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Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

1970-09-08 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 1893 · night · 2:35

Houston Astros defeated San Diego Padres 8–7. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 2nd. Don Wilson earned the win and Fred Gladding picked up the save. Doug Rader went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	8	12
SDN	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	9

W: Don Wilson L: Clay Kirby SV: Fred Gladding

Umpires — HP: Bob Engel · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Shag Crawford · 3B: Doug Harvey · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jesus Alou	5	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	4	2	2	0	1	0
Jim Wynn	5	0	1	0	0	2
Bob Watson	5	0	2	3	0	1
Denis Menke	3	2	1	0	2	1
Doug Rader	5	3	3	3	0	1
Cesar Cedeno	5	0	2	1	0	0
Larry Howard	3	0	0	1	1	1
Don Wilson	4	0	0	0	0	2

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Arcia	3	1	1	1	0	0
Rafael Robles	3	0	1	0	0	0
Cito Gaston	5	1	1	2	0	1
Al Ferrara	5	0	2	2	0	0
Ollie Brown	5	1	2	0	0	0
Nate Colbert	4	1	1	2	0	1
Ed Spiezio	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Cannizzaro	4	0	0	0	0	0
Clay Kirby	2	1	0	0	0	1
Ramon Webster	0	0	0	0	1	0
Larry Stahl	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Campbell	1	1	1	0	0	0
Steve Huntz	0	0	0	0	1	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Wilson	8.1	8	2	3
Fred Gladding	0.2	1	0	1

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Clay Kirby	4.0	7	2	5
Tom Dukes	2.0	2	1	2
Paul Doyle	0.1	3	0	0
Ron Willis	2.2	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jesus Alou: 63
Joe Morgan: 8
Jim Wynn: K

Bot 1

Jose Arcia: 8
Rafael Robles: 9
Cito Gaston: 9/L

Top 2

Bob Watson: K
Denis Menke: W
Doug Rader: HR.1-H
Cesar Cedeno: E7/F.B-2
Larry Howard: K
Don Wilson: K

Bot 2

Al Ferrara: 4
Ollie Brown: S7
Nate Colbert: HR.1-H
Ed Spiezio: 63
Chris Cannizzaro: 53

Top 3

Jesus Alou: 63
Joe Morgan: W
Jim Wynn: SB2
Jim Wynn: K
Bob Watson: S8.2-H
Denis Menke: 8

Bot 3

Clay Kirby: E6.B-1
Jose Arcia: WP.1-2
Jose Arcia: S8.2-H(UR)
Rafael Robles: 1/SH.1-2
Cito Gaston: HR.2-H
Al Ferrara: 53
Ollie Brown: S9
Nate Colbert: K

Top 4

Doug Rader: S7
Cesar Cedeno: D7.1-H
Larry Howard: WP.2-3
Larry Howard: POCSH(25)
Larry Howard: 53
Don Wilson: 6

Bot 4

Ed Spiezio: 53
Chris Cannizzaro: 4
Clay Kirby: K

Top 5

Jesus Alou: S9
Joe Morgan: S9.1-2
Jim Wynn: S8.2-3;1-2
Bob Watson: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Denis Menke: K
Doug Rader: K
Cesar Cedeno: 53

Bot 5

Jose Arcia: 53
Rafael Robles: S9
Cito Gaston: 4
Al Ferrara: S8.1-2
Ollie Brown: 8

Top 6

Larry Howard: W
Don Wilson: 5/FL
Jesus Alou: 8
Joe Morgan: S9.1-3
Jim Wynn: SB2
Jim Wynn: 53

Bot 6

Nate Colbert: 63
Ed Spiezio: E5.B-1
Chris Cannizzaro: WP.1-2
Chris Cannizzaro: 63.2-3
Ramon Webster: W
Larry Stahl: K/C

Top 7

Bob Watson: 8/L
Denis Menke: D7
Doug Rader: S9.2-H
Cesar Cedeno: S9.1-3
Larry Howard: 63.3-H;1-2
Don Wilson: K

Bot 7

Rafael Robles: 8
Cito Gaston: 63
Al Ferrara: 9

Top 8

Jesus Alou: 53
Joe Morgan: 31
Jim Wynn: 63

Bot 8

Ollie Brown: 63
Nate Colbert: 5/FL
Ed Spiezio: 4

Top 9

Bob Watson: 63
Denis Menke: W
Doug Rader: 64(1)/FO
Cesar Cedeno: 53

Bot 9

Chris Cannizzaro: 9
Dave Campbell: S7
Steve Huntz: W.1-2
Rafael Robles: HP.2-3;1-2
Cito Gaston: K
Al Ferrara: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Ollie Brown: 43