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Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

1971-09-24 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 6339 · 2:15

San Diego Padres defeated Houston Astros 5–4. San Diego Padres put up 2 in the 2nd. Dave Roberts earned the win. Marty Martinez went 3-for-5 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	10
SDN	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	13

W: Dave Roberts L: Fred Gladding SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Andy Olsen · 2B: John Kibler · 3B: Tom Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Derrel Thomas	4	0	0	0	0	1
Marty Martinez	5	0	3	1	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	5	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Watson	5	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	4	1	1	0	0	1
Larry Howard	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jesus Alou	3	1	2	1	0	0
Ray Busse	4	1	1	1	0	0
Scipio Spinks	2	1	1	0	0	0
Roger Metzger	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Hiatt	0	0	0	0	1	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Enzo Hernandez	2	1	0	0	1	0
Don Mason	3	1	2	0	2	0
Johnny Jeter	5	0	2	1	0	0
Nate Colbert	4	0	1	0	1	1
Ollie Brown	5	0	1	1	0	1
Ivan Murrell	4	1	1	0	0	2
Garry Jestadt	3	2	2	0	1	0
Fred Kendall	2	0	1	1	0	0
Dave Roberts	4	0	2	1	0	1
Rod Gaspar	1	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Dean	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Scipio Spinks	5.2	8	5	3
Jim Ray	0.1	0	0	0
Bill Greif	2.0	2	0	2
Fred Gladding	0.1	3	0	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Roberts	9.0	10	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Derrel Thomas: 8
Marty Martinez: S8/G
Cesar Cedeno: WP.1-2
Cesar Cedeno: 3/FL
Bob Watson: 8/L

Bot 1

Enzo Hernandez: 3/P
Don Mason: W
Johnny Jeter: 4(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Jim Wynn: D7
Larry Howard: 53.2-3
Jesus Alou: 4/SF.3-H
Ray Busse: 3/G

Bot 2

Nate Colbert: 43
Ollie Brown: FLE3
Ollie Brown: 9/F
Ivan Murrell: S8/G
Garry Jestadt: W.1-2
Fred Kendall: S.2-H;1-3
Dave Roberts: S1/G.3-H;1-3
Enzo Hernandez: 2/FL

Top 3

Scipio Spinks: 4/P
Derrel Thomas: 9/F
Marty Martinez: 53

Bot 3

Don Mason: E3/G
Johnny Jeter: S7/L.1-2
Nate Colbert: 6/P
Ollie Brown: 6(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Cesar Cedeno: 53
Bob Watson: 8
Jim Wynn: K

Bot 4

Ivan Murrell: 63
Garry Jestadt: 6/P
Fred Kendall: 7

Top 5

Larry Howard: 31
Jesus Alou: D7
Ray Busse: D7.2-H
Scipio Spinks: S7/G.2-3
Derrel Thomas: K
Marty Martinez: S8/G.3-H;1-2
Cesar Cedeno: S7/G.2-H;1-2
Bob Watson: 4/P

Bot 5

Dave Roberts: 63
Enzo Hernandez: W
Don Mason: W.1-2
Johnny Jeter: SB3;SB2
Johnny Jeter: S8/L.3-H;2-3
Nate Colbert: W.1-2
Ollie Brown: K
Ivan Murrell: K

Top 6

Jim Wynn: 53
Larry Howard: E6/G.B-2
Jesus Alou: 8
Ray Busse: 7/L

Bot 6

Garry Jestadt: S8/L
Fred Kendall: 14/SH.1-2
Dave Roberts: K23
Rod Gaspar: S7/L.2-H
Don Mason: S7/L.1-2
Johnny Jeter: 5(2)/FO

Top 7

Roger Metzger: S8/G
Derrel Thomas: 34/SH.1-2
Marty Martinez: S9.2-3
Cesar Cedeno: 6/P
Bob Watson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 7

Nate Colbert: K23
Ollie Brown: 63
Ivan Murrell: K

Top 8

Jim Wynn: 53
Larry Howard: 9/F
Jesus Alou: S1
Ray Busse: 4/P

Bot 8

Garry Jestadt: S7/G
Fred Kendall: 15/SH.1-2
Dave Roberts: S9/L.2XH(92);B-2(TH)
Tommy Dean: 3/FL

Top 9

Jack Hiatt: W
Derrel Thomas: FC5.1-2
Marty Martinez: 15(2)/FO.1-2
Cesar Cedeno: 7
Bob Watson: 8

Bot 9

Don Mason: S3
Johnny Jeter: 8
Nate Colbert: S7.1-2
Ollie Brown: S9/L.2-H;1-2

Notes & reviews

LF lost flyball in heavy fog; umpires stopped game for 15 minutes to allow fog to lift
RF lost flyball in fog

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