Rookie third baseman Tucker Ashford, who hit his first major league homer in the ninth inning, committed a costly error in the 10th but then made amends with a run-scoring single in the 12th to give the Padres an 8-7 victory over the Astros. In the 10th, Ashford missed a pop fly by Jim Fuller for a two-base error and the Astros went ahead, 7-6, when Rob Sperring followed with a pinch single.

But the Padres rallied to tie the score in their half on a single by pinch-hitter Merv Rettenmund, a sacrifice and double by George Hendrick. In the 12th, Dave Roberts walked and Gary Sutherland sacrificed. After an intentional pass to Hendrick, Ashford singled for his game-winning hit. [The Sporting News]



San Diego Padres 8, Houston Astros 7
Game Played on Tuesday, July      5, 1977 (Night game) at San Diego Stadium
Astros       0  1  1    3  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   7  9  2
Padres       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  3    1  0  1  -   8 13  2


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gonzalez 2b           4   1   2   0     2   1   .261      Hendrick cf           5   0   1   1     1   1   .288
Cabell 3b             5   1   2   1     1   0   .281      Ashford 3b            7   1   2   2     0   2   .292
Cedeno cf             2   0   0   1     1   1   .206      Ivie 1b               4   2   1   0     2   0   .290
  Howard cf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .208      Winfield rf           6   3   3   2     0   0   .299
Cruz rf               5   0   0   0     1   2   .268      Kingman lf            5   0   2   2     1   1   .215
Ferguson c            3   1   0   1     2   3   .260      Tenace c              3   0   0   0     2   1   .229
Cacek 1b              6   0   0   0     0   1   .050        Fingers p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fuller lf             6   1   1   1     0   3   .167      Almon ss              5   0   2   1     1   2   .244
Metzger ss            2   2   1   0     2   0   .205      Champion 2b           2   0   1   0     0   0   .235
Larson p              3   1   2   1     1   0   .444        Richards ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sperring ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .162        Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .252
  Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
                                                            Davis c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
                                                            Rettenmund ph       1   1   1   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Roberts c           0   1   0   0     1   0   .211
                                                          D'Acquisto p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Scanlon ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .091
                                                            Wehrmeister p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Sutherland 2b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .311

Totals               39   7   9   6    10  11             Totals               43   8  13   8     9   7

Time of Game: 3:28   Attendance:  7,019
Left on Base: Astros 9, Padres 14
DP: Astros 2, Padres 4
Errors: Cruz, Metzger, Ashford, Tenace
Doubles: Fuller (5), Kingman 2 (11), Hendrick (10)
Triples: Metzger (4)
Home Runs: Winfield (18), Ashford (1)
Stolen Bases: Cabell (26), Cruz (25)
Sacrifice Hits: Metzger (4), D'Acquisto (2), Sutherland 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cedeno (5), Ferguson (2)
GIDP: Larson (1), Cacek (2), Gonzalez (3), Winfield (6), Richards (5)
Hit by Pitch: Hendrick (2,by Larson)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Larson                  7.1   6   3   3   5   3   1  32   6.13
McLaughlin              1.2   4   3   3   2   2   1  11   4.44
Niekro L(3-3)           2.1   3   2   2   2   2   0  13   2.68
Totals                 11.1  13   8   8   9   7   2  56

Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D'Acquisto              3     5   5   4   6   7   0  20   5.35
Freisleben              1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   7.50
Wehrmeister             2     0   0   0   2   1   0   6   4.33
Spillner                2     3   1   1   1   1   0   9   2.88
Tomlin                  1.1   1   1   0   0   1   0   6   4.04
Fingers W(5-4)          2.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   3.18
Totals                 12     9   7   5  10  11   0  52

Passed Balls: Tenace (8)
Hit by Pitch: Larson (2)

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


ASTROS 1ST: Gonzalez struck out; Cabell singled to center;
Cedeno walked [Cabell to second]; Tenace allowed a passed ball
[Cabell to third, Cedeno to second]; Cruz struck out; Ferguson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 0.

PADRES 1ST: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Ashford
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ivie walked; Winfield homered
[Ivie scored]; Kingman grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Padres 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Cacek flied out to right; Fuller struck out; Metzger
walked; Larson walked [Metzger to second]; Gonzalez walked
[Metzger to third, Larson to second]; Cabell walked [Metzger
scored, Larson to third, Gonzalez to second]; Cedeno struck out;
1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 2.

