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bigdawg2003 · 07-01-2002, 02:52 AM

GAME 1 LCS REPORTS:

Game 1: 1980 NLCS, St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, 7:05 ET, Tuesday, October 8th, 1980

Starting Pitchers:
St. Louis: Bob Forsch; 12-8, 3.28 ERA, 26 BB, 57 K
Houston: J.R. Richard; 21-2, 1.10 ERA, 56 BB, 251 K (No homers allowed all season!)

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) - A sellout crowd filled the Houston Astrodome on Tuesday night to watch their Houston Astros defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 in Game 1 of the 1980 National League Championship Series. Houston takes a 1-0 series lead into Wednesday night’s game at the Astrodome.
Astros LF Cesar Cedeno was the hero of the game, going two for four and driving in three of the Astros’ five runs. Two of those runs came off of an 8th inning double off St. Louis reliever John Urrea, who intentionally walked RF Jose Cruz with one out to get to Cedeno. Cedeno, who was one for three with a double before the 8th inning, considered it an insult that the Cardinals would walk Cruz to get to him.
“If they’re gonna walk Jose (Cruz) to get to me, thinking that they have a better chance of getting me out, I’m gonna make ‘em pay, and that’s exactly what I did. Maybe that taught them a lesson, who knows. It was a hard fought game, but I felt we were the better team tonight.” Cedeno said in the post game press conference, after Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog defended the move.
Houston fireballer J.R. Richard was not quite his usual dominating self, but still pitched a fine game, throwing six innings, allowing seven hits, a walk, one earned run, and striking out eight Cardinal hitters. Dave Smith and Joe Sambito added three innings of scoreless relief to secure the victory. Losing pitcher Bob Forsch also pitched well, allowing only four hits and one walk while striking out one in six innings, but two Cardinal errors by C Ted Simmons and 1B Keith Hernandez led to two unearned runs, which proved too much for the Cardinals.

Game 1: 1980 ALCS, California Angels at New York Yankees, 7:05 ET, Tuesday, October 8th, 1980

Starting Pitchers:
California: Steve Trout, 13-13, 3.78 ERA, 61 BB, 82 K
New York: Tom Underwood, 18-5, 3.09 ERA, 70 BB, 118 K

NEW YORK, New York (AP) - The shaky California Angels bullpen was rocked by a pair of 7th inning homers by New York Yankee bench players Joe Lefebvre and Ruppert Jones as the Yankees took Game 1 of the 1980 ALCS 8-7 over the visiting Angels. The two teams meet again tomorrow night.
The Angels jumped out of the gates quickly for three runs in the first three innings, while pitcher Steve Trout held the Bronx Bombers scoreless. But the Yankees came roaring back, scoring all of their eight runs in the next four innings, capped off by a four run seventh that saw Lefebvre hit a solo homer off of reliever Dave Lemanczyc, who took over in the 6th for Trout, while Jones put the final nail in the coffin with a three run shot of Jim Barr later in the inning. Yankee closer Rich “Goose” Gossage pitched a scoreless 9th to finish off the Angels. Yankee All-Star OF Reggie Jackson was benched for tonight’s game due to his struggles against left-handed pitchers. The other half of the Yankees dynamic duo, OF Oscar Gamble, couldn’t figure out the Angels on this night, going 0-4. Gamble was disappointed in himself, but was glad his teammates could pick up the slack.
“I know the team relies on me a lot to get on base and drive in runs, and it sucks not to be able to step up in a big game like this, but Ruppert and Jimbo (Lefebvre) came through big and without them, we wouldn’t be here.”
Angels manager Gene Mauch was incensed with what he thought was subpar umpiring throughout the game and made his opinions known in the post-game press conference.
“That was ****** umpiring any ******* way you look at it! MLB needs to pick the best umpires for the playoffs, and they really dropped the ******* ball on this one, that man needs to have his *** kicked on the streets and never let near any ************* ballpark ever again!”
The Commissioner is expected to make a decision regarding Mauch’s comments before Game 2.

NEXT: Game 2 breakdowns. The Astros and Yankees hold 1-0 leads. Can they expand on them, or will California and/or St. Louis turn the LCS into a best of five affair? Will J.R. Richard ever allow a homerun in 1980?

