A three-run homer by rookie reliever Jose Sosa, batting for the first time in his major league career, capped the Astros' attack in an 8-4 victory over the Padres. The Astros scored their first five runs on two homers in the sixth inning. Tommy Helms singled and Greg Gross walked ahead of a circuit clout by Jose Cruz. Then, after Cliff Johnson also walked, Doug Rader homered on reliever Bill Greif's first pitch.

In the eighth, Gross walked and, after a sacrifice by Cruz, Johnson was handed an intentional pass, setting the stage for Sosa's smash off Danny Frisella. Bobby Tolan homered for the Padres. [The Sporting News]

Houston Astros 8, San Diego Padres 4

Game Played on Wednesday, July 30, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Padres 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 4 10 0 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 x - 8 8 1 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grubb cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 .290 Howard cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .339 Fuentes 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .267 Gross rf 2 2 0 0 2 0 .298 Ivie 3b,1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .271 Cruz lf 3 1 2 3 0 0 .240 McCovey 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .238 Johnson 1b 2 2 0 0 2 0 .284 Hernandez pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Rader 3b 4 1 1 2 0 2 .240 Winfield rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .264 Boswell 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Tolan lf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .239 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Torres ss,3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .274 Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hundley c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .204 Sosa p 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 McIntosh p 2 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Jutze c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .220 Greif p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Milbourne ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Kendall ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .189 Konieczny p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .186 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Helms ph,2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .169 Frisella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Locklear ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Totals 34 4 10 4 1 4 Totals 29 8 8 8 4 2 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 7,547 Left on Base: Padres 6, Astros 2 DP: Padres 2, Astros 1 Errors: Rader Doubles: McIntosh (2), Fuentes (15), Cruz (7) Home Runs: Tolan (4), Cruz (4), Rader (8), Sosa (1) Stolen Bases: Winfield (12) Caught Stealing: Grubb (7) Sacrifice Hits: Tolan (9), Cruz (3) Sacrifice Flies: Torres (2) GIDP: Howard (2), Jutze (1) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McIntosh L(8-9) 5.1 5 4 4 2 2 1 22 3.35 Greif 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 1 3 3.31 Tomlin 1.1 0 2 2 2 0 0 6 3.91 Frisella 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 2.94 Totals 8 8 8 8 4 2 3 34 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Konieczny W(5-11) 6 6 3 3 1 1 1 24 4.50 Niekro 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 6 4.18 Cosgrove 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.01 Sosa SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 5.40 Totals 9 10 4 4 1 4 1 37 Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt PADRES 1ST: Grubb walked; Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first) [Grubb to second]; Ivie singled [Grubb stayed at second]; McCovey struck out while Grubb was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard lined to center; Gross grounded out (second to first); Cruz doubled to right; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. PADRES 2ND: Winfield singled; Winfield stole second; Tolan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Winfield to third]; Torres hit a sacrifice fly to left [Winfield scored]; Hundley reached on an error by Rader; McIntosh grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Rader struck out; Boswell lined to left; Jutze singled to center; Milbourne grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. PADRES 3RD: Grubb popped to third in foul territory; Fuentes flied out to center; Ivie made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Konieczny singled to left; Howard grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Konieczny out at second]; Gross grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. PADRES 4TH: McCovey made an out to shortstop; Winfield lined to right; Tolan homered; Torres made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Johnson flied out to left; Rader struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. PADRES 5TH: Hundley flied out to center; McIntosh doubled to left; Grubb grounded out (second to first) [McIntosh to third]; Fuentes doubled to left [McIntosh scored]; Ivie singled to left [Fuentes out at home (left to catcher)]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Boswell lined to second; Jutze grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Astros 0. PADRES 6TH: McCovey popped to third in foul territory; Winfield made an out to shortstop; Tolan made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: HELMS BATTED FOR KONIECZNY; Helms singled to left; Howard lined to left; Gross walked [Helms to second]; Cruz homered [Helms scored, Gross scored]; Johnson walked; GREIF REPLACED MCINTOSH (PITCHING); Rader homered [Johnson scored]; Boswell singled to center; Jutze grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Boswell out at second]; 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Astros 5. PADRES 7TH: HELMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); NIEKRO REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Torres made an out to second; Hundley made an out to first; KENDALL BATTED FOR GREIF; Kendall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Astros 5. ASTROS 7TH: TOMLIN REPLACED KENDALL (PITCHING); Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); Helms flied out to center; Howard grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 3, Astros 5. PADRES 8TH: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Fuentes singled to right; Ivie singled to left [Fuentes to second]; COSGROVE REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); McCovey singled [Fuentes scored, Ivie to second]; SOSA REPLACED COSGROVE (PITCHING); HERNANDEZ RAN FOR MCCOVEY; Winfield flied out to right [Ivie to third]; Tolan struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 4, Astros 5. ASTROS 8TH: HERNANDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); IVIE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Gross walked; Cruz out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Gross to second]; Johnson was walked intentionally; FRISELLA REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Rader flied out to center; Sosa homered [Gross scored, Johnson scored]; Jutze lined to left; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 4, Astros 8. PADRES 9TH: Torres singled to center; Hundley struck out; LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR FRISELLA; Locklear flied out to left; Grubb flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 4, Astros 8.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".