GAME #7 (winners’ bracket first round):
The Astros plated 10 runs on 11 hits, six of them doubles, as well as a three-run homer by Jose Cruz that made it 6-0 after three innings. Tony Scott and Phil Garner both went 3-for-4, with Scott scoring four runs and hitting a pair of doubles, while Garner drove in three runs. Nolan Ryan had a few rough innings but struck out 12 in a complete-game win. The Cubs’ Mike Krukow gave up six hits and six runs in the first three innings to take the loss.
1981 APBA Double-Elimination Tournament
1981 CHICAGO CUBS (5) AT 1981 HOUSTON ASTROS (10) 1981 CHICAGO CUBS AB R H BI 1981 HOUSTON ASTROS AB R H BI Bobby Bonds 3 1 0 0 Tony Scott 4 4 3 0 Ivan DeJesus 4 0 0 0 Phil Garner 4 1 3 3 Bill Buckner 4 1 1 1 Terry Puhl 4 1 1 2 Leon Durham 3 2 1 1 Jose Cruz 3 2 1 3 Steve Henderson 3 0 0 1 Cesar Cedeno 2 0 1 2 Jerry Morales 4 0 0 0 Art Howe 4 0 1 0 Jody Davis 4 1 2 1 Denny Walling 4 0 0 0 Ken Reitz 4 0 1 0 Alan Ashby 4 0 0 0 Steve Dillard 3 0 1 1 Craig Reynolds 3 2 1 0 TOTALS 32 5 6 5 TOTALS 32 10 11 10 1981 CHICAGO CUBS 000 310 001 -- 5 1981 HOUSTON ASTROS 303 201 01x -- 10 LOB--1981 CHICAGO CUBS 3, 1981 HOUSTON ASTROS 5. 2B--Bill Buckner, Phil Garner, Cesar Cedeno, Craig Reynolds, Tony Scott (2), Art Howe. 3B--Leon Durham, Jody Davis. HR--Jose Cruz. SACF--Phil Garner, Terry Puhl. 1981 CHICAGO CUBS IP H R ER BB SO HR Mike Krukow [L] 2.33 6 6 6 2 0 1 Doug Capilla 3.67 2 3 3 3 0 0 Lee Smith 2.00 3 1 1 0 1 0 1981 HOUSTON ASTROS Nolan Ryan [W] 9.00 6 5 5 3 12 0 SO--Jerry Morales (3), Bill Buckner (2), Ken Reitz, Leon Durham, Bobby Bonds, Jody Davis, Ivan DeJesus (2), Steve Henderson, Terry Puhl. BB--Leon Durham, Bobby Bonds, Steve Henderson, Jose Cruz, Cesar Cedeno (2), Craig Reynolds, Tony Scott.
ROGER SPORTS & GAMES 