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Saturday April 17, 1976
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Sparked by Cesar Cedeno, the Astros posted their fifth straight victory, defeating the Padres, 5-4. Cedeno drove in a run with a single in the third inning and then put the finishing touch to the victory with a two-run homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News]


Houston Astros 5, San Diego Padres 4

Game Played on Saturday, April 17, 1976 (Night game) at Astrodome

Padres       0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  1  -   4  5  0
Astros       1  0  2    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   5 10  2


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Grubb lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .320      Howard lf             3   2   1   0     1   0   .083
Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .259      Cabell 3b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .424
W. Davis cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276      Cedeno cf             4   2   2   3     0   1   .241
McCovey 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .154      Watson 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .414
  Ivie pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .059      Johnson c             3   0   1   1     1   0   .286
Winfield rf           2   1   1   1     2   1   .269      Gross rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Torres ss             3   1   0   0     1   2   .280      Milbourne 2b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .241
Kendall c             2   0   1   1     1   0   .250      Metzger ss            3   0   1   0     0   0   .280
  Hernandez pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Richard p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
xKubiak 3b            2   0   0   1     0   0   .000        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Spillner p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Locklear ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .500
  Foster p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Metzger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   4   5   4     4   6             Totals               32   5  10   5     2   4

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 11,702
Left on Base: Padres 5, Astros 5
DP: Padres 1, Astros 1
Errors: Johnson 2
Doubles: Fuentes (1), Winfield (1), McCovey (1), Howard (1)
Triples: Metzger (2)
Home Runs: Cedeno (2)
Stolen Bases: Winfield (1), Cabell (1)
Caught Stealing: Milbourne (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Kendall (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Kubiak (1)
GIDP: Kubiak (2), Johnson (2)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner L(0-2)         4     6   3   3   1   1   0  18   2.25
Foster                  2     3   2   2   1   1   1  10   3.00
Metzger                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.00
Totals                  8    10   5   5   2   4   1  34

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard W(2-1)          8     4   4   4   4   5   0  31   4.08
Forsch SV(4)            1     1   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.13
Totals                  9     5   4   4   4   6   0  36

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bob Engel


PADRES 1ST: Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Fuentes
flied out to left; W. Davis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Howard walked; Cabell singled to right [Howard to
second]; Cedeno flied out to right; Watson singled to left
[Howard scored, Cabell to second]; Johnson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Watson out at second]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

PADRES 2ND: McCovey struck out; Winfield walked; Winfield stole
second; Torres struck out; Kendall grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Gross grounded out (second to first); Milbourne
grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger tripled to center;
Richard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres
0, Astros 1.

PADRES 3RD: Kubiak grounded out (pitcher to first); Spillner
struck out; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Cabell
singled to right; Cabell stole second; Cedeno singled to right
[Cabell scored]; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Cedeno to second]; Johnson singled to left [Cedeno scored];
Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Padres 0, Astros 3.

PADRES 4TH: Fuentes struck out; Johnson dropped a foul fly hit
by W. Davis for an error; W. Davis lined to center; McCovey
grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Astros 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); Metzger
grounded out (pitcher to first); Richard grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 3.

PADRES 5TH: Winfield walked; Torres walked [Winfield to second];
Kendall out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Winfield to
third, Torres to second]; Kubiak hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Winfield scored, Torres to third]; LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR
SPILLNER; Locklear singled to center [Torres scored]; Grubb
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: FOSTER REPLACED LOCKLEAR (PITCHING); Howard doubled
to left; Cabell grounded out (second to first) [Howard to
third]; Cedeno homered [Howard scored]; Watson singled to
center; Johnson walked [Watson to second]; Gross forced Johnson
(second to shortstop) [Watson to third]; Milbourne flied out to
left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 2, Astros 5.

PADRES 6TH: Fuentes doubled to right; W. Davis flied out to
left; McCovey flied out to left; Winfield doubled to left
[Fuentes scored]; Torres was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 5.

ASTROS 6TH: Metzger flied out to left; Richard struck out;
Howard grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Padres 3, Astros 5.

PADRES 7TH: Kendall walked; Kubiak grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Kendall out at second]; TURNER
BATTED FOR FOSTER; Turner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 5.

ASTROS 7TH: METZGER REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Cabell grounded
out (second to first); Cedeno was called out on strikes; Watson
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 5.

PADRES 8TH: Grubb flied out to right; Fuentes grounded out
(pitcher to first); W. Davis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Gross struck
out; Milbourne singled to third; Milbourne was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 3,
Astros 5.

PADRES 9TH: McCovey doubled to right; IVIE RAN FOR MCCOVEY;
FORSCH REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Winfield struck out; Torres
flied out to center; Kendall singled to right [Ivie scored];
HERNANDEZ RAN FOR KENDALL; Kubiak reached on catcher's
interference by Johnson [Hernandez to second]; RETTENMUND BATTED
FOR METZGER; Rettenmund flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Padres 4, Astros 5.



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