The Houston Astros were decisively beaten by the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 to 3, on April 18, 1981.

1981 Houston Astros

Final

PIT

Pirates

3-4

6

HOU

Astros

2-6

3

PIT

HOU

1

0

0

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

1

1

6

0

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

2

2

10

0

0

11

3

0

R

6

3

H

7

8

E

0

4

Top 5th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Home run by Jason Thompson.

1

0

Bottom 5th

PIT

HOU

Astros

Home run by Art Howe.

1

1

Top 9th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Jason Thompson grounded out; Error by Dickie Thon; Tim Foli and Lee Lacy scored.

3

1

Bottom 9th

PIT

HOU

Astros

Home run by Jose Cruz.

3

2

Astros

Home run by Art Howe.

3

3

Top 11th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Double by Lee Lacy; Tim Foli scored.

4

3

Pirates

Single by Jason Thompson; Lee Lacy scored.

5

3

Pirates

Tony Pena hit into fielder's choice; Dale Berra scored.

6

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Omar Moreno CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tim Foli SS 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Dave Parker RF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Gary Alexander RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Easler LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lee Lacy PH,LF 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Bill Madlock 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dale Berra 3B 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Thompson 1B 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
Steve Nicosia C 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Milner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Pena C 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Vance Law 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
John Candelaria P 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Willie Stargell PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enrique Romo P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bill Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grant Jackson P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 7 5 1 1 8 0 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Candelaria 7.0 4 1 1 2 2 1
Enrique Romo 2.0 2 2 2 0 0 2
Grant Jackson (W) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 11.0 8 3 3 2 2 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dickie Thon 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Cesar Cedeno CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz LF 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5
Art Howe 3B 5 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 8
Jeffrey Leonard 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Luis Pujols C 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Reynolds SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Vern Ruhle P 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Dave Bergman PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Woods PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Smith P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Frank LaCorte P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 8 3 3 2 2 0 0 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Vern Ruhle 8.0 3 1 1 0 5 1
Joe Sambito 2.0 2 2 0 0 2 0
Dave Smith (L) 0.1 2 3 3 1 0 0
Frank LaCorte 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 11.0 7 6 4 1 8 1

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HR

6

Altuve

Jose Altuve

RBI

17

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

AVG

.346

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

K

22

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

ERA

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

Team Rankings

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HR

26

11th

R

102

20th

SO

209

20th

ERA

5.07

28th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
13 12 .520
Rangers Rangers
13 13 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Athletics Athletics
9 16 .360 4.0
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 6.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
6:05 PM
Sun
4/28
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
4:05 PM
Tue
4/30
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Wed
5/1
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Thu
5/2
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM

Last Game

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CHC Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

HOU Astros

7-19

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

23

García

Adolis García

23

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.371

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.365

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

38

Betts

Mookie Betts

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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26

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.468

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.433

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

SLG Leaders

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.695

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.85

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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441.7

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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334

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6
Wed
4/24
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
5-0

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
TOR TOR
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Thu
4/25
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM