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Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

1972-10-01 · Day game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 9425 · 2:03

San Diego Padres defeated Houston Astros 3–1. Steve Arlin earned the win. Larry Stahl went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Steve Arlin L: Don Wilson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Chris Pelekoudas · 2B: Mel Steiner · 3B: Jerry Dale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roger Metzger	4	0	2	0	1	0
Jim Wynn	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cesar Cedeno	3	0	1	0	1	0
Lee May	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Watson	2	1	2	1	0	0
Doug Rader	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommy Helms	3	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Howard	1	0	0	0	2	0
Don Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	1
Norm Miller	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jimmy Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Stinson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Chiles	1	0	1	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Derrel Thomas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Enzo Hernandez	4	2	3	0	0	0
Leron Lee	2	0	0	0	2	1
Nate Colbert	3	0	1	2	0	0
Cito Gaston	3	0	0	0	1	1
Larry Stahl	3	1	2	1	0	1
Garry Jestadt	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Goddard	3	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Arlin	3	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Wilson	8.0	6	3	4

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Arlin	9.0	7	4	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roger Metzger: W
Jim Wynn: WP.1-2#
Jim Wynn: 6
Cesar Cedeno: 13
Lee May: 7

Bot 1

Derrel Thomas: 5/FL
Enzo Hernandez: S7
Leron Lee: SB2
Leron Lee: SB3#
Leron Lee: W
Nate Colbert: 7/SF.3-H
Cito Gaston: K/C

Top 2

Bob Watson: D9
Doug Rader: K/C
Tommy Helms: 53
Larry Howard: W
Don Wilson: K

Bot 2

Larry Stahl: K
Garry Jestadt: 4/L
Joe Goddard: K

Top 3

Roger Metzger: S1/BG#
Jim Wynn: 54(1)3/GDP
Cesar Cedeno: D9
Lee May: 6

Bot 3

Steve Arlin: 8
Derrel Thomas: 9/L
Enzo Hernandez: 7

Top 4

Bob Watson: HR/7
Doug Rader: 3/FL
Tommy Helms: S7
Larry Howard: W.1-2
Don Wilson: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Roger Metzger: 13

Bot 4

Leron Lee: 63
Nate Colbert: 5
Cito Gaston: 8

Top 5

Jim Wynn: K
Cesar Cedeno: W
Lee May: SB2#
Lee May: K
Norm Miller: 3

Bot 5

Larry Stahl: HR/9
Garry Jestadt: 43
Joe Goddard: 5/FL
Steve Arlin: 8

Top 6

Doug Rader: 8
Tommy Helms: 9
Larry Howard: 9/L

Bot 6

Derrel Thomas: 6
Enzo Hernandez: S8
Leron Lee: SB2
Leron Lee: PO2(16)#
Leron Lee: W
Nate Colbert: E6.1-2;B-1
Cito Gaston: W.2-3;1-2
Larry Stahl: OA.3XH(2)#

Top 7

Don Wilson: 7
Roger Metzger: D8/89
Jim Wynn: 3/L
Cesar Cedeno: 7

Bot 7

Larry Stahl: S9
Garry Jestadt: 34/SH.1-2
Joe Goddard: 63
Steve Arlin: 63

Top 8

Lee May: 2/FL
Norm Miller: 31
Doug Rader: 63

Bot 8

Derrel Thomas: 13
Enzo Hernandez: D7
Leron Lee: K/C
Nate Colbert: S8.2-H
Cito Gaston: 63

Top 9

Jimmy Stewart: 8/L
Bob Stinson: 7
Rich Chiles: D9
Roger Metzger: 8