Pirates @ Astros
April 18, 1981

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Pirates 3 5 0
Astros 3 6 4
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Pirates 3 5 0
Astros 3 6 4

Vance Law Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .071
OBP .500 .067
At Bats 2 14
Hits 1 1
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 2

Joe Sambito Season Stats

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0 1 0
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Astrodome - April 18, 1981
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Strikeout
Joe Sambito
Luis Pujols
Jeffrey Leonard
Dickie Thon
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Terry Puhl
Vance Law
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Law is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Howe hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Cruz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Lee Lacy now playing left field. Dale Berra now playing third base. Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Pena hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds throws to second for one, and Thon throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Foli scores. Lacy scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 9 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe juggles the ball. That's an error on Howe. Foli moves to third. Lacy moves to second.
Top 9 Lee Lacy pinch hits for Mike Easler. Lacy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foli moves to second.
Top 9 Parker strikes out.
Top 9 Joe Sambito now pitching. Foli hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Enrique Romo now pitching. Tony Pena now catching. Dave Bergman pinch hits for Vern Ruhle. Bergman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Willie Stargell pinch hits for John Candelaria. Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Law bunts towards the mound. Ruhle throws to first for one, and Leonard throws to second, and Thon drops the ball. Milner moves to third.
Top 8 John Milner pinch hits for Steve Nicosia. Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thon misplays the ball. That's an error on Thon. Milner moves to second.
Bottom 7 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Leonard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Howe hits a popup towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Easler is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Cedeno is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Thon hits a fly ball into left field. Easler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Puhl bunts towards first. Thompson scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out. Ruhle moves to second.
Bottom 6 Ruhle takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruhle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruhle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Moreno hits a popup, foul, towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Howe hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Candelaria hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Law hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno who is chasing the ball. Law reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Nicosia strikes out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Candelaria fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thon hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Easler strikes out. Pujols drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Easler out.
Top 4 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Law settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ruhle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Reynolds strikes out.
Bottom 3 Pujols hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leonard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Top 3 Candelaria hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Law strikes out.
Top 3 Nicosia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thompson fields the ball and throws to Candelaria covering. Safe.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Easler hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thon hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a fly ball into left field. Easler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Leonard scoops it up and throws to first, with Ruhle covering, for the out.
Top 1 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ruhle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Moreno strikes out.