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Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

1969-04-10 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 4922 · night · 2:22

San Diego Padres defeated Houston Astros 2–0. Dick Kelley earned the win and Billy McCool picked up the save. Ollie Brown went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
SDN	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		2	3

W: Dick Kelley L: Tom Griffin SV: Billy McCool

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: Frank Dezelan · 2B: Shag Crawford · 3B: Chris Pelekoudas · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jesus Alou	4	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	3	0	1	1
Jim Wynn	4	1	0	2
Doug Rader	4	1	0	0
Bob Watson	3	0	0	0
Denis Menke	2	0	2	0
Curt Blefary	3	0	0	1
Johnny Edwards	2	0	1	2
Tom Griffin	2	0	0	1
Hector Torres	1	0	0	0
Norm Miller	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rafael Robles	3	1	1	0	1	0
Roberto Pena	3	0	0	0	1	1
Tony Gonzalez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ollie Brown	4	1	1	2	0	1
Bill Davis	1	0	0	0	2	1
Larry Stahl	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ed Spiezio	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Cannizzaro	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Kelley	3	0	0	0	0	3
Nate Colbert	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Griffin	7.0	3	5	8
Jack Billingham	1.0	0	1	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Kelley	8.1	1	4	7
Frank Reberger	0.1	1	0	0
Billy McCool	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jesus Alou: 3/G
Joe Morgan: K
Jim Wynn: K/C

Bot 1

Rafael Robles: W
Roberto Pena: CS2(24)#
Roberto Pena: K/C
Tony Gonzalez: W
Ollie Brown: K

Top 2

Doug Rader: 8/L
Bob Watson: 4/P
Denis Menke: W
Curt Blefary: K/C

Bot 2

Bill Davis: W
Larry Stahl: W.1-2
Ed Spiezio: 3/FL
Chris Cannizzaro: K/C
Dick Kelley: K/C

Top 3

Johnny Edwards: K/C
Tom Griffin: 13
Jesus Alou: 53

Bot 3

Rafael Robles: S8
Roberto Pena: 7/F
Tony Gonzalez: S9.1-3
Ollie Brown: 64(1)/FO.3-H;B-1
Bill Davis: W.1-2
Larry Stahl: K

Top 4

Joe Morgan: 13
Jim Wynn: K
Doug Rader: 6/L

Bot 4

Ed Spiezio: 9/L
Chris Cannizzaro: 8/F
Dick Kelley: K

Top 5

Bob Watson: 3/P
Denis Menke: W
Curt Blefary: CS2(26)
Curt Blefary: 7/F

Bot 5

Rafael Robles: 63
Roberto Pena: 13
Tony Gonzalez: 5/FL

Top 6

Johnny Edwards: K
Tom Griffin: K
Jesus Alou: 4/P

Bot 6

Ollie Brown: HR
Bill Davis: K
Larry Stahl: 8/F
Ed Spiezio: 8/F

Top 7

Joe Morgan: 5/P
Jim Wynn: S7
Doug Rader: 9/F
Bob Watson: 7/F

Bot 7

Chris Cannizzaro: 3/FL
Dick Kelley: K/C
Rafael Robles: 9/L

Top 8

Denis Menke: 53
Curt Blefary: 8/F
Johnny Edwards: W
Hector Torres: 3/G

Bot 8

Roberto Pena: W
Tony Gonzalez: 3/FL
Ollie Brown: 36(1)/FO.B-1
Nate Colbert: 3/FL

Top 9

Jesus Alou: 8/L
Joe Morgan: W
Jim Wynn: 14(1)/FO.B-1
Doug Rader: S7.1-3
Norm Miller: HP.1-2
Denis Menke: 8/F

Notes & reviews

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