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Sunday July 30, 1972
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Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, July 30, 1972 (Day game) at Astrodome

Padres       0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0    0  -   3  9  4
Astros       0  0  0    0  1  1    0  1  0    1  -   4  8  1


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Thomas ss             4   0   0   0     1   2   .238      Metzger ss            5   0   1   0     0   1   .205
Roberts 3b            5   1   1   0     0   1   .251      Cedeno cf             3   2   1   0     2   2   .346
Morales lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .237      Wynn rf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Colbert 1b            4   2   2   3     0   1   .233      May 1b                4   1   1   0     1   1   .289
Gaston rf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .260      Watson lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .305
Jeter cf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .235        Stewart pr,lf       1   0   1   1     0   0   .222
Jestadt 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Edwards c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Blefary c             4   0   1   0     0   2   .227      Rader 3b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .244
Greif p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .038      Helms 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .263
  Ross p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Roberts p             3   0   0   1     0   0   .240
  Schaeffer p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   3   9   3     2   7             Totals               35   4   8   2     4   9

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 27,388
Left on Base: Padres 5, Astros 10
DP: Padres 1, Astros 3
Errors: Roberts 2, Jeter, Blefary, Edwards
Triples: Cedeno (4)
Home Runs: Colbert 2 (25)
Stolen Bases: Morales (3), Metzger (15), Cedeno 2 (31)
Sacrifice Hits: Greif 2 (4), Wynn (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Roberts (1)
GIDP: Roberts (4), Jestadt (4), Jeter (7), May (8)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Greif                   7     6   3   0   2   8   0  30   4.65
Ross L(3-2)             2     1   1   1   2   1   0  10   2.05
Schaeffer               0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.13
Totals                  9     8   4   1   4   9   0  41

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Roberts W(9-5)         10     9   3   3   2   7   2  38   4.17
Totals                 10     9   3   3   2   7   2  38

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Augie Donatelli, 3B - Stan Landes


PADRES 1ST: Thomas walked; Roberts grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Thomas out at second]; Morales
singled to left; Morales stole second [Morales to third (error
by Edwards)]; Colbert flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Metzger struck out; Cedeno tripled to center; Wynn
reached on a fielder's choice [Cedeno out at home (third to
catcher)]; May made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Astros 0.

PADRES 2ND: Gaston grounded out (third to first); Jeter singled
to left; Jestadt grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Jeter out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out; Edwards struck out; Rader singled
to left; Helms was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Astros 0.

PADRES 3RD: Blefary singled to right; Greif out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Blefary to second]; Thomas grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Blefary to third]; Roberts grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Roberts grounded out (second to first); Metzger
singled to left; Metzger stole second; Cedeno struck out; Wynn
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 0.

PADRES 4TH: Morales grounded out (third to first); Colbert
homered; Gaston walked; Jeter grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Gaston out at second]; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: May was called out on strikes; Watson grounded out
(third to first); Edwards lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 1, Astros 0.

PADRES 5TH: Jestadt grounded out (third to first); Blefary was
called out on strikes; Greif grounded out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Rader singled to right; Helms reached on an error by
Roberts [Rader to third, Helms to second]; Roberts hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Rader scored (unearned)]; Metzger flied
to left in foul territory; Cedeno was called out on strikes; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 1.

PADRES 6TH: Thomas grounded out (pitcher to first); Roberts
singled to left; Morales flied out to center; Colbert homered
[Roberts scored]; Gaston singled to center; Jeter flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Wynn grounded out (third to first); May singled to
shortstop; Watson singled to center [May scored (error by Jeter)
(unearned) (no RBI), Watson to second]; Edwards grounded out
(second to first) [Watson to third]; Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Astros 2.

PADRES 7TH: Jestadt singled to center; Blefary struck out; Greif
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Jestadt to second];
Thomas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Helms flied out to center; Roberts lined to center;
Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 3, Astros 2.

PADRES 8TH: Roberts flied out to right; Morales grounded out
(pitcher to first); Colbert struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second; Wynn walked;
ROSS REPLACED GREIF (PITCHING); May grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Cedeno to third, Wynn out at
second]; Watson reached on an error by Roberts [Cedeno scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Watson to first]; STEWART RAN FOR WATSON;
Edwards lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
3, Astros 3.

PADRES 9TH: STEWART STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Gaston grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jeter singled to center; Jestadt
struck out; Blefary popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Rader was called out on strikes; Helms singled to
right; Roberts grounded out (pitcher to first) [Helms to
second]; Metzger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 10TH: Ross grounded out (third to first); Thomas was
called out on strikes; Roberts struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 10TH: Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second; Wynn reached on
an error by Blefary on a sacrifice bunt [Cedeno to third, Wynn
to first]; May was walked intentionally [Wynn to second];
SCHAEFFER REPLACED ROSS (PITCHING); Stewart singled to center
[Cedeno scored, Wynn to third, May to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 4.



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