Page 12 THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1980
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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
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“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.
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was founded nine years before the birth of our
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The shipyard’s recruiters plan their first visit to
TEXAS A&M
Thursday, October 30,1980
A General Information Meeting will be held on
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We are looking forward to meeting and talking with you, today’s
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