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Houston Astros @ San Diego Padres

1973-09-10 · Night game · Qualcomm Stadium · Att: 2294 · night · 2:00

San Diego Padres defeated Houston Astros 5–3. San Diego Padres put up 3 in the 4th. Bill Greif earned the win. Derrel Thomas went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bill Greif L: Tom Griffin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Kibler · 1B: Paul Runge · 2B: Frank Pulli · 3B: Lee Weyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Greg Gross	4	1	2	1	0	0
Roger Metzger	3	1	1	1	0	0
Bob Gallagher	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cliff Johnson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ray Busse	3	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Easler	2	0	0	0	1	1
Gary Sutherland	3	0	0	0	0	0
Skip Jutze	2	1	1	0	1	0
Tom Griffin	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cesar Cedeno	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Wynn	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lee May	1	0	1	0	0	0
Doug Rader	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Diego Padres — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jerry Morales	4	1	1	0	0	1
Johnny Grubb	2	2	2	0	2	0
Leron Lee	3	2	1	1	0	1
Nate Colbert	3	0	2	1	1	1
Fred Kendall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Derrel Thomas	4	0	2	3	0	0
Rich Morales	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Hilton	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Greif	3	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Griffin	7.0	8	3	6
Ken Forsch	1.0	1	0	0

San Diego Padres — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Greif	9.0	6	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Greg Gross: S9
Roger Metzger: 43.1-2
Bob Gallagher: 31.2-3
Cliff Johnson: 63

Bot 1

Jerry Morales: K
Johnny Grubb: W
Leron Lee: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Ray Busse: 5/FL
Mike Easler: K
Gary Sutherland: 8

Bot 2

Nate Colbert: K
Fred Kendall: 9
Derrel Thomas: 43

Top 3

Skip Jutze: W
Tom Griffin: 34/SH.1-2
Greg Gross: T/78.2-H
Roger Metzger: 8/SF.3-H
Bob Gallagher: 41

Bot 3

Rich Morales: 43
Dave Hilton: K/C
Bill Greif: K

Top 4

Cliff Johnson: 6
Ray Busse: K/C
Mike Easler: 8

Bot 4

Jerry Morales: E4.B-1
Johnny Grubb: W.1-2
Leron Lee: S7.2-3;1-2
Nate Colbert: W.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Fred Kendall: K
Derrel Thomas: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Rich Morales: CSH(262).1-2
Rich Morales: 9

Top 5

Gary Sutherland: 43
Skip Jutze: S8
Tom Griffin: 14/SH.1-2
Greg Gross: 43

Bot 5

Dave Hilton: 9
Bill Greif: 4
Jerry Morales: FLE2
Jerry Morales: S7
Johnny Grubb: S9.1-3
Leron Lee: K

Top 6

Roger Metzger: S8
Bob Gallagher: 8/L
Cliff Johnson: D7.1-H(E7)(UR)
Ray Busse: K/C
Mike Easler: IW
Gary Sutherland: 7

Bot 6

Nate Colbert: S
Fred Kendall: 6(1)3/GDP
Derrel Thomas: 9

Top 7

Skip Jutze: 63
Tom Griffin: K
Greg Gross: 63

Bot 7

Rich Morales: S7
Dave Hilton: 14/SH.1-2
Bill Greif: 53
Jerry Morales: 63

Top 8

Roger Metzger: 3/G
Bob Gallagher: K
Cliff Johnson: W
Bob Watson: 9

Bot 8

Johnny Grubb: T8
Leron Lee: E7/SF.3-H;B-1
Nate Colbert: S7.1-2
Fred Kendall: 46(1)3/GDP.2-3
Derrel Thomas: S.3-H(UR)
Rich Morales: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Cesar Cedeno: 53
Jim Wynn: 9
Lee May: S9
Doug Rader: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Debut for umpire Paul Runge

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