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Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

1969-09-16 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 2156 · night · 2:25

San Diego Padres defeated Houston Astros 8–1. San Diego Padres put up 5 in the 1st. Tommie Sisk earned the win. Nate Colbert went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7
SDN	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		8	10

W: Tommie Sisk L: Tom Griffin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lee Weyer · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Ed Sudol · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Morgan	5	0	1	0	0	0
Norm Miller	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	3	0	0	0	1	2
Tommy Davis	4	0	1	0	0	0
Curt Blefary	3	0	1	1	0	0
Denis Menke	4	0	2	0	0	1
Doug Rader	4	0	0	0	0	0
Johnny Edwards	3	0	0	0	1	2
Marty Martinez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Lampard	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jesus Alou	1	0	0	0	0	0
John Mayberry	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Arcia	4	2	2	0	1	1
Ron Slocum	4	2	2	2	0	1
Ollie Brown	3	1	2	1	1	1
Nate Colbert	4	1	1	3	0	1
Jerry Morales	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Williams	3	2	1	0	1	1
Fred Kendall	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frankie Libran	4	0	1	1	0	2
Tommie Sisk	4	0	0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Griffin	0.2	6	0	0
Jack Billingham	1.1	3	0	1
Bob Watkins	2.0	0	2	2
Scipio Spinks	2.0	1	1	4
Jim Bouton	2.0	0	0	2

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tommie Sisk	9.0	7	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Morgan: 31/G
Norm Miller: 63
Jim Wynn: 53

Bot 1

Jose Arcia: S8
Ron Slocum: SB2
Ron Slocum: S8.2-3
Ollie Brown: S7.3-H;1-2
Nate Colbert: HR.2-H;1-H
Jerry Morales: 2/FL
Jim Williams: S8
Fred Kendall: 7/F
Frankie Libran: D7.1-H
Tommie Sisk: 53

Top 2

Tommy Davis: S9
Curt Blefary: 36(1)/FO.B-1
Denis Menke: S7.1-2
Doug Rader: 9/F
Johnny Edwards: 7/F

Bot 2

Jose Arcia: S7
Ron Slocum: HR.1-H
Ollie Brown: S4
Nate Colbert: 53.1-2
Jerry Morales: 4/P
Jim Williams: K

Top 3

Marty Martinez: 13
Joe Morgan: 7/F
Norm Miller: 63

Bot 3

Fred Kendall: 4/L
Frankie Libran: K
Tommie Sisk: K

Top 4

Jim Wynn: K/C
Tommy Davis: 53
Curt Blefary: S8
Denis Menke: WP.1-2
Denis Menke: K

Bot 4

Jose Arcia: W
Ron Slocum: WP.1-2
Ron Slocum: 5/P
Ollie Brown: W
Nate Colbert: 54(1)/FO.2-3;B-1
Jerry Morales: 3/P

Top 5

Doug Rader: 43
Johnny Edwards: K
Keith Lampard: S7
Joe Morgan: 8/F

Bot 5

Jim Williams: W
Fred Kendall: S8.1-3
Frankie Libran: PB.3-H(NR)(UR);1-2
Frankie Libran: 9/F
Tommie Sisk: 63.2-3
Jose Arcia: K

Top 6

Norm Miller: D8
Jim Wynn: W
Tommy Davis: 9/F.2-3
Curt Blefary: 8/SF.3-H
Denis Menke: SB2
Denis Menke: S6.2-3
Doug Rader: 2/FL

Bot 6

Ron Slocum: K
Ollie Brown: K
Nate Colbert: K

Top 7

Johnny Edwards: K/C
Jesus Alou: 53
Joe Morgan: D9
Norm Miller: 7/F

Bot 7

Jerry Morales: 53
Jim Williams: 43
Fred Kendall: 53

Top 8

Jim Wynn: K/C
Tommy Davis: E4.B-1
Curt Blefary: 31/G.1-2
Denis Menke: 43

Bot 8

Frankie Libran: K
Tommie Sisk: K/C
Jose Arcia: 3/FL

Top 9

Doug Rader: 63
Johnny Edwards: W
John Mayberry: 6/L
Joe Morgan: 3/G

Notes & reviews

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