1981 National League West Division Series

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1981 NL West Division Series (3-2) Los Angeles Dodgers (63-47) over Houston Astros (61-49)

Introduction[edit]

Umpires[edit]

Results[edit]

Game 1[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 8 0
WP: Nolan Ryan (1-0), LP: Dave Stewart (0-1)
Home Runs: LA - Steve Garvey (1); HOU - Alan Ashby (1)
  • Attendance: 44,836

Game 2[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 0
WP: Joe Sambito (1-0), LP: Dave Stewart (0-2)
Home Runs: none
  • Attendance: 42,398

Game 3[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Astros 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
Dodgers 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x 6 10 0
WP: Burt Hooton (1-0), LP: Bob Knepper (0-1)
Home Runs: HOU - Art Howe (1); LA - Steve Garvey (2)
  • Attendance: 46,820

Game 4[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x 2 4 0
WP: Fernando Valenzuela (1-0), LP: Vern Ruhle (0-1)
Home Runs: LA - Pedro Guerrero (1)
  • Attendance: 55,983

Game 5[edit]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 x 4 7 2
WP: Jerry Reuss (1-0), LP: Nolan Ryan (1-1)
Home Runs: none
  • Attendance: 55,979

Further Reading[edit]

  • Michael Clair: "Here's what the world looked like the last time the Dodgers and Astros met in the postseason", "Cut4", mlb.com, October 22, 2017. [1]
  • Rick Monday and Ken Gurnick: Rick Monday's Tales from the Dodger Dugout, Sports Publishing LLC, Champaign, IL, 2006.
  • Jason Turbow: They Bled Blue: Fernandomania, Strike-Season Mayhem, and the Weirdest Championship Baseball Had Ever Seen: The 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York NY, 2019. ISBN 978-1328715531

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