After the Astros erupted for seven runs in the third inning, Jose Cruz smashed a pair of homers to help hold off the Padres, 12-7. Roger Metzger tripled with the bases loaded for the Astros' most telling blow in their big inning.

The Padres came back with a three-run homer by Mike Ivie in the third and added three more runs in the fourth, but Cruz hit his first homer of the game with a man on base in the sixth and added his other drive with the bases empty in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 12, San Diego Padres 7
Game Played on Monday, July      4, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Astros       0  0  7    0  0  2    1  1  1  -  12 13  1
Padres       0  0  3    3  0  1    0  0  0  -   7 10  2


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gonzalez 2b           5   1   1   0     1   1   .258      Richards lf,1b        4   3   1   0     2   1   .250
Cabell 3b             4   1   1   1     2   1   .279      Ashford 3b,2b         4   0   1   1     0   1   .294
Cedeno cf             6   1   1   2     0   1   .208      Ivie 1b,3b            4   1   2   3     1   0   .291
Watson 1b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .280      Kingman rf,lf         2   0   0   2     1   0   .211
Cruz rf               5   3   3   4     1   1   .273      Turner cf             4   0   1   0     1   0   .254
Ferguson c            4   2   2   1     2   0   .263      Tenace c              1   0   0   0     4   0   .232
Fuller lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .167      Sutherland 2b         2   0   0   0     1   0   .322
  Howard lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Winfield ph,rf      2   0   0   0     0   1   .296
Metzger ss            4   1   3   3     0   0   .197      Almon ss              5   1   3   0     0   1   .241
Andujar p             1   1   0   0     1   1   .237      Griffin p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .094
  Lemongello p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wehrmeister p       1   1   1   0     0   0   .500
  Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Rettenmund ph       1   1   1   1     0   0   .325
  Pentz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sawyer p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Niekro p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200        Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Scanlon ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Hendrick ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .289

Totals               40  12  13  11     8   6             Totals               33   7  10   7    10   5

Time of Game: 3:19   Attendance: 35,735
Left on Base: Astros 13, Padres 12
DP: Astros 1, Padres 0
Errors: Lemongello, Ashford, Sawyer
Doubles: Fuller (4), Cabell (19), Cedeno (11), Watson (13), Rettenmund (4)
Triples: Metzger 2 (3)
Home Runs: Cruz 2 (6), Ferguson (11), Ivie (7)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (24), Turner (7), Richards (28)
Sacrifice Hits: Lemongello (1), Metzger (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Ashford (1), Kingman 2 (4)
GIDP: Scanlon (3)
Hit by Pitch: Fuller (1,by Wehrmeister), Watson (5,by Sawyer)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Andujar                 3.1   7   6   6   4   1   1  21   3.62
Lemongello              1.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   6   4.21
Pentz                   0.2   1   1   1   3   0   0   6   4.66
Niekro W(3-2)           3.1   2   0   0   2   3   0  13   2.45
Totals                  9    10   7   7  10   5   1  46

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Griffin L(5-6)          2.1   5   6   6   3   0   0  15   5.05
Wehrmeister             1.2   2   1   1   2   2   0  10   4.68
Sawyer                  1     3   2   2   2   1   1  10   5.51
Freisleben              2     1   1   1   0   1   1   7   7.71
Tomlin                  2     2   2   1   1   2   1  10   4.14
Totals                  9    13  12  11   8   6   3  52

Hit by Pitch: Wehrmeister (2), Sawyer (6)
Wild Pitches: Griffin (4), Sawyer (8)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Doug Harvey, 2B - Paul Pryor, 3B - Andy Olsen


ASTROS 1ST: Gonzalez singled to right; Cabell grounded out
(second to pitcher) [Gonzalez to second]; Cedeno flied out to
left; Watson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Richards grounded out (first to pitcher); Ashford
struck out; Ivie walked; Kingman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz flied out to center; Ferguson made an out to
third; Fuller doubled to left; Metzger grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 2ND: Turner popped to first in foul territory; Tenace
made an out to second; Sutherland walked; Almon forced
Sutherland (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
0, Padres 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Andujar walked; Gonzalez walked [Andujar to second];
Cabell doubled to center [Andujar scored, Gonzalez to third];
Cedeno doubled to left [Gonzalez scored, Cabell scored]; Griffin
threw a wild pitch [Cedeno to third]; Watson flied out to left;
Cruz singled to right [Cedeno scored]; Cruz stole second;
Ferguson walked; WEHRMEISTER REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Fuller
was hit by a pitch [Cruz to third, Ferguson to second]; Metzger
tripled to center [Cruz scored, Ferguson scored, Fuller scored];
Andujar struck out; Gonzalez struck out; 7 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 7, Padres 0.

