San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Monday, September 10, 1973 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Astros 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 6 3 Padres 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 x - 5 9 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Gross cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .333 J. Morales rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .285 Metzger ss 3 1 1 1 0 0 .257 Grubb cf 2 2 2 0 2 0 .308 Campbell 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Lee lf 3 2 1 1 0 1 .239 Gallagher rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Colbert 1b 3 0 2 1 1 1 .268 Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Kendall c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .274 Busse 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .123 Thomas ss 4 0 2 3 0 0 .239 Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .317 R. Morales 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .162 Torres ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Hilton 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .178 Easler lf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .000 Greif p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .091 Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Sutherland 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Wynn ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Jutze c 2 1 1 0 1 0 .216 May ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Griffin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .056 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .065 Rader ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Totals 30 3 6 2 3 5 Totals 29 5 9 5 3 6 Time of Game: 2:00 Attendance: 2,294 Left on Base: Astros 6, Padres 5 DP: Astros 3, Padres 0 Errors: Easler, Sutherland, Jutze, Lee Doubles: Johnson (1) Triples: Gross (1), Grubb (3) Caught Stealing: Colbert (7) Sacrifice Hits: Griffin 2 (3), Hilton (4) Sacrifice Flies: Metzger (3), Lee (2) GIDP: Lee (9), Kendall 2 (15) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Griffin L(1-6) 7 8 5 3 3 6 0 31 4.81 Forsch 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.27 Totals 8 9 5 3 3 6 0 34 Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Greif W(9-15) 9 6 3 2 3 5 0 36 3.19 Totals 9 6 3 2 3 5 0 36 Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Lee Weyer ASTROS 1ST: Debut for umpire Paul Runge; Gross singled to right; Metzger grounded out (second to first) [Gross to second]; Gallagher grounded out (first to pitcher) [Gross to third]; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. PADRES 1ST: J. Morales struck out; Grubb walked; Lee grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. ASTROS 2ND: Busse popped to third in foul territory; Easler struck out; Sutherland flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. PADRES 2ND: Colbert struck out; Kendall flied out to right; Thomas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Padres 0. ASTROS 3RD: Jutze walked; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Jutze to second]; Gross tripled [Jutze scored]; Metzger hit a sacrifice fly to center [Gross scored]; Gallagher grounded out (second to pitcher); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Padres 0. PADRES 3RD: R. Morales grounded out (second to first); Hilton was called out on strikes; Greif struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Padres 0. ASTROS 4TH: Johnson made an out to shortstop; Busse was called out on strikes; Easler flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Padres 0. PADRES 4TH: J. Morales reached on an error by Sutherland [J. Morales to first]; Grubb walked [J. Morales to second]; Lee singled to left [J. Morales to third, Grubb to second]; Colbert walked [J. Morales scored (unearned), Grubb to third, Lee to second]; Kendall struck out; Thomas singled to center [Grubb scored, Lee scored, Colbert to third]; Colbert was caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop to catcher) [Thomas to second]; R. Morales flied out to right; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Padres 3. ASTROS 5TH: Sutherland grounded out (second to first); Jutze singled to center; Griffin out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Jutze to second]; Gross grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 2, Padres 3. PADRES 5TH: Hilton flied out to right; Greif made an out to second; Jutze dropped a foul fly hit by J. Morales for an error; J. Morales singled to left; Grubb singled to right [J. Morales to third]; Lee struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Padres 3. ASTROS 6TH: Metzger singled to center; Gallagher lined to center; Johnson doubled to left [Metzger scored (error by Lee) (unearned)]; Busse was called out on strikes; Easler was walked intentionally; Sutherland flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 3. PADRES 6TH: Colbert singled; Kendall grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Colbert out at second]; Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 3. ASTROS 7TH: Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin struck out; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 3. PADRES 7TH: R. Morales singled to left; Hilton out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [R. Morales to second]; Greif grounded out (third to first); J. Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 3. ASTROS 8TH: Metzger grounded out (first unassisted); Gallagher struck out; Johnson walked; WATSON BATTED FOR BUSSE; Watson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 3. PADRES 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED METZGER (PLAYING 3B); TORRES REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING SS); Grubb tripled to center; Lee reached on an error by Easler on a sacrifice fly [Grubb scored, Lee to first]; Colbert singled to left [Lee to second]; FORSCH REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Kendall grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Lee to third, Colbert out at second]; Thomas singled [Lee scored (unearned)]; R. Morales forced Thomas (shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Padres 5. ASTROS 9TH: CEDENO BATTED FOR EASLER; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); WYNN BATTED FOR SUTHERLAND; Wynn flied out to right; MAY BATTED FOR JUTZE; May singled to right; RADER BATTED FOR FORSCH; Rader forced May (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 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