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Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

1971-05-26 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · 2:11

Houston Astros defeated San Diego Padres 2–1. Wade Blasingame earned the win and George Culver picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Wade Blasingame L: Dave Roberts SV: George Culver

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Mel Steiner · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bob Engel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roger Metzger	5	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Morgan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jesus Alou	4	0	0	0	0	1
Rich Chiles	1	0	0	0	0	1
John Mayberry	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Wynn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Rader	4	2	3	0	0	0
Jack Hiatt	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wade Blasingame	2	0	1	1	1	0
Cesar Cedeno	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Watson	1	0	1	1	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Enzo Hernandez	4	0	0	0	0
Garry Jestadt	4	0	1	0	0
Cito Gaston	4	0	0	0	0
Nate Colbert	4	1	0	0	2
Ollie Brown	3	0	0	0	1
Ivan Murrell	3	0	0	0	2
Dave Campbell	3	0	1	1	0
Bob Barton	3	0	2	0	0
Dave Roberts	2	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wade Blasingame	8.0	4	0	5
George Culver	1.0	0	0	1

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Santorini	0.1	0	0	0
Dave Roberts	8.2	9	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roger Metzger: 43
Joe Morgan: S9
Jesus Alou: 63.1-2
Rich Chiles: K

Bot 1

Enzo Hernandez: 8/L
Garry Jestadt: D7
Cito Gaston: 9
Nate Colbert: 53

Top 2

John Mayberry: 3/G
Jim Wynn: S8
Doug Rader: 8(B)63(1)/FDP

Bot 2

Ollie Brown: K/C
Ivan Murrell: 6
Dave Campbell: 5

Top 3

Jack Hiatt: 63
Wade Blasingame: W
Roger Metzger: 64(1)/FO
Joe Morgan: 63

Bot 3

Bob Barton: 53
Dave Roberts: K
Enzo Hernandez: 53

Top 4

Jesus Alou: K
Cesar Cedeno: 43
John Mayberry: K/C

Bot 4

Garry Jestadt: 8
Cito Gaston: 53
Nate Colbert: K

Top 5

Jim Wynn: 5/L
Doug Rader: S8
Jack Hiatt: 13.1-2
Wade Blasingame: S8.2-H
Roger Metzger: 8

Bot 5

Ollie Brown: 53
Ivan Murrell: K
Dave Campbell: 53

Top 6

Joe Morgan: 43
Jesus Alou: 5
Cesar Cedeno: W
John Mayberry: S8.1-2
Jim Wynn: 9

Bot 6

Bob Barton: S7
Dave Roberts: 14/SH.1-2
Enzo Hernandez: E5
Garry Jestadt: 9
Cito Gaston: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Doug Rader: S7
Jack Hiatt: 7
Wade Blasingame: 5/FL
Roger Metzger: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Nate Colbert: E5
Ollie Brown: 14/SH.1-2
Ivan Murrell: K
Dave Campbell: S7.2-H(UR)
Bob Barton: S9.1-2
Dave Roberts: POCS3(265)

Top 8

Joe Morgan: 5
Jesus Alou: 63
Cesar Cedeno: 53

Bot 8

Dave Roberts: 43
Enzo Hernandez: 3/G
Garry Jestadt: 63

Top 9

John Mayberry: K
Jim Wynn: 7
Doug Rader: S8
Jack Hiatt: S8.1-2
Bob Watson: S7.1-3;2-H
Roger Metzger: 31

Bot 9

Cito Gaston: 8
Nate Colbert: K
Ollie Brown: 63