Astros @ Dodgers
October 2, 1981

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Bottom 8 R H E
Astros 0 3 0
Dodgers 6 13 1
Bottom 8 R H E
Astros 0 3 0
Dodgers 6 13 1

Steve Sax Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .281
OBP .500 .305
At Bats 4 114
Hits 2 32
• Singles 2 28
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 9

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 10
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Dodger Stadium - October 2, 1981
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Walk
Joe Sambito
Luis Pujols
Cesar Cedeno
Phil Garner
Art Howe
Dickie Thon
Jose Cruz
Tony Scott
Gary Woods
Steve Sax
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Sax takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Reuss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first, with Sambito covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Russell hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Thon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Guerrero fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Steve Yeager now catching. Derrel Thomas now playing right field. Woods hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Marshall pinch hits for Mike Scioscia. Marshall is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Sambito now pitching. Gary Woods now playing right field. Monday hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Garvey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Garvey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baker scores.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Landreaux scores. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 7 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sax scores. Landreaux moves to third.
Bottom 7 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sax moves to second.
Bottom 7 Sax hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Puhl hits a line drive towards first. Garvey reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards third. Guerrero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Reuss strikes out.
Bottom 6 Russell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Scioscia hits a popup, foul, towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Guerrero hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Guerrero reaches second base with a double. Baker scores. Monday moves to third.
Bottom 6 Monday is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Garvey hits a popup towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Baker reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Guerrero fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Garner moves to third.
Top 6 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Reuss fields it and throws to first for the out. Garner moves to second.
Top 6 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Thon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Sax strikes out.
Bottom 5 Reuss hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaCorte fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Frank LaCorte now pitching. Russell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Joe Pittman pinch hits for Billy Smith. Pittman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Guerrero fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Pujols hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Howe moves to third.
Top 5 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Guerrero juggles the ball. That's an error on Guerrero. Howe moves to second.
Bottom 4 Scioscia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Baker scores. Garvey moves to third.
Bottom 4 Monday takes first base on ball four. Baker moves to third. Garvey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Garvey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Cedeno strikes out.
Top 4 Cruz strikes out.
Top 4 Scott strikes out.
Bottom 3 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Sax. The throw from Pujols and he is out, Thon applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Sax hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Russell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Reuss bunts towards first. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first, with Garner covering, for the out. Russell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Billy Smith now pitching. Russell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sax scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mike Ivie pinch runs for Don Sutton. Thon hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sutton is hit by the pitch. Pujols moves to second.
Top 3 Puhl hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pujols hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Scioscia hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Guerrero strikes out.
Bottom 2 Monday hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Puhl. Monday reaches second base with a double. Scott throws the ball in to Howe who tags Monday trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Garvey goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Garvey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Howe hits a fly ball into left field. Baker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Russell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Baker strikes out.
Bottom 1 Landreaux hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops it up and throws to first, with Sutton covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Sax hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Scott hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Sax settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Guerrero fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thon hits a fly ball into center field. Landreaux settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.