Astros @ Reds
October 1, 1981

Back Home
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 8 10 0
Reds 1 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 8 10 0
Reds 1 7 1

Paul Householder Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .342
At Bats 0 64
Hits 0 16
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 9

Nolan Ryan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 5 0
Close
Riverfront Stadium - October 1, 1981
Nolan Ryan
Alan Ashby
Cesar Cedeno
Phil Garner
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Tony Scott
Denny Walling
Paul Householder
Ron Oester

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 8 10 0 10
Cincinnati Reds 1 7 1 8
Winning Pitcher Nolan Ryan
Losing Pitcher Bruce Berenyi
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Phil Garner
Attendance 26,484
Time of Game 3 hours 12 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Paul Householder pinch hits for Joe Edelen. Householder strikes out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Oester takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Knight hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Denny Walling now playing right field. Nolan hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Joe Edelen now pitching. Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Reynolds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Ashby moves to third. Howe moves to second.
Top 9 Howe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cruz scores. Cedeno moves to third. Ashby moves to second.
Top 9 Charlie Leibrandt now pitching. Ashby takes first base on ball four. Scott scores. Cruz moves to third. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 9 Cedeno takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to third. Cruz moves to second.
Top 9 Cruz takes first base on ball four. Scott moves to second.
Top 9 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Denny Walling pinch hits for Gary Woods. Walling hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Sam Mejias now playing right field. Ryan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Ryan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Bench hits a fly ball into right field. Woods settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner fields it and throws to second for the out. Griffey moves to third.
Bottom 8 Concepcion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Griffey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Collins strikes out.
Top 8 Reynolds hits a line drive towards third. Knight catches it and throws to first to double up Howe.
Top 8 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Tom Hume now pitching. Ashby strikes out.
Bottom 7 Larry Biittner pinch hits for Paul Moskau. Biittner hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Oester takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Nolan scores. Knight moves to third.
Bottom 7 Knight hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Woods. Knight reaches second base with a double. Nolan moves to third.
Bottom 7 Nolan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gary Woods now playing right field. Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Paul Moskau now pitching. Cedeno is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Cruz takes first base on ball four. Reynolds scores. Ryan moves to third. Garner moves to second.
Top 7 Scott strikes out.
Top 7 Garner takes first base on ball four. Howe scores. Reynolds moves to third. Ryan moves to second.
Top 7 Joe Price now pitching. Gary Woods pinch hits for Terry Puhl. Woods strikes out.
Top 7 Mike LaCoss now pitching. Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howe moves to third. Reynolds moves to second.
Top 7 Reynolds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howe moves to second.
Top 7 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Concepcion for the out.
Bottom 6 Griffey hits a fly ball into center field. Scott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Collins 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 6 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bench scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashby for the out.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Scott moves to third.
Top 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Scott. The throw from Nolan and he is safe. Scott steals second.
Top 6 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Berenyi bunts towards the mound. Ryan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Garner covering - double play.
Bottom 5 Oester takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Knight hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ashby settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Oester settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bench scoops it up and throws to first, with Berenyi covering, for the out.
Top 5 Ryan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oester scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Nolan 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 Bench hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 4 Concepcion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Griffey moves to second.
Bottom 4 Griffey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Oester fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ashby hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Collins hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Berenyi is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Oester strikes out.
Bottom 3 Knight hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Scott strikes out.
Top 3 Garner strikes out.
Top 3 There goes Puhl. The throw from Nolan and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Top 3 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Nolan hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Foster is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Ryan strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Ashby. The throw from Nolan and he is out, Knight applying the tag.
Top 2 Reynolds hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howe takes first base on ball four. Ashby moves to second.
Top 2 Ashby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Concepcion strikes out.
Bottom 1 Griffey strikes out.
Bottom 1 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Berenyi fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Scott takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Garner hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Puhl tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 There goes Puhl. The throw from Nolan and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.