (8-8) 21576 2:07 night 9-29-1981 BOX+PBP Vs SD N L 1- 2 59-46 Wise (4-8) Knepper (9-5) Lucas (12) 34732 2:19 night 9-30-1981 BOX+PBP At CIN N L 2- 5 59-47 Soto (11-9) Ruhle (4-6) Hume (13) 24394 2:14 night 10- 1-1981 BOX+PBP At CIN N W 8- 1 60-47 Ryan (11-5) Berenyi (9-6) 26484 3:12 night 10- 2-1981 BOX+PBP At LA N L 1- 6 60-48 Reuss (10-4) Sutton (11-9) 46108 2:30 night 10- 3-1981 BOX+PBP At LA N L 2- 7 60-49 Welch (9-5) Niekro (9-9) 42272 2:43 day 10- 4-1981 BOX+PBP At LA N W 5- 3 61-49 D. Smith (5-3) Goltz (2-7) 47072 3:17 day

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