Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
May 17, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1970 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)
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Houston Astros 3, San Diego Padres 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 2 2 2 1
Alou rf 3 0 0 0
Wynn cf 3 0 1 1
Davis lf 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 3 0 1 0
Pepitone 1b 4 1 1 1
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
Lemaster p 2 0 0 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 5 3
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Dean ss 4 2 2 0
Campbell 2b 3 1 1 0
Murrell cf 4 0 3 3
Ferrara lf 4 0 1 0
  Arcia lf 0 0 0 0
Colbert 1b 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 0 0 0
Huntz 3b 4 1 1 1
Cannizzaro c 3 1 2 1
Corkins p 3 0 1 0
  Herbel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Houston 100 010 100351
San Diego 012 011 00x5110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster  L (3-4) 6.0 10 5 5 0 4
  Cook   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
0
6
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Corkins  W (3-3) 7.0 5 3 3 4 1
  Herbel  SV (6) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
3

  E–Pepitone (2).  DP–Houston 1, San Diego 2.  2B–San Diego Campbell (9,off Lemaster); Corkins (1,off Lemaster); Dean (3,off Cook).  HR–Houston Morgan (1,5th inning off Corkins 0 on, 2 out); Pepitone (8,7th inning off Corkins 0 on, 0 out), San Diego Huntz (5,2nd inning off Lemaster 0 on, 2 out); Cannizzaro (2,6th inning off Lemaster 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Alou (1,off Corkins); Campbell (3,off Cook).  SF–Wynn (4,off Corkins).  SB–Morgan (6,2nd base off Corkins/Cannizzaro).  CS–Murrell (2,2nd base by Lemaster/Edwards).  U-HP–Frank Dezelan, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:24.  A–8,957.
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