Pirates @ Astros
August 21, 1980

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Pirates 5 14 1
Astros 12 17 3
Top 8 R H E
Pirates 5 14 1
Astros 12 17 3

Mike Easler Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .360
OBP .750 .420
At Bats 4 261
Hits 3 94
• Singles 2 57
• Doubles 1 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 1 51

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 3 12
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Astrodome - August 21, 1980
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Strikeout
Joe Sambito
Alan Ashby
Dave Bergman
Rafael Landestoy
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Jeffrey Leonard
Terry Puhl
Mike Easler
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Easler strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Art Howe now playing third base. Jeffrey Leonard now playing center field. Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Art Howe pinch hits for Enos Cabell. Howe hits a popup towards short. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Landestoy hits a line drive towards short. Berra reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Matt Alexander now playing center field. Dale Berra now playing shortstop. Bill Robinson now playing first base. Lee Lacy now playing third base. Sambito strikes out.
Top 7 Moreno hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dave Bergman now playing first base. Rafael Landestoy now playing second base. Garner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sambito fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards third. Madlock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ashby hits a line drive into center field. Moreno picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Moreno. Cedeno scores. Ashby moves all the way to home.
Bottom 6 Heep hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cruz tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Puhl scores. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Puhl moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Puhl. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joe Sambito now pitching. Ott strikes out.
Top 6 Milner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Easler moves to third.
Top 6 Madlock hits a popup, foul, towards first. Heep settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Easler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Parker strikes out.
Bottom 5 Morgan 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 Roberge bunts between the mound and first base. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roberge for the out. Ashby moves to second.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Grant Jackson now pitching. Ashby hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Moreno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Milner scores. Bevacqua moves to second.
Top 5 Kurt Bevacqua pinch hits for Eddie Solomon. Bevacqua hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. Milner moves to third.
Top 5 Bert Roberge now pitching. Garner hits a popup towards short. Reynolds settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ott hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Milner moves to second.
Top 5 Milner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Heep hits a ball on the ground towards first. Milner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heep for the out.
Bottom 4 Cedeno 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 Cruz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Puhl goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Cabell scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Cabell. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 4 Cabell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Eddie Solomon now pitching. Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Easler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Madlock hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Easler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Easler reaches second base with a double. Parker scores.
Top 4 Parker hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Parker reaches second base with a double. Foli scores.
Top 4 There goes Foli. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Foli steals second.
Top 4 Foli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Moreno hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Manny Sanguillen pinch hits for Bert Blyleven. Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Heep scores.
Bottom 3 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Heep moves to third.
Bottom 3 Heep hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Heep reaches second base with a double. Cedeno scores.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Cabell scores. Puhl scores.
Bottom 3 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Puhl reaches second base with a double. Cabell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Cabell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ott hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Milner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 The ball gets by Ashby for a passed ball. Easler scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Niekro spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Niekro. Easler moves to third.
Top 3 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. Easler moves to second.
Top 3 Easler hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Niekro bunts in front of the plate. Ott fields it and throws to first for the out. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 2 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ashby strikes out.
Top 2 Parker hits a line drive into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Foli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blyleven moves to third. Moreno moves to second.
Top 2 Moreno hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Blyleven moves to second.
Top 2 Blyleven hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Heep strikes out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno strikes out.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Ott for a passed ball. Cruz moves to third.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moreno. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Puhl goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morgan scores. There goes Cabell trying to get to third. Parker throws the ball in to Madlock, who tags Cabell for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Morgan. The throw from Ott and he is safe. Morgan steals second.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Milner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Madlock hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Easler moves to third.
Top 1 Easler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds misplays the ball. That's an error on Reynolds.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Foli scores.
Top 1 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Heep scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out. Foli moves to third.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Foli moves to second.
Top 1 Foli hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Moreno strikes out.
Top 1 Moreno hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Cabell.