1982 NL Game: Cin. @ Hous. Soto Strikes Out 20

October 3, 1982

  Cincinnati Red's whiff master Mario Soto set a 1982 MLB season high in strikeouts with 20 against the Houston Astros tonight. Soto pitched a complete game shutout for his 15th Win of the season. Cincinnati put 4 runs on the scoreboard in the 2nd inning and Soto did the rest, defeating the Astros 4-0.

BOXSCORE: 1982 Cincinnati Reds At 1982 Houston Astros            10/2/1982
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  G.Redus LF          4  0  2  3 .256     D.Thon SS           3  0  0  0 .269  
  P.Householder RF    5  0  0  0 .191     B.Doran 2B          4  0  0  0 .210  
  D.Concepcion SS     4  0  1  0 .273     R.Knight 3B         4  0  2  0 .283  
  J.Bench 3B          3  1  0  0 .251     H.Spilman 1B        4  0  0  0 .297  
  C.Cedeno CF         3  0  3  0 .297     T.Tolman LF         4  0  0  0 .133  
  L.Biittner 1B       4  0  1  1 .370     L.Ray RF            3  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Oester 2B         3  1  1  0 .264     S.Loucks CF         3  0  1  0 .235  
  D.Van Gorder C      3  1  1  0 .277     A.Knicely C         3  0  0  0 .175  
  M.Soto P            4  1  1  0 .176     F.Dipino P          0  0  0  0 .200  
                                          D.Smith P           1  0  0  0 .000  
                                          V.Ruhle P           1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-D.Walling PH        1  0  1  0 .200  
                                          F.Lacorte P         0  0  0  0 .200  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  4 10  4                 Totals      31  0  4  0
 
A-Pinch Hit For Ruhle In 8th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 4 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  4 10  0
Astros.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
 
Reds (67-94)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Soto WIN(15-10)         9       4   0   0   1  20   0   2.31
Totals                    9       4   0   0   1  20   0
 
Astros (77-84)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Dipino LOSS(1-3)        1 2/3   3   4   4   3   0   0   8.84
D.Smith                   2 2/3   1   0   0   4   1   0   5.15
V.Ruhle                   3 2/3   5   0   0   0   4   0   3.24
F.Lacorte                 1       1   0   0   0   1   0   5.10
Totals                    9      10   4   4   7   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 10,777 DATE- Saturday, October 2nd 1982 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Doug Harvey, Nick Colosi, Jerry Crawford, Frank Pulli
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 9  Astros: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0  Astros: 2
TRIPLES- G.Redus(2nd), R.Knight(9th)
RBIs- G.Redus-3(12th), L.Biittner(25th)
STOLEN BASES- G.Redus(13th), S.Loucks(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- C.Cedeno
WALKS- G.Redus, D.Concepcion, J.Bench-2, C.Cedeno, R.Oester, D.Van Gorder,
       D.Thon
STRIKE OUTS- G.Redus, P.Householder, J.Bench, R.Oester, M.Soto-2, D.Thon-3,
             B.Doran-3, R.Knight-2, H.Spilman-2, T.Tolman-2, L.Ray-3,
             S.Loucks-2, A.Knicely, D.Smith, V.Ruhle
GIDP- L.Biittner-2
2-out RBI- G.Redus-3
RLISP 2-out- H.Spilman, P.Householder-2, V.Ruhle, J.Bench, M.Soto
TEAM RISP- Reds: 2 for 10  Astros: 0 for 3
 
Mario Soto racked up an impressive total of 20 strikeouts as the Cincinnati
Reds defeated the Houston Astros by the score of 4 to 0 at The
Astrodome.
 
Soto(15-10) escaped virtually unscathed against the Houston hitters.  He
didn't give up much, just 4 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings.  The pitchers took
over after the 2nd inning as neither team was able to score again.  
 
Frank Dipino(1-3) was given the loss.  Bob Lillis was obviously impressed with
the pitching of Soto, 'That guy made us look a little silly out there
tonight.  We just couldn't get to him at all - everything was working for
him.  I just hope that he got that kinda performance out of his system.'