Although Randy Jones allowed only four hits, the lefthander suffered his 20th defeat of the season when Wilbur Howard rapped his first major league homer to give the Astros a 3-2 victory over the Padres. The Astros' first two runs were unearned. Greg Gross reached base on a wild throw by Bill Almon in the first inning and scored with two out when Dave Hilton failed to come up with a grounder by Lee May. Houston Astros 3, San Diego Padres 2Game Played on Sunday, September 8, 1974 (Day game) at AstrodomePadres 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 3 Astros 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 x - 3 4 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Almon ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .136 Gross rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .314 Gaston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .217 Metzger ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Beckert 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .254 Cedeno cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .279 Scott pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 L. May 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .275 Grubb cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .291 C. Johnson c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Winfield rf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .271 Rader 3b 2 0 0 0 1 2 .253 Elliott lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .500 Howard lf 2 1 1 1 1 0 .298 Ivie 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .071 Milbourne 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .299 Hilton 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .246 Griffin p 3 1 1 0 0 0 .281 McCovey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Cannizzaro c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Locklear ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Roberts 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Jones p 3 0 1 0 0 1 .159 Clarke ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Totals 35 2 8 2 4 5 Totals 24 3 4 2 5 4 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 5,065 Left on Base: Padres 11, Astros 5 DP: Padres 3, Astros 0 Errors: Almon 2, Hilton, Griffin Doubles: Grubb (18), Griffin (5) Home Runs: Hilton (1), Howard (1) Stolen Bases: Almon (1) Sacrifice Hits: Metzger 2 (19) Sacrifice Flies: Grubb (3), L. May (8) GIDP: Howard (3), C. Johnson (5) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jones L(7-20) 8 4 3 1 5 4 1 32 4.19 Totals 8 4 3 1 5 4 1 32 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Griffin W(13-8) 7.1 7 2 2 3 3 1 33 3.42 Forsch SV(8) 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 2.88 Totals 9 8 2 2 4 5 1 40 Umpires: HP - Terry Tata, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Shag Crawford, 3B - John Kibler PADRES 1ST: Almon popped to first in foul territory; Beckert lined to third; Grubb doubled to left; Winfield walked; Elliott was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled to shortstop [Gross to second (error by Almon)]; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Gross to third]; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); L. May reached on an error by Hilton [Gross scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; C. Johnson forced L. May (third to second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 1. PADRES 2ND: Ivie flied out to center; Hilton homered; Cannizzaro grounded out (third to first); Jones grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. ASTROS 2ND: Rader walked; Howard grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rader out at second]; Milbourne grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 1. PADRES 3RD: Almon singled to second; Almon stole second; Beckert grounded out (first to pitcher) [Almon to third]; Grubb hit a sacrifice fly to right [Almon scored]; Winfield flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Griffin flied out to center; Gross grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. PADRES 4TH: Elliott walked; Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first) [Elliott to second]; Hilton grounded out (second to first) [Elliott to third]; Cannizzaro grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno was called out on strikes; L. May grounded out (third to first); C. Johnson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. PADRES 5TH: Jones struck out; Almon flied out to center; Beckert walked; Grubb flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 5TH: Rader was called out on strikes; Howard walked; Milbourne lined into a double play (third to first) [Howard out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. PADRES 6TH: Winfield reached on an error by Griffin [Winfield to second]; Elliott grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie popped to third in foul territory; Hilton made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 6TH: Griffin doubled; Gross reached on a fielder's choice [Griffin to third (error by Almon), Gross to second]; Metzger grounded out (third to first); Cedeno was walked intentionally; L. May hit a sacrifice fly to center [Griffin scored (unearned)]; C. Johnson forced Gross (third unassisted); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 2. PADRES 7TH: Cannizzaro singled; On a bunt Jones singled to third [Cannizzaro to second]; Almon struck out; Beckert flied out to center; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 2. ASTROS 7TH: Rader struck out; Howard homered; Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 3. PADRES 8TH: Winfield grounded out (shortstop to first); Elliott singled to center; Ivie singled to left [Elliott to second]; FORSCH REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); MCCOVEY BATTED FOR HILTON; McCovey grounded out (first to pitcher) [Elliott to third, Ivie to second]; LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR CANNIZZARO; Locklear grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 8TH: KENDALL REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING C ); ROBERTS REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PLAYING 3B); Gross walked; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Gross to second]; Cedeno was walked intentionally; L. May singled to right [Gross to third, Cedeno to second]; C. Johnson grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Gross out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 3. PADRES 9TH: CLARKE BATTED FOR JONES; Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); GASTON BATTED FOR ALMON; Gaston struck out; Beckert singled to shortstop; SCOTT RAN FOR BECKERT; Grubb walked [Scott to second]; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 3. |
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