Joe Niekro and Dave Smith combine on a two-hitter to blank San Diego, 3-0

August 16, 1981March 4, 2021 Pitching Feats

On August 16 , 1981 — At Houston, Astros’s Joe Niekro and Dave Smith combine on a two-hitter to blank San Diego, 3-0. Niekro and Steve Mura trade goose eggs for seven innings until Tony Scott drives home Joe Pittman in the eighth. Gary Woods then delivers Scott. In the ninth, Scott again plates Pittman with an insurance run. The shutout caps a seven-game road trip to open the “second season”, with the Astros winning five of them.

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Astro Daily

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