PADRES 3RD: Wehrmeister singled to left; Richards walked
[Wehrmeister to second]; Ashford popped to first in foul
territory; Ivie homered [Wehrmeister scored, Richards scored];
Kingman grounded out (third to first); Turner singled to
shortstop; Turner stole second; Tenace walked; Sutherland lined
to first; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 7, Padres 3.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell made an out to shortstop; Cedeno flied out to
left; Watson doubled to left; Cruz was walked intentionally;
Ferguson walked [Watson to third, Cruz to second]; Fuller made
an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 7, Padres 3.

PADRES 4TH: Almon singled to left; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR
WEHRMEISTER; Rettenmund doubled to center [Almon scored];
Richards singled to left [Rettenmund to third]; Richards stole
second; Ashford hit a sacrifice fly to left [Rettenmund scored];
Ivie singled to center [Richards to third]; LEMONGELLO REPLACED
ANDUJAR (PITCHING); Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Richards scored]; Turner lined to second; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Astros 7, Padres 6.

ASTROS 5TH: SAWYER REPLACED RETTENMUND (PITCHING); Metzger
singled to left; Lemongello out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Metzger to second]; Gonzalez grounded out (third to
first); Cabell walked; Sawyer threw a wild pitch [Metzger to
third, Cabell to second]; Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 7, Padres 6.

PADRES 5TH: Tenace walked; Tenace was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Lemongello [Tenace to second]; Sutherland
flied out to center; Almon struck out; Sawyer popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Padres 6.

ASTROS 6TH: Watson was hit by a pitch; Cruz homered [Watson
scored]; Ferguson singled to right; Fuller walked [Ferguson to
second]; Metzger reached on an error by Sawyer on a sacrifice
bunt [Ferguson to third, Fuller to second, Metzger to first];
BOSWELL BATTED FOR LEMONGELLO; FREISLEBEN REPLACED SAWYER
(PITCHING); Boswell forced Ferguson (first to catcher) [Fuller
to third, Metzger to second]; Gonzalez forced Fuller (pitcher to
catcher) [Metzger to third, Boswell to second]; Cabell struck
out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 9, Padres 6.

PADRES 6TH: PENTZ REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Richards walked;
Ashford singled to left [Richards to second]; Ivie grounded out
(third to second to first) [Richards to third, Ashford to
second]; Kingman hit a sacrifice fly to center [Richards scored,
Ashford to third]; Turner walked; Tenace walked [Turner to
second]; NIEKRO REPLACED PENTZ (PITCHING); WINFIELD BATTED FOR
SUTHERLAND; Winfield struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros
9, Padres 7.

ASTROS 7TH: WINFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RICHARDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); KINGMAN CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); IVIE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); ASHFORD
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Cedeno grounded out (second to
first); Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz homered;
Ferguson flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 10,
Padres 7.

PADRES 7TH: Almon singled to shortstop; SCANLON BATTED FOR
FREISLEBEN; Scanlon grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Almon out at second]; Richards struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 10, Padres 7.

ASTROS 8TH: TOMLIN REPLACED SCANLON (PITCHING); Fuller flied out
to left; Metzger tripled to right; Niekro struck out; Gonzalez
reached on an error by Ashford [Metzger scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Gonzalez to first]; Cabell walked [Gonzalez to second];
Cedeno made an out to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 11, Padres 7.

PADRES 8TH: HOWARD REPLACED FULLER (PLAYING LF); Ashford flied
out to center; Ivie grounded out (second to first); Kingman
walked; Turner grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 11, Padres 7.

ASTROS 9TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); Cruz struck
out; Ferguson homered; Howard grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 12, Padres 7.

PADRES 9TH: Tenace walked; Winfield flied out to left; Almon
singled to center [Tenace to second]; HENDRICK BATTED FOR
TOMLIN; Hendrick struck out; Richards popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 12, Padres 7.