| Larry Dierker pitched his fourth straight complete game and beat the Padres, 3-1, with the aid of four double plays by the Astros. The Padres picked up their run in the third inning on a double by Tommy Dean and single by Dave Campbell. The Astros knotted the count in the fifth and broke the tie when Joe Pepitone hit a homer in the sixth. [The Sporting News] |
Houston Astros 3, San Diego Padres 1
Game Played on Thursday, May 14, 1970 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Astros 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 3 6 0 Padres 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0 2 0 .273 Dean ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .278 Miller rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Campbell 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .264 Wynn cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .288 Gaston cf,lf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .308 Davis lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .295 Arcia pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Beauchamp lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Colbert 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .235 Menke ss 2 0 0 1 1 1 .349 Murrell lf,cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Pepitone 1b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .256 Brown rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267 Rader 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .320 Huntz 3b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .181 Edwards c 2 0 0 0 2 0 .140 Cannizzaro c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .277 Dierker p 4 1 1 0 0 3 .148 Kirby p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Dukes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Webster ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .206 Herbel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 6 3 6 4 Totals 32 1 9 1 3 6 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 2,522 Left on Base: Astros 10, Padres 7 DP: Astros 4, Padres 0 Errors: Gaston Doubles: Wynn (8), Dean (2) Home Runs: Pepitone (7) Stolen Bases: Dean (1) Sacrifice Flies: Wynn (3), Menke (5) GIDP: Huntz (1), Colbert (6) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dierker W(7-2) 9 9 1 1 3 6 0 35 3.14 Totals 9 9 1 1 3 6 0 35 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kirby L(2-4) 5.1 6 2 2 4 2 1 26 4.02 Dukes 1.2 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 2.08 Herbel 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3.03 Totals 9 6 3 2 6 4 1 40 Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Frank Dezelan ASTROS 1ST: Morgan grounded out (second to first); Miller grounded out (second to first); Wynn singled to left; Davis singled to left [Wynn to second]; Menke struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: Dean singled to right; Dean stole second; Campbell struck out; Gaston walked; Colbert hit into a double play (left to second) [Dean out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. ASTROS 2ND: Pepitone grounded out (first unassisted); Rader grounded out (second to first); Edwards walked; Dierker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Murrell flied out to right; Brown flied out to center; Huntz walked; Cannizzaro singled to left [Huntz to second]; Kirby was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. ASTROS 3RD: Morgan grounded out (shortstop to first); Miller grounded out (second to first); Wynn doubled to left; Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: Dean doubled to left; Campbell singled to left [Dean scored]; Gaston singled to left [Campbell to second]; Colbert struck out; Murrell forced Gaston (shortstop to second) [Campbell to third]; Brown struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 1. ASTROS 4TH: Menke walked; Pepitone flied out to center; Rader flied out to right; Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 1. PADRES 4TH: Huntz walked; Cannizzaro hit into a double play (center to second) [Huntz out at second]; Kirby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 1. ASTROS 5TH: Dierker singled to left; Morgan walked [Dierker to second]; Miller forced Morgan (second to shortstop) [Dierker to third]; Wynn hit a sacrifice fly to left [Dierker scored]; Davis grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Padres 1. PADRES 5TH: Dean grounded out (shortstop to first); Campbell made an out to third; Gaston grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Padres 1. ASTROS 6TH: Menke flied out to center; Pepitone homered; Rader singled to left; Edwards walked [Rader to second]; DUKES REPLACED KIRBY (PITCHING); Dierker struck out; Morgan walked [Rader to third, Edwards to second]; Miller flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 2, Padres 1. PADRES 6TH: Colbert singled to shortstop; Murrell singled to third [Colbert to second]; Brown singled to left [Colbert to third, Murrell to second]; Huntz grounded into a double play (first to catcher to first) [Murrell to third, Brown to second, Colbert out at home]; Cannizzaro flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Padres 1. ASTROS 7TH: Wynn reached on an error by Gaston [Wynn to third]; Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); Menke hit a sacrifice fly to left [Wynn scored (unearned)]; Pepitone made an out to second; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 1. PADRES 7TH: BEAUCHAMP REPLACED DAVIS (PLAYING LF); WEBSTER BATTED FOR DUKES; Webster struck out; Dean made an out to first; Campbell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 1. ASTROS 8TH: MURRELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); GASTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); HERBEL REPLACED WEBSTER (PITCHING); Rader walked; Edwards flied out to right; Dierker was called out on strikes; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 1. PADRES 8TH: Gaston singled to left; ARCIA RAN FOR GASTON; Colbert grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Arcia out at second]; Murrell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 1. ASTROS 9TH: ARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Miller grounded out (second to first); Wynn popped to shortstop in foul territory; Beauchamp grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 1. PADRES 9TH: Brown grounded out (pitcher to first); Huntz flied out to center; Cannizzaro grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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