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May 2, 1981

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Astros 4 9 1
Pirates 4 8 2
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Astros 4 9 1
Pirates 4 8 2

Gary Alexander Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .571
OBP .000 .556
At Bats 0 7
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 1
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 4

Dave Smith Season Stats

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0 2 1
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Three Rivers Stadium - May 2, 1981
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Strikeout
Dave Smith
Alan Ashby
Mike Ivie
Kiko Garcia
Art Howe
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Denny Walling
Gary Alexander
Dale Berra
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Alexander strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 11 Gary Alexander pinch hits for Grant Jackson. There goes Berra. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Berra steals second.
Bottom 11 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Nicosia is called out on strikes.
Top 11 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Nicosia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Reynolds hits a fly ball into right field. Easler settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 John Milner now playing left field. Grant Jackson now pitching. Walling hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Easler is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 There's a wild pitch. Madlock moves to second.
Bottom 10 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out. Foli scores.
Bottom 10 Dave Smith now pitching. John Milner pinch hits for Lee Lacy. Milner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie fields the ball and throws to Smith covering. Safe. Foli moves to third.
Bottom 10 Foli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walling. Foli reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 10 Moreno strikes out.
Top 10 Sambito strikes out.
Top 10 Garcia is walked intentionally. Ashby moves to second.
Top 10 Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howe moves to third.
Top 10 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 There goes Cruz. The throw from Nicosia and he is out, Foli applying the tag.
Top 10 Ivie hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cedeno tags and scores.
Top 10 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 10 Enrique Romo now pitching. Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Willie Stargell pinch hits for Kent Tekulve. Stargell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Nicosia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Berra fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Walling takes first base on ball four. Garcia moves to second.
Top 9 Sambito strikes out.
Top 9 Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Easler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Sambito, and towards Reynolds, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Madlock hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lacy is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Berra scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Howe hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ivie hits a popup, foul, towards first. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli misplays the ball. That's an error on Foli. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 8 Dale Berra now playing second base. Kent Tekulve now pitching. Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli misplays the ball. That's an error on Foli.
Bottom 7 Foli hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Sambito now pitching. Moreno hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kurt Bevacqua pinch hits for Rick Rhoden. Bevacqua hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nicosia scores. Garner moves to third.
Bottom 7 Phil Garner pinch hits for Vance Law. Garner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Nicosia moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nicosia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Easler hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Reynolds strikes out.
Top 7 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Knepper bunts towards the mound. Rhoden fields it and throws to first for the out. Garcia moves to second.
Top 7 Garcia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Lacy. The throw from Ashby and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 6 Lacy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Foli hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ashby hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to third.
Top 6 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cruz moves to second.
Top 6 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Rhoden hits a fly ball into right field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Law hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nicosia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Reynolds hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Walling hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Knepper is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Garcia is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Easler hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Easler reaches second base with a double. Madlock scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Madlock. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Madlock steals second.
Bottom 4 Madlock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Foli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ashby strikes out.
Top 4 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ivie hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Lacy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moreno for the out.
Bottom 3 Rhoden hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Law hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Foli settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 3 Walling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Nicosia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Easler hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Knepper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Law scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Foli scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ashby strikes out.
Bottom 1 Madlock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Lacy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Knepper fields it and throws to first for the out. Foli moves to second.
Bottom 1 Foli takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Moreno strikes out.
Top 1 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ivie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walling scores. Cruz moves to second.
Top 1 Cruz takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cedeno strikes out.
Top 1 Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Walling. The throw from Nicosia and he is safe. Walling steals second.
Top 1 Walling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.