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Sunday May 20, 1979
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Houston Astros 6, San Diego Padres 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, May 20, 1979 (Day game) at Astrodome

Padres       0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  1  -   3  7  3
Astros       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  5  x  -   6  7  3


Padres               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richards cf           5   1   3   1     0   0   .278      Leonard rf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .345
Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   1     1   0   .181      Reynolds ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .286
  Turner ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Cedeno cf             3   1   0   1     0   0   .265
Reynolds lf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .333      Watson 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .255
Winfield rf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .333        Landestoy pr,2b     0   1   0   0     0   0   .182
Tenace c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .236      Cabell 3b,1b          4   2   2   1     0   1   .298
Bevacqua 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .267      Cruz lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .313
  Evans 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .206        Sambito p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Gonzalez 2b           4   0   0   1     0   0   .250      Howe 2b,3b            4   0   1   2     0   0   .208
Smith ss              4   1   0   0     0   0   .151      Bochy c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .220
Lolich p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Niemann p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Almon ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Andujar p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D'Acquisto p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Walling ph          0   1   0   0     1   0   .083
  Shirley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Puhl lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .259
  Kendall ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .250

Totals               34   3   7   3     4   2             Totals               30   6   7   4     3   5

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 15,039
Left on Base: Padres 9, Astros 5
DP: Padres 0, Astros 0
Errors: Richards, Hargrove, Gonzalez, Leonard, Reynolds, Landestoy
Doubles: Cabell (11), Leonard (3)
Caught Stealing: Hargrove (2), Cabell (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Reynolds (12)
Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove (1), Cedeno (5)


Padres                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich                  6     4   1   1   0   3   0  22   3.55
D'Acquisto L(2-4)       1.1   1   4   2   3   1   0   9   7.24
Shirley                 0.2   2   1   0   0   1   0   4   5.28
Totals                  8     7   6   3   3   5   0  35

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niemann                 7     5   2   1   4   0   0  30   1.29
Andujar W(4-1)          1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.72
Sambito                 1     2   1   0   0   1   0   6   1.88
Totals                  9     7   3   1   4   2   0  39

Balks: Niemann (1)

Umpires: HP - John McSherry, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Dick Stello


PADRES 1ST: Richards flied out to left; Debut game for Randy
Niemann; Hargrove walked; Hargrove was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Reynolds
walked; Winfield reached on an error by Reynolds [Reynolds to
third, Winfield to second]; Tenace lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Leonard singled to left; Reynolds flied out to
center; Cedeno flied out to right; Watson flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 0.

PADRES 2ND: Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); Gonzalez
flied out to right; Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cabell doubled to left; Cruz flied out to center
[Cabell to third]; Howe grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Cabell scored]; Bochy singled to left; Niemann grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

PADRES 3RD: Lolich flied to right in foul territory; Richards
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Leonard doubled to left; Reynolds out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Leonard to third]; Cedeno popped to
first in foul territory; On a bunt Watson grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

PADRES 4TH: Reynolds flied to left in foul territory; Winfield
singled to left; Niemann balked [Winfield to second]; Tenace
walked; Bevacqua forced Tenace (third to second) [Winfield to
third]; Gonzalez forced Bevacqua (third to shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Cabell struck out; Cruz flied out to center; Howe
made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 0,
Astros 1.

PADRES 5TH: Smith flied out to center; Lolich grounded out
(shortstop to first); Richards singled to left; Hargrove flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 0, Astros 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Bochy struck out; Niemann struck out; Leonard
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres
0, Astros 1.

PADRES 6TH: Reynolds singled to shortstop; Winfield singled to
pitcher [Reynolds to second]; Tenace flied out to right
[Reynolds to third]; Bevacqua walked [Winfield to second];
Gonzalez grounded out (second to first) [Reynolds scored,
Winfield to third, Bevacqua to second]; Smith grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Cedeno
flied out to center; Hargrove dropped a foul fly hit by Watson
for an error; Watson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Padres 1, Astros 1.

PADRES 7TH: ALMON BATTED FOR LOLICH; Almon grounded out
(shortstop to first); Richards singled to right [Richards to
third (error by Leonard)]; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Richards scored (unearned)]; Reynolds flied out to center; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2, Astros 1.

ASTROS 7TH: D'ACQUISTO REPLACED ALMON (PITCHING); Cabell
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz walked; Howe forced Cruz
(third to second); Bochy flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Padres 2, Astros 1.

PADRES 8TH: ANDUJAR REPLACED NIEMANN (PITCHING); Winfield
grounded out (shortstop to first); Randy Niemann left with
blister; Tenace was called out on strikes; Bevacqua grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Padres 2,
Astros 1.

ASTROS 8TH: EVANS REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING 3B); WALLING BATTED
FOR ANDUJAR; Walling walked; Leonard was called out on strikes;
Reynolds singled to center [Walling to third]; Cedeno reached on
an error by Richards on a sacrifice fly [Walling scored (RBI),
Reynolds scored (no RBI), Cedeno to third]; Watson walked;
LANDESTOY RAN FOR WATSON; SHIRLEY REPLACED D'ACQUISTO
(PITCHING); Cabell singled to center [Cedeno scored (unearned),
Landestoy to third]; Cabell was caught stealing second but was
safe at second (error by Gonzalez) [Landestoy scored
(unearned)]; Cruz was called out on strikes; Howe singled to
center [Cabell scored (unearned)]; Bochy forced Howe (shortstop
to second); 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Padres 2, Astros 6.

PADRES 9TH: LANDESTOY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CABELL
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); HOWE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); PUHL REPLACED WALLING (PLAYING LF); SAMBITO REPLACED CRUZ
(PITCHING); Gonzalez flied out to right; Smith reached on an
error by Landestoy [Smith to first]; KENDALL BATTED FOR SHIRLEY;
Kendall singled to right [Smith to third]; Richards singled to
left [Smith scored (unearned), Kendall to second]; TURNER BATTED
FOR HARGROVE; Turner struck out; Reynolds flied out to center; 1
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Padres 3, Astros 6.



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