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Pinch-hitting with two out in the ninth inning, Milt May came through with a grand-slam homer to power the Astros to a 5-1 victory over the Padres. Bob Watson opened the stanza with a single and yielded the paths to Bob Gallagher. After the Padres changed pitchers, Lee May bunted and when Vicente Romo threw wildly to second, Gallagher reached third on the error and May was safe at first. The Padres then walked Cliff Johnson intentionally to load the bases and the strategy appeared to be working when Romo struck out both Doug Rader and Tommy Helms, but May proved to be a tougher customer as the pinch-hitter for Ken Boswell. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 5, San Diego Padres 1Game Played on Wednesday, May 22, 1974 (Night game) at AstrodomePadres 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 1 Astros 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 5 9 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Thomas 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .294 Gross rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Hernandez ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .222 Metzger ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .291 Winfield lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .280 Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .289 Colbert 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Watson lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .322 Gaston rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .221 Gallagher pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .195 Grubb cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .308 L. May 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .275 McCovey ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .240 Milbourne pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .278 Gaspar pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 C. Johnson c 3 1 0 0 1 3 .290 Roberts 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .175 Rader 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .252 Barton c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Helms 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .296 Jones p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Osteen p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .174 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 M. May ph 1 1 1 4 0 0 .262 Totals 32 1 5 1 1 5 Totals 33 5 9 5 3 11 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 10,365 Left on Base: Padres 6, Astros 5 DP: Padres 2, Astros 0 Errors: Romo, C. Johnson Doubles: Gaston (7), Winfield (7), Thomas (7), Watson (3) Home Runs: M. May (2) Stolen Bases: Hernandez 2 (16), Metzger (5) Caught Stealing: Cedeno (2) GIDP: Metzger (3), Gross (3) Hit by Pitch: Colbert (1,by Osteen) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones L(3-7) 8 8 2 1 2 9 0 31 5.71 Romo 0.2 1 3 0 1 2 1 5 2.32 Totals 8.2 9 5 1 3 11 1 36 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Osteen W(5-4) 9 5 1 1 1 5 0 34 2.82 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 5 0 34 Hit by Pitch: Osteen (2) Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Art Williams, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt PADRES 1ST: Thomas grounded out (third to first); Hernandez singled; Hernandez stole second; Winfield grounded out (second to first) [Hernandez to third]; Colbert was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (second to first); Metzger singled; Metzger stole second; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Watson doubled [Metzger scored]; L. May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. PADRES 2ND: Gaston doubled to right; Grubb struck out; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Barton lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: C. Johnson struck out; Rader was called out on strikes; Helms singled to center; Osteen struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. PADRES 3RD: Jones was called out on strikes; Thomas grounded out (third to first); Hernandez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Gross grounded out (second to first); Metzger grounded out (third to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. PADRES 4TH: Winfield flied out to center; Colbert made an out to first; Gaston struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); L. May was called out on strikes; C. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. PADRES 5TH: Grubb lined to second; Roberts made an out to second; Barton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Rader walked; Helms singled to center [Rader to second]; On a bunt Osteen forced Rader (pitcher to third) [Helms to second]; Gross walked [Helms to third, Osteen to second]; Metzger grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Helms out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. PADRES 6TH: Jones flied out to center; Thomas singled; Hernandez forced Thomas (shortstop to second); Hernandez stole second [Hernandez to third (error by C. Johnson)]; Winfield doubled [Hernandez scored]; Colbert was hit by a pitch; Gaston made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno singled to center; Cedeno was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Watson flied out to right; L. May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. PADRES 7TH: Grubb was called out on strikes; Roberts flied out to right; Barton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 7TH: C. Johnson was called out on strikes; Rader grounded out (third to first); Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. PADRES 8TH: Jones grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas doubled to right; Hernandez flied out to center [Thomas to third]; Winfield flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: Osteen singled to right; Gross grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Osteen out at second]; Metzger singled; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. PADRES 9TH: Colbert flied out to center; Gaston grounded out (shortstop to first); MCCOVEY BATTED FOR GRUBB; McCovey walked; GASPAR RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Roberts flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: GASPAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Watson singled to left; GALLAGHER RAN FOR WATSON; ROMO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); On a bunt L. May reached on an error by Romo [Gallagher to third, L. May to first]; MILBOURNE RAN FOR L. MAY; C. Johnson was walked intentionally [Milbourne to second]; Rader struck out; Helms was called out on strikes; M. MAY BATTED FOR OSTEEN; M. May homered (unearned) [Gallagher scored (unearned), Milbourne scored (unearned), C. Johnson scored (unearned)]; 4 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 5. |
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