A great throw by Bobby Tolan in the ninth inning enabled the Padres to emerge with a 2-1 victory over the Astros. Larry Milbourne, who was on third, tried to score after Tolan gathered in a fly by Doug Rader and was out at the plate on the left fielder's perfect peg to catcher Bob Davis.

A single by Davis drove in the Padres' initial run in the second and they added the deciding tally in the third on singles by Hector Torres and Willie McCovey around a pass to Tolan. Brent Strom held the Astros to six hits with their run coming in the seventh on singles by Enos Cabell, Milt May and Roger Metzger. [The Sporting News]

San Diego Padres 2, Houston Astros 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 6, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome

Padres 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 6 0 Padres AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Grubb cf 4 0 3 0 1 0 .278 Howard rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .305 Torres ss,2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Andrews 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .218 Tolan lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .249 Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 McCovey 1b 2 0 1 1 2 0 .251 Watson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .328 Ivie 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Winfield rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Cabell lf 3 1 2 0 0 0 .263 Roberts 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Kubiak 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .222 May c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .254 Hernandez pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Jutze pr,c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Davis c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .228 Metzger ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .236 Strom p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .087 Konieczny p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .163 Helms ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .181 Niekro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Totals 31 2 7 2 5 5 Totals 31 1 6 1 1 4 Time of Game: 1:55 Attendance: 5,838 Left on Base: Padres 9, Astros 5 DP: Padres 2, Astros 2 Errors: Hernandez Stolen Bases: Cabell (8) Sacrifice Hits: Strom (6), Cabell (1) GIDP: Tolan (11), Cedeno (10) Hit by Pitch: Tolan (9,by Konieczny) Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Strom W(7-5) 9 6 1 1 1 4 0 33 2.24 Totals 9 6 1 1 1 4 0 33 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Konieczny L(6-13) 7 7 2 2 3 5 0 30 4.62 Niekro 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 3.61 Totals 9 7 2 2 5 5 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Konieczny (1) Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Doug Harvey, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt PADRES 1ST: Grubb singled to right; Torres forced Grubb (shortstop to second); Tolan grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Torres out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard struck out; Andrews flied out to center; Cedeno walked; Watson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. PADRES 2ND: McCovey walked; Winfield singled to center [McCovey to second]; On a bunt Roberts forced McCovey (pitcher to third) [Winfield to second]; Kubiak struck out; Davis singled to center [Winfield scored, Roberts to second]; Strom struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Cabell singled; Rader grounded out (first to pitcher) [Cabell to second]; May flied out to left; Metzger grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. PADRES 3RD: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Torres singled to center; Tolan walked [Torres to second]; McCovey singled to right [Torres scored, Tolan to third]; Winfield popped to shortstop in foul territory; Roberts flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Konieczny grounded out (third to first); Howard struck out; Andrews singled; Cedeno made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. PADRES 4TH: Kubiak grounded out (first unassisted); Davis struck out; Strom popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Watson flied out to right; Cabell flied out to right; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. PADRES 5TH: Grubb singled to right; Torres lined into a double play (third to first) [Grubb out at first]; Tolan was hit by a pitch; McCovey walked [Tolan to second]; Winfield made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger flied out to right; Konieczny struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. PADRES 6TH: Roberts flied out to left; Kubiak struck out; Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Howard flied out to left; Andrews singled; Cedeno grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Andrews out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. PADRES 7TH: Strom struck out; Grubb singled; Torres flied out to right; Tolan made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 0. ASTROS 7TH: Watson made an out to first; Cabell singled to left; Cabell stole second; Rader struck out; May singled [Cabell to third]; JUTZE RAN FOR MAY; Metzger singled to right [Cabell scored, Jutze to second]; HELMS BATTED FOR KONIECZNY; Helms popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. PADRES 8TH: JUTZE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); NIEKRO REPLACED HELMS (PITCHING); McCovey lined to right; Winfield flied out to center; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 8TH: IVIE REPLACED MCCOVEY (PLAYING 1B); Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Andrews lined to shortstop; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. PADRES 9TH: Kubiak walked; HERNANDEZ RAN FOR KUBIAK; Davis flied out to center; Strom out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Hernandez to second]; Grubb was walked intentionally; Torres lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1. ASTROS 9TH: TORRES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); HERNANDEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Watson reached on an error by Hernandez [Watson to second]; MILBOURNE RAN FOR WATSON; Cabell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Milbourne to third]; Rader hit into a double play to left [Milbourne out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Padres 2, Astros 1.

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