Page 12 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1980 l-i Astros thwarted in first game Houston defeated by long ball once again United Press International PHILADELPHIA — The Hous ton Astros could have claimed fati gue caused their 3-1 loss to the Phi- ladelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the National League championship series Tuesday night, but they didn’t. Neither did they let themselves be depressed by their failure to beat Phillies’ ace lefthander Steve Carl ton, who had considerably less stuff than usual in his seven-inning, seven-hit outing. “I don’t think that had any effect on us,” said Astros’ manager Bill Vir- don, referring to the Astros late arrival in Philadelphia early Tuesday after defeating Los Angeles in a one- game playoff on the West Coast for the NL West title late Monday. “I thought we played quite well,” said Virdon. “We just got beat.” “We didn’t have time for a let down,” Virdon added, when asked if the emotions of the past four games with the Dodgers might have robbed the Astros of their spirit. Gay line 693-1630 Mon.-Thurs. 8-10 Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN BRYAN 822-6105 Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. 8 a.m.-1 p.m. “As far as the playoffs go, we’ve had one goal all season — to get into them,” Virdon said. “And that means the spirit will take care of itself. ” Houston first baseman Art Howe, the hero of the division-clinching win over Los Angeles, said there was no reason to be depressed by the team’s play. “If we’d have come in and played terrible then I might have bothered us, but we played very well. It was just a little too much Carlton. He made the right pitches when he had to. We thought if we could beat Carl ton we’d be in great shape, but now we’ll just have to go for the split,” Howe said. Losing pitcher Ken Forsch like wise was unashamed of his perform ance. Forsch gave up eight hits, in cluding a game-winning two-run homer to Greg Luzinski with two out in the sixth. Forsch said the fastball Luzinskit hit into left field stands was just a little higher than he wanted it to be. “It was a 3-2 situation, so I had to throw a strike,” Forsch said. “I got it up a little higher than I wanted. I made the same pitch to him but a little bit lower his time up before and I struck him out.” The crowd quieted considerably watching Bake McBride strike out and Mike Schmidt fly to center. Then Luzinski, made to look feeble in his first two at bats, with a strike out and a pop-out, crashed a 3-2 fast ball by Forsch well over the fence in left-center field. Forsch said the Astros’ 0-1 dis advantage in the best-of-five series was no big obstacle. “We’ve been doing it all year long,” he said. “We’ve got (Nolan) Ryan going (Wednesday), and if we get a split here and then head into the Astrodome, we’ll be all right.” The Astros’ clubhouse was quiet, but the players insisted they were not dwelling on the loss. “You can’t think about tonight any more,” said catcher Luis Pujols. “We’ll just have to do it (Wednes day). We’ll be all right. We’ve been through this same thing all last week. We still have a chance.” As ev feach ga For si lesson a their w< row. The C Id, bi ysmal His fr USED GOLD WANTE D! agazin pions. On pt hared essed inted Defer gested, Perha i fount Mista Boustor e Cou ixitball, ftenior fi ft Houst Chinn p toss and nberci 6 wit Chinn Itch. 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United Press International HOUSTON — U niversity of Houston athletic department offi cials Tuesday listed their hesitance to ruffle the feathers of reserved tick et buyers and their desire to main tain a home field advantage as the reasons the Cougars’ football game with Texas A&M may have to be played early Sunday morning. 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