A homer by Doug Rader to lead off the ninth inning gave the Astros a 4-3 victory over the Padres. After Jerry Morales homered for the Padres in the first, the Astros scored three runs in their half, but Dave Campbell singled and Ollie Brown hit for the circuit to forge a deadlock in the second. Denny Lemaster checked the Padres the rest of the way and was the winner on Rader's round-tripper. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     18, 1970 (Night game) at Astrodome
Padres       1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1
Astros       3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  6  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Arcia ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .154      Morgan 2b             2   1   1   0     2   1   .267
  Murrell ph,cf       1   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Pepitone rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .270
Morales lf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .154      Wynn cf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .277
  Slocum ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Davis lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .295
Gaston cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .340      Menke ss              1   0   1   1     2   0   .349
  Ross p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   1     0   0   .143
Colbert 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Rader 3b              4   1   1   1     0   0   .256
Campbell 2b           4   1   3   0     0   0   .318      Edwards c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .075
Brown rf              4   1   2   2     0   1   .229      Lemaster p            3   0   1   0     0   0   .167
Spiezio 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .333
Barton c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Coombs p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .250
  Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ferrara ph,lf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .240

Totals               33   3   8   3     2   5             Totals               27   4   6   4     5   1

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 16,522
Left on Base: Padres 5, Astros 6
DP: Padres 0, Astros 2
Errors: Arcia, Davis, Menke
Doubles: Coombs (1)
Home Runs: Morales (1), Brown (1), Rader (4)
Caught Stealing: Campbell (1), Morgan (3), Davis (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Menke (3), Mayberry (1)
GIDP: Barton (2), Colbert (1)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coombs                  6.2   5   3   3   4   1   0  28   2.84
Dukes                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.76
Ross L(1-1)             1     1   1   1   1   0   1   5   4.63
Totals                  8     6   4   4   5   1   1  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemaster W(1-1)         9     8   3   3   2   5   2  35   2.25
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   5   2  35

Umpires: HP - Tom Gorman, 1B - Mel Steiner, 2B - Bill Williams, 3B - Nick Colosi


PADRES 1ST: Arcia flied out to right; Morales homered; Gaston
flied out to right; Colbert flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Morgan singled; Pepitone singled [Morgan to second];
Wynn singled [Morgan scored, Pepitone to second]; Davis walked
[Pepitone to third, Wynn to second]; Menke hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Pepitone scored, Wynn to third]; Mayberry hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Wynn scored]; Rader flied out to right;
3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 3.

PADRES 2ND: Campbell singled; Brown homered [Campbell scored];
Spiezio walked; Barton grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Spiezio out at second]; Coombs doubled; Arcia
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards flied out to center; Lemaster grounded out
(third to first); Morgan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 3RD: Morales reached on an error by Menke [Morales to
first]; Gaston flied out to left; Colbert grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 3RD: Pepitone grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn
lined to third; Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 4TH: Campbell singled; Brown flied out to center; Spiezio
popped to shortstop; Campbell was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Menke singled; Mayberry flied out to right; Rader
grounded out (third to first) [Menke to second]; Edwards lined
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 5TH: Barton grounded out (shortstop to first); Coombs was
called out on strikes; Arcia popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Lemaster grounded out (third to first); Morgan
walked; Morgan was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); Pepitone popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 6TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Gaston lined
to third; Colbert grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Davis reached on
an error by Arcia [Davis to first]; Davis was caught stealing
second (catcher to second to first); Menke walked; Mayberry
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
3, Astros 3.

PADRES 7TH: Campbell singled; Brown struck out; Spiezio flied
out to left [Campbell to second (error by Davis)]; Barton
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Rader flied out to center; Edwards grounded out
(second to first); Lemaster singled; Morgan walked [Lemaster to
second]; DUKES REPLACED COOMBS (PITCHING); Pepitone flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 8TH: FERRARA BATTED FOR DUKES; Ferrara flied out to
center; MURRELL BATTED FOR ARCIA; Murrell struck out; Morales
walked; Gaston singled [Morales to second]; Colbert struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: MURRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); SLOCUM REPLACED
MORALES (PLAYING SS); ROSS REPLACED GASTON (PITCHING); FERRARA
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Wynn popped to catcher in foul
territory; Davis grounded out (second to first); Menke walked;
Mayberry grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 9TH: Campbell flied out to right; Brown singled; Spiezio
popped to catcher in foul territory; Barton flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Rader homered; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3,
Astros 4.