PADRES 2ND: Tenace struck out; Almon singled to center; Champion
singled to right [Almon to second]; D'Acquisto out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Almon to third, Champion to
second]; Hendrick was hit by a pitch; Ashford forced Hendrick
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 1, Padres 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Cruz struck out; Ferguson walked; Cacek struck out;
Fuller doubled to left [Ferguson scored]; Metzger flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Padres 2.

PADRES 3RD: Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield
grounded out (third to first); Kingman doubled to left; Tenace
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Padres 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Larson singled to center; Gonzalez singled to left
[Larson to second]; Cabell singled to pitcher [Larson to third,
Gonzalez to second]; John D'Acquisto hit on mouth by batted
ball; left with broken tooth and split lower lip; FREISLEBEN
REPLACED D'ACQUISTO (PITCHING); Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Larson scored, Gonzalez to third]; Cabell stole second
[Cabell to third (error by Tenace), Gonzalez scored]; Cruz
walked; Cruz stole second; Ferguson hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Cabell scored (unearned)]; Cacek lined to shortstop; 3 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 2.

PADRES 4TH: Almon struck out; Champion grounded out (second to
first); SCANLON BATTED FOR FREISLEBEN; Scanlon walked; Hendrick
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 2.

ASTROS 5TH: WEHRMEISTER REPLACED SCANLON (PITCHING); Fuller was
called out on strikes; Metzger walked; Larson grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Metzger out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 2.

PADRES 5TH: Ashford struck out; Ivie singled to right; Winfield
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Ivie
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Gonzalez walked; Cabell hit into a double play
(center to first) [Gonzalez out at second]; Cedeno made an out
to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 2.

PADRES 6TH: HOWARD REPLACED CEDENO (PLAYING CF); Kingman flied
out to left; Tenace walked; Almon walked [Tenace to second];
RICHARDS BATTED FOR CHAMPION; Richards grounded into a double
play (second to first) [Almon out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 2.

ASTROS 7TH: SPILLNER REPLACED RICHARDS (PITCHING); SUTHERLAND
REPLACED WEHRMEISTER (PLAYING 2B); Cruz flied out to center;
Ferguson walked; Cacek grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Ferguson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Astros 5, Padres 2.

PADRES 7TH: Sutherland grounded out (pitcher to first); Hendrick
flied out to center; Ashford grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Padres 2.

ASTROS 8TH: Fuller struck out; Metzger tripled to right; Larson
singled to right [Metzger scored]; Gonzalez singled to center
[Larson to second]; Cabell flied out to right [Larson to third];
Howard flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 6,
Padres 2.

PADRES 8TH: Ivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Winfield
singled to right [Winfield to third (error by Cruz)]; Kingman
walked; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED LARSON (PITCHING); Tenace made an
out to shortstop; Almon singled to right [Winfield scored,
Kingman to second]; TURNER BATTED FOR SPILLNER; Turner grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 6, Padres 3.

ASTROS 9TH: TOMLIN REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Cruz grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ferguson struck out; Cacek grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 6, Padres 3.

PADRES 9TH: Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hendrick was called out on strikes; Ashford homered; Ivie
walked; Winfield singled to left [Ivie to second]; Kingman
doubled to center [Ivie scored, Winfield scored]; Tenace was
walked intentionally; Almon struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 6, Padres 6.

ASTROS 10TH: Fuller reached on an error by Ashford [Fuller to
second]; Metzger out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Fuller to third]; SPERRING BATTED FOR MCLAUGHLIN; Sperring
singled to center [Fuller scored (unearned)]; FINGERS REPLACED
TENACE (PITCHING); DAVIS REPLACED TOMLIN (PLAYING C ); Gonzalez
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Sperring out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
7, Padres 6.

PADRES 10TH: NIEKRO REPLACED SPERRING (PITCHING); RETTENMUND
BATTED FOR DAVIS; Rettenmund singled; Sutherland out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Rettenmund to second];
Hendrick doubled to left [Rettenmund scored]; Ashford was called
out on strikes; Ivie popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Padres 7.

ASTROS 11TH: ROBERTS REPLACED RETTENMUND (PLAYING C ); Cabell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard made an out to
shortstop; Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 7, Padres 7.

PADRES 11TH: Winfield reached on an error by Metzger [Winfield
to second]; Kingman struck out; Fingers grounded out (shortstop
to first) [Winfield to third]; Almon grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 7, Padres 7.

ASTROS 12TH: Ferguson was called out on strikes; Cacek made an
out to shortstop; Fuller lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 7, Padres 7.

PADRES 12TH: Roberts walked; Sutherland out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Roberts to second]; Hendrick was walked
intentionally; Ashford singled to center [Roberts scored,
Hendrick to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 7, Padres 8.