Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
April 8, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1969 at San Diego Stadium. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 1 3 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Miller cf 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 1
Blefary 1b 4 0 1 0
Watson lf 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Geiger ph 1 0 0 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Robles ss 4 0 0 0
Pena 2b 3 1 0 0
Gonzalez cf 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 0 1 1
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
  Colbert 1b 0 0 0 0
Stahl lf 3 0 0 0
Spiezio 3b 3 1 1 1
Cannizzaro c 2 0 0 0
Selma p 2 0 2 0
Totals 28 2 4 2
Houston 100 000 000151
San Diego 000 011 00x240
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (0-1) 6.0 3 2 2 1 4
  Billingham   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
1
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Selma  W (1-0) 9.0 5 1 1 2 12
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
12

  E–Morgan (1).  PB–Cannizzaro (1).  2B–San Diego Brown (1,off Wilson).  3B–Houston Alou (1,off Selma).  HR–San Diego Spiezio (1,5th inning off Wilson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Selma (1,off Wilson).  HBP–Pena (1,by Wilson).  SB–Alou (1,2nd base off Selma/Cannizzaro); Robles (1,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards).  BK–Wilson (1).  HBP–Wilson (1,Pena).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–2:14.  A–23,370.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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