Mike Ivie hit his first major league homer, after a walk to Johnny Grubb in the seventh inning, to enable the Padres to defeat the Astros, 2-0. Dan Spillner pitched the shutout on a yield of three hits. Don Wilson allowed four hits in going down to defeat. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 2, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Wednesday, September 11, 1974 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1
Padres       0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   2  4  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .309      Hernandez ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .243
Metzger ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Clarke 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Turner lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .182
L. May 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .276        Scott lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gallagher pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .184      Grubb cf              2   1   1   0     1   0   .292
M. May c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .291      Elliott rf            3   0   0   0     0   3   .250
Busse 3b              3   0   1   0     0   2   .188      Ivie 1b               3   1   1   2     0   1   .111
Howard lf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .263      Hilton 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Milbourne 2b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Kendall c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .231
  C. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Spillner p            3   0   0   0     0   3   .026
  Campbell 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
Wilson p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .232
  Edwards ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .223
  de los Santos p     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   3   0     1  10             Totals               28   2   4   2     1   9

Time of Game: 1:46   Attendance:  2,356
Left on Base: Astros 5, Padres 3
DP: Astros 0, Padres 0
Errors: Wilson, Hernandez
Doubles: M. May (15), Turner (1)
Home Runs: Ivie (1)
Stolen Bases: Hernandez (35)
Caught Stealing: Turner (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilson L(10-12)         7     4   2   2   1   8   1  26   3.32
de los Santos           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.13
Totals                  8     4   2   2   1   9   1  29

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner W(7-10)        9     3   0   0   1  10   0  32   3.70
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1  10   0  32

Wild Pitches: Spillner (5)

Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Chris Pelekoudas, 3B - Paul Pryor


ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (second to first); Metzger
grounded out (first to pitcher); Cedeno made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hernandez grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke
grounded out (pitcher to first); Turner doubled to right; Grubb
lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

ASTROS 2ND: L. May flied out to right; M. May popped to third in
foul territory; Busse struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Elliott struck out; Ivie struck out; Hilton was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Howard struck out; Milbourne grounded out (shortstop
to first); Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Kendall grounded out (third to first); Spillner
struck out; Hernandez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Gross made an out to shortstop; Metzger struck out;
Cedeno lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 4TH: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Turner
reached on an error by Wilson; Turner was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Grubb singled; Elliott struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

ASTROS 5TH: L. May struck out; M. May doubled to right; Busse
struck out; Howard walked; Milbourne lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 5TH: Ivie flied out to left; Hilton grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kendall flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Gross
grounded out (second to first); Metzger grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 6TH: Spillner struck out; Hernandez singled to right;
Hernandez stole second; Clarke flied out to right; Turner
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0,
Padres 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Cedeno flied out to center; L. May struck out; M.
May popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 7TH: Grubb walked; Elliott struck out; Ivie homered
[Grubb scored]; Hilton made an out to second; Kendall struck
out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 2.

ASTROS 8TH: Busse singled to center; Howard flied out to center;
C. JOHNSON BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; C. Johnson struck out; EDWARDS
BATTED FOR WILSON; Edwards grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: CAMPBELL REPLACED C. JOHNSON (PLAYING 2B); DE LOS
SANTOS REPLACED EDWARDS (PITCHING); Spillner struck out;
Hernandez flied out to left; Clarke lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 2.

ASTROS 9TH: SCOTT REPLACED TURNER (PLAYING LF); Gross singled to
left; Metzger forced Gross (first to shortstop); Cedeno struck
out; L. May reached on an error by Hernandez [Metzger to
second]; GALLAGHER RAN FOR L. MAY; Spillner threw a wild pitch
[Metzger to third, Gallagher to second]; M. May struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 2.