Continuing his sensational comeback, Randy Jones yielded only two hits and pitched the Padres to a 6-1 victory over the Astros. The Padres provided a winning sendoff for their southpaw by scoring four runs in the first inning. Ted Kubiak plated a pair with a single.

Bob Watson tripled in the second and counted the Astros' run on an infield out by Cliff Johnson. Hector Torres got that run back for the Padres with a homer in the third. The victory was the 15th of the season for Jones, who lost 22 games last year. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 6, Houston Astros 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    6, 1975 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Astros       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  2  1
Padres       4  0  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   6  9  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Howard cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .310      Grubb cf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .292
DaVanon ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .429      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .267
Gross rf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Locklear lf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .325
Watson lf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .332        Hahn lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .118
Johnson 1b            3   0   0   1     0   1   .275      Ivie 1b               3   1   0   0     0   1   .259
Rader 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Tolan rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .245
Jutze c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Torres ss             4   1   1   1     0   0   .291
Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .196      Kubiak 3b             4   0   2   3     0   0   .214
Dierker p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .073      Kendall c             2   0   1   0     2   0   .193
  de la Rosa ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Jones p               4   0   0   0     0   0   .107

Totals               28   1   2   1     0   2             Totals               33   6   9   5     2   1

Time of Game: 1:37   Attendance: 16,661
Left on Base: Astros 0, Padres 6
DP: Astros 1, Padres 1
Errors: DaVanon
Doubles: Grubb (30), Locklear (10), Kendall (9)
Triples: Watson (1)
Home Runs: Torres (2)
GIDP: Watson (9), Jones (1)
Hit by Pitch: Ivie (4,by Dierker)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker L(9-12)         8     9   6   4   2   1   1  36   4.25
Totals                  8     9   6   4   2   1   1  36

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jones W(15-6)           9     2   1   1   0   2   0  28   1.85
Totals                  9     2   1   1   0   2   0  28

Passed Balls: Jutze (3)
Hit by Pitch: Dierker (5)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); DaVanon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Grubb doubled to right; Fuentes singled [Grubb to
third]; Locklear doubled [Grubb scored, Fuentes to third]; Ivie
was hit by a pitch; Jutze allowed a passed ball [Fuentes scored,
Locklear to third, Ivie to second]; Tolan made an out to second;
Torres flied out to center; Kubiak singled to right [Locklear
scored, Ivie scored (unearned)]; Kendall walked [Kubiak to
second]; Jones lined to center; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Padres 4.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson tripled to right; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Watson scored]; Rader grounded out (third
to first); Jutze grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 4.

PADRES 2ND: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Fuentes flied
out to right; Locklear grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 4.

ASTROS 3RD: Andrews grounded out (pitcher to first); Dierker
grounded out (pitcher to first); Howard grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 4.

PADRES 3RD: Ivie was called out on strikes; Tolan made an out to
shortstop; Torres homered; Kubiak grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 5.

ASTROS 4TH: DaVanon grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
grounded out (third to first); Watson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 5.

PADRES 4TH: Kendall popped to pitcher in foul territory; Jones
grounded out (third to first); Grubb singled to left; Fuentes
lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 5.

ASTROS 5TH: Johnson made an out to second; Rader grounded out
(first unassisted); Jutze grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 5.

PADRES 5TH: Locklear grounded out (first unassisted); Ivie
grounded out (third to first); Tolan grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 5.

ASTROS 6TH: Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first); Dierker
flied out to center; Howard flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 5.

PADRES 6TH: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak
grounded out (second to first); Kendall doubled; Jones flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 5.

ASTROS 7TH: DaVanon grounded out (third to first); Gross
singled; Watson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Padres 5.

PADRES 7TH: Grubb flied out to right; Fuentes flied out to
right; Locklear lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
1, Padres 5.

ASTROS 8TH: Johnson struck out; Rader flied out to left; Jutze
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 5.

PADRES 8TH: Ivie made an out to second; Tolan singled to right;
Torres reached on a fielder's choice [Tolan to second (error by
DaVanon)]; Kubiak singled to right [Tolan scored (unearned),
Torres to third, Kubiak to second (on throw)]; Kendall was
walked intentionally; Jones grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Kendall out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 1, Padres 6.

ASTROS 9TH: HAHN REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PLAYING LF); Andrews
grounded out (shortstop to first); DE LA ROSA BATTED FOR
DIERKER; de la Rosa grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 6.