San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
June 19, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1969 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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San Diego Padres 2, Houston Astros 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Kelly 2b 5 0 0 0
Pena 1b,ss 5 0 2 0
Brown rf 5 0 0 0
Ferrara lf 3 2 2 0
Spiezio 3b 4 0 1 0
Gaston cf 3 0 1 0
Cannizzaro c 4 0 1 1
Dean ss 2 0 1 1
  Stahl ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Santorini p 2 0 0 0
  Sipin ph 1 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Murrell ph 1 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Valdespino lf 2 0 0 0
  McFadden ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Martinez ss 2 0 1 0
  Gotay pr,2b 2 0 1 0
Wynn cf 4 1 2 0
Menke 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 1 2 1
Blefary 1b 3 1 1 0
Geiger rf 4 1 1 1
Rader 3b 4 0 1 1
Wilson p 3 0 0 1
Totals 33 4 9 4
San Diego 000 101 000281
Houston 030 000 10x493
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Santorini  L (3-5) 5.0 6 3 3 1 6
  McCool   2.0 2 1 1 2 1
  Niekro   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals 8.0 9 4 4 3 7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (6-6) 9.0 8 2 2 2 11
Totals 9.0 8 2 2 2 11

  E–Pena (7), Valdespino (1), Martinez (4), Menke (7).  2B–San Diego Ferrara (8,off Wilson), Houston Wynn (9,off McCool).  HBP–Ferrara (4,by Wilson).  IBB–Stahl (1,by Wilson); Menke (3,by McCool).  SF–Wilson (2,off Santorini).  SB–Wynn (7,2nd base off Santorini/Cannizzaro).  WP–Wilson 2 (6).  HBP–Wilson (6,Ferrara).  IBB–McCool (3,Menke); Wilson (5,Stahl).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:11.  A–12,764.

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