The Padres, after tying the score with the aid of a homer by Mike Ivie in the sixth inning, added an unearned run in each of the last two stanzas to defeat the Astros, 5-3. Two of the Astros' tallies also were tainted.

Willie McCovey was hit by a pitch in the eighth and after successive forceouts by Dave Winfield and Bobby Tolan, a stolen base by Tolan, wild throw by catcher Skip Jutze on the play and an error by Larry Milbourne on a grounder by Hector Torres allowed the tie-breaking run to score. An error by Greg Gross was a factor when the Padres picked up an insurance run in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      31, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Padres       0  1  0    0  0  2    0  1  1  -   5 10  3
Astros       1  0  1    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  3


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb cf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .289      Howard cf             4   2   1   0     0   0   .337
  Hahn pr,cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .118        Watson ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .325
Fuentes 2b            5   0   2   0     0   0   .268      Gross rf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .298
Ivie 3b,1b            5   1   1   1     0   0   .270      Cruz lf               3   0   1   1     0   0   .242
McCovey 1b            2   1   1   0     1   0   .240        Cabell ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Hernandez pr,ss     1   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Johnson 1b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .279
Winfield rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Rader 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .240
Tolan lf              4   2   1   0     0   1   .239      Boswell 2b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Torres ss,3b          4   0   3   1     0   0   .284      Jutze c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Davis c               4   0   0   1     0   0   .121      Milbourne ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Johnson p             3   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Helms ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .181
  Tomlin p            1   1   1   0     0   0   .250      Forsch p              1   0   0   0     2   0   .045
  Greif p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Andrews ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .197

Totals               38   5  10   3     1   4             Totals               32   3   6   1     5   3

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  7,475
Left on Base: Padres 8, Astros 8
DP: Padres 1, Astros 0
Errors: Fuentes, Ivie, Tolan, Gross, Jutze, Milbourne
Doubles: Torres (7), McCovey (9), Cruz (8)
Home Runs: Ivie (6)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (6), Howard 2 (13)
Caught Stealing: Boswell (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Andrews (6)
GIDP: Boswell (4)
Hit by Pitch: McCovey (3,by Granger)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson                 6.2   4   3   1   5   1   0  29   2.12
Tomlin W(2-1)           1.1   2   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.81
Greif SV(8)             1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.24
Totals                  9     6   3   1   5   3   0  38

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch                  7     8   3   3   1   4   1  30   3.25
Granger L(2-4)          1     2   2   0   0   0   0   7   2.53
Sosa                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.50
Totals                  9    10   5   3   1   4   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Granger (4)

Umpires: HP - Doug Harvey, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Dutch Rennert


PADRES 1ST: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
singled to right; Ivie flied out to center; McCovey grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard grounded out (second to first); Gross singled
to center; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Gross to
second]; Johnson reached on an error by Ivie [Gross scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Rader struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

PADRES 2ND: Winfield struck out; Tolan singled; Torres singled
to right [Tolan to third]; Davis grounded out (third to first)
[Tolan scored, Torres to second]; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Boswell grounded out (shortstop to first); Jutze
grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 1.

PADRES 3RD: Grubb struck out; Fuentes lined to left; Ivie flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Forsch walked; Howard forced Forsch (shortstop to
second); Howard stole second; Gross reached on an error by
Fuentes [Howard scored (unearned) (no RBI), Gross to second];
Cruz lined to shortstop; Johnson walked; Rader lined to center;
1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 2.

PADRES 4TH: McCovey walked; Winfield struck out; Tolan struck
out; Torres doubled to right [McCovey to third]; Davis grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1,
Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Boswell walked; Boswell was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Jutze grounded out (third to first);
Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 2.

PADRES 5TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Grubb flied
out to center; Fuentes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Forsch grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard
singled to left; Howard stole second; Gross grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Howard to third]; Cruz doubled to left
[Howard scored, Cruz to third (error by Tolan)]; Johnson flied
out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 3.

PADRES 6TH: Ivie homered; McCovey doubled to right; Winfield
flied out to center; Tolan grounded out (first unassisted)
[McCovey to third]; Torres singled to left [McCovey scored];
Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Rader singled to center; Boswell grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rader out at
second]; Jutze grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 7TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Grubb
grounded out (second to first); Fuentes singled to center; Ivie
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Forsch
walked; Howard forced Forsch (second to shortstop); Ken
Forsch injured his right ankle and was carried off on a
stretcher; Gross walked [Howard to second]; TOMLIN REPLACED
JOHNSON (PITCHING); CABELL BATTED FOR CRUZ; Cabell grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 3.

PADRES 8TH: CABELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GRANGER REPLACED
FORSCH (PITCHING); McCovey was hit by a pitch; HERNANDEZ RAN FOR
MCCOVEY; Winfield forced Hernandez (third to second); Tolan
forced Winfield (shortstop to second); Tolan stole second [Tolan
to third (error by Jutze)]; Torres reached on an error by
Milbourne [Tolan scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Davis lined to
third; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: HERNANDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); IVIE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Rader grounded out
(shortstop to first); Boswell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 4, Astros 3.

PADRES 9TH: Tomlin singled to center; Grubb singled to right
[Tomlin scored (error by Gross) (unearned), Grubb to third];
SOSA REPLACED GRANGER (PITCHING); HAHN RAN FOR GRUBB; Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); Ivie grounded out (shortstop to
first); Hernandez made an out to first; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 5, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: HAHN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Jutze singled to
center; HELMS BATTED FOR MILBOURNE; Helms singled to center
[Jutze to second]; ANDREWS BATTED FOR SOSA; GREIF REPLACED
TOMLIN (PITCHING); Andrews out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Jutze to third, Helms to second]; WATSON BATTED FOR
HOWARD; Watson struck out; Gross lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 5, Astros 3.