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San Diego Padres @ Houston Astros

1970-09-02 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 6395 · dome, dry · 1:59

Houston Astros defeated San Diego Padres 2–1. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 4th. Wade Blasingame earned the win and Fred Gladding picked up the save. Jim Wynn went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Wade Blasingame L: Danny Coombs SV: Fred Gladding

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Andy Olsen · 2B: Dick Tremblay · 3B: Ed Vargo · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Arcia	3	0	0	0	0	2
Dave Campbell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cito Gaston	3	0	0	0	1	1
Al Ferrara	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ollie Brown	4	1	1	1	0	1
Nate Colbert	3	0	1	0	1	1
Ed Spiezio	4	0	1	0	0	2
Chris Cannizzaro	3	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Coombs	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Huntz	1	0	0	0	0	1
Ivan Murrell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jesus Alou	4	0	0	0	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	3	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Wynn	3	1	1	2	0	1
Bob Watson	2	0	1	0	1	0
Doug Rader	3	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Howard	3	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Martinez	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hector Torres	3	0	0	0	0	1
Wade Blasingame	3	0	0	0	0	3

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Danny Coombs	7.0	3	1	7
Tom Dukes	1.0	1	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wade Blasingame	8.2	4	4	8
Fred Gladding	0.1	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Arcia: K
Dave Campbell: 9
Cito Gaston: K/C

Bot 1

Jesus Alou: 6
Cesar Cedeno: 53
Jim Wynn: K/C

Top 2

Al Ferrara: 53
Ollie Brown: K
Nate Colbert: T
Ed Spiezio: OA.3XH(21)#

Bot 2

Bob Watson: W
Doug Rader: 64(1)3/GDP
Larry Howard: K

Top 3

Ed Spiezio: S
Chris Cannizzaro: 8
Danny Coombs: 24/SH.1-2
Jose Arcia: 63

Bot 3

Marty Martinez: 9
Hector Torres: K/C
Wade Blasingame: K

Top 4

Dave Campbell: 9
Cito Gaston: W
Al Ferrara: S.1-2
Ollie Brown: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Nate Colbert: K/C

Bot 4

Jesus Alou: 7/L
Cesar Cedeno: S
Jim Wynn: HR.1-H
Bob Watson: S
Doug Rader: 54(1)/FO
Larry Howard: 4/L

Top 5

Ed Spiezio: K
Chris Cannizzaro: 53
Danny Coombs: W
Jose Arcia: K

Bot 5

Marty Martinez: 53
Hector Torres: 9/L
Wade Blasingame: K/C

Top 6

Dave Campbell: K/C
Cito Gaston: 63
Al Ferrara: W
Ollie Brown: WP.1-2
Ollie Brown: 63

Bot 6

Jesus Alou: 43
Cesar Cedeno: K/C
Jim Wynn: 3

Top 7

Nate Colbert: 53
Ed Spiezio: 63
Chris Cannizzaro: 13

Bot 7

Bob Watson: 8/L
Doug Rader: K/C
Larry Howard: 53

Top 8

Steve Huntz: K
Ivan Murrell: 53
Dave Campbell: 4

Bot 8

Marty Martinez: S
Hector Torres: 53.1-2
Wade Blasingame: K
Jesus Alou: 43

Top 9

Cito Gaston: 53
Al Ferrara: 53
Ollie Brown: HR
Nate Colbert: W
Ed Spiezio: K/C

Notes & reviews

the wild pitch hit the facing of the stands behind HP and bounced back to Larry Howard
Bob Watson slid hard into 2B; Dave Campbell dropped the ball, picked it up and applied a hard tag even though Watson had been ruled out; the two wrestled and both benches cleared

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