San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 19, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1970 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres 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)
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San Diego Padres 1, Houston Astros 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Arcia ss 2 1 0 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
Kelly 3b 3 0 0 0
Gaston cf 3 0 1 1
Colbert 1b 3 0 0 0
Campbell 2b 3 0 0 0
Ferrara lf 3 0 0 0
Morales rf 3 0 0 0
Cannizzaro c 3 0 0 0
Santorini p 1 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0
  Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Murrell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 1 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 1
Davis lf 4 1 2 1
  Beauchamp lf 0 0 0 1
Wynn cf 4 0 1 0
Pepitone rf 4 0 1 0
Menke ss 4 0 1 1
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0
Rader 3b 2 1 0 0
Edwards c 4 1 2 0
Griffin p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
San Diego 100 000 000110
Houston 120 000 02x590
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Santorini  L (1-2) 5.0 7 3 3 3 3
  Dobson   3.0 2 2 2 3 4
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
6
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  W (1-1) 9.0 1 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–San Diego Gaston (6,off Griffin), Houston Edwards (1,off Santorini); Mayberry (1,off Dobson).  3B–Houston Morgan (3,off Santorini).  SH–Griffin (1,off Santorini).  IBB–Morgan (2,by Dobson).  SB–Arcia (1,2nd base off Griffin/Edwards); Mayberry (1,Home off Dobson/Cannizzaro); Rader (1,3rd base off Dobson/Cannizzaro); Edwards (1,2nd base off Dobson/Cannizzaro).  IBB–Dobson (3,Morgan).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:27.  A–13,344.
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