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Thursday May 14, 1970
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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.



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