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bigdawg2003 Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Austin, Texas, USA, Earth Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0x in 0 posts	GAME 1 LCS REPORTS GAME 1 LCS REPORTS: Game 1: 1980 NLCS, St. Louis Cardinals at Houston Astros, 7:05 ET, Tuesday, October 8th, 1980 Starting Pitchers: St. Louis: Bob Forsch; 12-8, 3.28 ERA, 26 BB, 57 K Houston: J.R. Richard; 21-2, 1.10 ERA, 56 BB, 251 K (No homers allowed all season!) HOUSTON, Texas (AP) - A sellout crowd filled the Houston Astrodome on Tuesday night to watch their Houston Astros defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 in Game 1 of the 1980 National League Championship Series. Houston takes a 1-0 series lead into Wednesday night’s game at the Astrodome. Astros LF Cesar Cedeno was the hero of the game, going two for four and driving in three of the Astros’ five runs. Two of those runs came off of an 8th inning double off St. Louis reliever John Urrea, who intentionally walked RF Jose Cruz with one out to get to Cedeno. Cedeno, who was one for three with a double before the 8th inning, considered it an insult that the Cardinals would walk Cruz to get to him. “If they’re gonna walk Jose (Cruz) to get to me, thinking that they have a better chance of getting me out, I’m gonna make ‘em pay, and that’s exactly what I did. Maybe that taught them a lesson, who knows. It was a hard fought game, but I felt we were the better team tonight.” Cedeno said in the post game press conference, after Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog defended the move. Houston fireballer J.R. Richard was not quite his usual dominating self, but still pitched a fine game, throwing six innings, allowing seven hits, a walk, one earned run, and striking out eight Cardinal hitters. Dave Smith and Joe Sambito added three innings of scoreless relief to secure the victory. Losing pitcher Bob Forsch also pitched well, allowing only four hits and one walk while striking out one in six innings, but two Cardinal errors by C Ted Simmons and 1B Keith Hernandez led to two unearned runs, which proved too much for the Cardinals. Game 1: 1980 ALCS, California Angels at New York Yankees, 7:05 ET, Tuesday, October 8th, 1980 Starting Pitchers: California: Steve Trout, 13-13, 3.78 ERA, 61 BB, 82 K New York: Tom Underwood, 18-5, 3.09 ERA, 70 BB, 118 K NEW YORK, New York (AP) - The shaky California Angels bullpen was rocked by a pair of 7th inning homers by New York Yankee bench players Joe Lefebvre and Ruppert Jones as the Yankees took Game 1 of the 1980 ALCS 8-7 over the visiting Angels. The two teams meet again tomorrow night. The Angels jumped out of the gates quickly for three runs in the first three innings, while pitcher Steve Trout held the Bronx Bombers scoreless. But the Yankees came roaring back, scoring all of their eight runs in the next four innings, capped off by a four run seventh that saw Lefebvre hit a solo homer off of reliever Dave Lemanczyc, who took over in the 6th for Trout, while Jones put the final nail in the coffin with a three run shot of Jim Barr later in the inning. Yankee closer Rich “Goose” Gossage pitched a scoreless 9th to finish off the Angels. Yankee All-Star OF Reggie Jackson was benched for tonight’s game due to his struggles against left-handed pitchers. The other half of the Yankees dynamic duo, OF Oscar Gamble, couldn’t figure out the Angels on this night, going 0-4. Gamble was disappointed in himself, but was glad his teammates could pick up the slack. “I know the team relies on me a lot to get on base and drive in runs, and it sucks not to be able to step up in a big game like this, but Ruppert and Jimbo (Lefebvre) came through big and without them, we wouldn’t be here.” Angels manager Gene Mauch was incensed with what he thought was subpar umpiring throughout the game and made his opinions known in the post-game press conference. “That was **** umpiring any *** way you look at it! MLB needs to pick the best umpires for the playoffs, and they really dropped the *** ball on this one, that man needs to have his * kicked on the streets and never let near any ************* ballpark ever again!” The Commissioner is expected to make a decision regarding Mauch’s comments before Game 2. NEXT: Game 2 breakdowns. The Astros and Yankees hold 1-0 leads. Can they expand on them, or will California and/or St. Louis turn the LCS into a best of five affair? Will J.R. Richard ever allow a homerun in 1980?