Oct 7, 1981 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1981 Houston 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 8 0 1981 Cincinnati 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9 2 Houston AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Cincinnati AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Puhl RF 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 Concepcion SS 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Garcia, K 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .556 Griffey Sr. CF 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 Scott, T CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 Knight 3B 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Cruz, J LF 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Foster, G LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .625 Howe 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Bench C 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 .500 Ashby C 3 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 .500 Householder RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 Cedeno 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 Collins, D PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Reynolds SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 Driessen 1B 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .143 Knepper P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oester 2B 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286 LaCorte P 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Seaver P 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hume P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith,D P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nolan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 35 4 8 4 3 1 0 0 1 13 .288 Mejias PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 34 3 9 3 5 7 2 0 0 17 .310 Houston IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Knepper W(1-0) 7.2 7 1 1 0 3 7 126 85 41 1.17 31 115(116) 65 LaCorte H(1) 0.2 1 2 2 0 1 0 16 8 8 40.50 4 35(47) ++ Sambito 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 54.00 1 35(42) Smith,D S(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 6 5 6.75 3 50(50) 9.0 9 3 3 0 5 7 156 100 56 5.71 39 Cincinnati IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Seaver L(0-1) 8.0 6 3 3 1 3 1 120 79 41 3.38 33 125(122) + 56 Hume 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 10 5 0.00 5 40(44) 9.0 8 4 3 1 3 1 135 89 46 4.00 38 Cin: Collins hit for Householder in the 9th Nolan hit for Hume in the 9th Mejias hit for Nolan in the 9th E-Driessen(1), Householder(1) 2B-Bench(1), Knight(1) HR-Hou Ashby(1) off Seaver(1) in the 6th with 1 on base, 417 feet CS-Garcia, K RBI-Hou - Ashby 2(3), Cruz, J(1), LaCorte(1) Cin - Bench(4), Concepcion(1), Griffey Sr.(3) Great-Puhl(1), Scott, T(1) LOB-Houston 7 Cincinnati 9 DP-Houston 2 GWRBI-Cruz, J Game MVP:Alan Ashby Riverfront Stadium Time 3:08, 66ø, Wind: 10 MPH Right to Left Night Game Oct 7, 1981 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1981 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 8 0 1981 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9 2 1981 Houston Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Puhl RF 1>B24 G31 G53 K G46/fo,B1 2 Garcia, K 2B G13 F7 6>S 8>S G54/fo 3 Scott, T CF S 4>F9 W,12 G13,12 4 Cruz, J LF L8 Fd9 CS3(25)S,,2H,B2 Fvd9,23 5 Howe 3B 2>P4 E3,B1 G53 W 6 Ashby C S W,12 HR F8 7 Cedeno 1B Fd9 Fd7 G13 9>S+e9,B2 8 Reynolds SS G64/fo 5>F7 7>Fs8 G53 9 Knepper P 3>L4 L3 Fs8 LaCorte P S,,2H Sambito P Smith,D P 1981 Cincinnati Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Concepcion SS 1>S 3>S K G63 W,3H,23,12 2 Griffey Sr. CF G643/dp G63,12 K 8>G53 G43,23,12,3H 3 Knight 3B S W 6>D Fs8 Fd8 4 Foster, G LF S,12 F8 F7 S 5 Bench C W,23,12 K D,2H Fs9 6 Householder RF Fd8 4>K L6 Collins, D PH 9>S 7 Driessen 1B 2>K W K Fd8 8 Oester 2B G13 L73/dp 7>G43 W,12 9 Seaver P G63 5>G43 K Hume P Nolan Mejias PH S,23,12 Houston IN OUT Knepper AB1-1 AB4-4 LaCorte AB4-5 AB4-8 Sambito AB4-9 AB4-9 Smith,D AB5-1 End Cincinnati IN OUT Seaver AB1-1 AB4-6 Hume AB4-7 End Oct 7, 1981 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1981 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 4 8 0 1981 Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 9 2 Inn Out B-S On Hou-Cin Result 1-Houston 1 0 0-0 - 0-0 Puhl bunted to the catcher, 1 out 1 1 0-2 - 0-0 Garcia grounded to the pitcher, 2 out 1 2 1-0 - 0-0 Scott grounded a single between third and short 1 2 0-0 1 0-0 Cruz lined to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Cincinnati 1 0 1-2 - 0-0 Concepcion grounded a single between third and short 1 0 2-1 1 0-0 Griffey grounded to short, second to first double play, 2 out 1 2 0-2 - 0-0 Knight lined a single between third and short 1 2 0-0 1 0-0 Foster grounded a single between first and second, Knight to 2nd 1 2 3-2 12 0-0 Bench walked, Knight to 3rd, Foster to 2nd 1 2 1-2 123 0-0 Householder flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Houston 2 0 1-2 - 0-0 Howe popped to second, 1 out 2 1 0-2 - 0-0 Ashby grounded a single between third and short 2 1 1-1 1 0-0 Cedeno flied to deep right, 2 out 2 2 0-2 1 0-0 Reynolds grounded to short, forcing Ashby at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Cincinnati 2 0 2-2 - 0-0 Driessen struck out, 1 out 2 1 0-2 - 0-0 Oester grounded to the pitcher, 2 out 2 2 0-1 - 0-0 Seaver grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Houston 3 0 2-2 - 0-0 Knepper lined to second, 1 out 3 1 0-2 - 0-0 Puhl grounded to first, 2 out 3 2 1-1 - 0-0 Garcia flied to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Cincinnati 3 0 0-0 - 0-0 Concepcion grounded a single between third and short 3 0 2-1 1 0-0 Griffey grounded to short, Concepcion to 2nd, 1 out 3 1 3-1 2 0-0 Knight walked 3 1 2-0 12 0-0 Foster flied to center, 2 out 3 2 1-2 12 0-0 Bench struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Houston 4 0 2-0 - 0-0 Scott flied to right, 1 out 4 1 0-2 - 0-0 Cruz flied to deep right, 2 out 4 2 0-1 - 0-0 Howe grounded to first, safe on an error 4 2 3-2 1 0-0 Ashby walked, Howe to 2nd 4 2 1-0 12 0-0 Cedeno flied to deep left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Cincinnati 4 0 1-2 - 0-0 Householder struck out, 1 out 4 1 3-2 - 0-0 Driessen walked 4 1 2-0 1 0-0 Oester lined to left, Driessen caught off 1st, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Houston 5 0 1-1 - 0-0 Reynolds flied to left, 1 out 5 1 0-2 - 0-0 Knepper lined to first, 2 out 5 2 1-0 - 0-0 Puhl grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Cincinnati 5 0 0-2 - 0-0 Seaver grounded to second, 1 out 5 1 1-2 - 0-0 Concepcion struck out, 2 out 5 2 0-2 - 0-0 Griffey struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Houston 6 0 1-1 - 0-0 Garcia lined a single to right center 6 0 2-2 1 0-0 Scott walked, Garcia to 2nd 6 0 1-1 12 0-0 Garcia caught stealing 3rd, Scott to 2nd, 1 out 6 1 1-2 2 0-0 Cruz grounded a single between first and second, Scott scored, Cruz to 2nd, Houston 1 Cincinnati 0 6 1 2-1 2 1-0 Howe grounded to third, 2 out 6 2 0-2 2 1-0 Ashby hit a two run homer to center, 417 feet, Houston 3 Cincinnati 0 6 2 0-1 - 3-0 Cedeno grounded to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Cincinnati 6 0 3-2 - 3-0 Knight doubled off the wall down the left field line 6 0 2-2 2 3-0 Foster flied to left center, 1 out 6 1 0-2 2 3-0 Bench doubled to left center, Knight scored, Houston 3 Cincinnati 1 6 1 1-0 2 3-1 Householder lined to short, 2 out 6 2 1-2 2 3-1 Driessen struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Houston 7 0 2-0 - 3-1 Reynolds flied to shallow left center, 1 out 7 1 2-0 - 3-1 Knepper flied to shallow right center, 2 out 7 2 3-2 - 3-1 Puhl struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Cincinnati 7 0 1-2 - 3-1 Oester grounded to second, 1 out 7 1 1-2 - 3-1 Seaver struck out, 2 out 7 2 1-0 - 3-1 Concepcion grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Houston 8 0 1-1 - 3-1 Garcia grounded a single between third and short 8 0 1-1 1 3-1 Scott grounded to the pitcher, Garcia to 2nd, 1 out 8 1 2-0 2 3-1 Cruz flied to very deep right center, Garcia to 3rd, 2 out 8 2 3-0 3 3-1 Howe walked 8 2 3-2 13 3-1 Ashby flied to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Cincinnati 8 0 1-2 - 3-1 Griffey grounded to third, 1 out 8 1 1-0 - 3-1 Knight flied to shallow center, 2 out 8 2 2-2 - 3-1 Foster singled to center >LaCorte pitching 8 2 0-0 1 3-1 Bench flied shallow down right field line, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Houston >Hume pitching 9 0 1-2 - 3-1 Cedeno lined a single between first and second, outfield error, Cedeno to 2nd 9 0 1-0 2 3-1 Reynolds grounded to third, 1 out 9 1 3-1 2 3-1 LaCorte grounded a single between first and second, Cedeno scored, Houston 4 Cincinnati 1 9 1 0-0 1 4-1 Puhl grounded to second, forcing LaCorte at second, 2 out 9 2 0-1 1 4-1 Garcia grounded to third, forcing Puhl at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Cincinnati 9 0 2-0 - 4-1 Collins singled to left center 9 0 2-2 1 4-1 Driessen flied to deep center, 1 out 9 1 3-2 1 4-1 Oester walked, Collins to 2nd >Sambito pitching 9 1 2-0 12 4-1 Mejias lined a single between first and second, Collins to 3rd, Oester to 2nd >Smith pitching 9 1 3-2 123 4-1 Concepcion walked, Collins scored, Oester to 3rd, Mejias to 2nd, Houston 4 Cincinnati 2 9 1 0-1 123 4-2 Griffey grounded to second, Oester scored, Mejias to 3rd, Concepcion to 2nd, 2 out, Houston 4 Cincinnati 3 9 2 1-0 23 4-3 Knight flied to deep right center, 3 out