San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
September 3, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 1970 at Astrodome. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 0

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Arcia ss 4 0 0 0
Campbell 2b 3 0 1 0
  Slocum pr,2b 2 0 0 0
Gaston cf 4 0 0 0
Ferrara lf 3 0 1 0
  Murrell pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Brown rf 4 1 2 1
Colbert 1b 3 1 1 0
Spiezio 3b 3 1 2 0
Cannizzaro c 4 0 2 3
Kirby p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Wynn lf 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 2 0 1 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 1 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Lampard ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 3 0
San Diego 030 000 100491
Houston 000 000 000031
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby  W (9-14) 9.0 3 0 0 4 6
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
4
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (10-7) 1.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Ray   3.2 3 0 0 1 1
  Culver   3.0 3 1 1 2 1
  Lemaster   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
4

  E–Colbert (10), Rader (16).  DP–San Diego 3, Houston 3.  2B–San Diego Cannizzaro (12,off Billingham).  SH–Kirby (3,off Billingham).  HBP–Spiezio (3,by Billingham); Arcia (6,by Billingham).  SB–Campbell (17,2nd base off Ray/Edwards); Morgan (34,2nd base off Kirby/Cannizzaro).  WP–Kirby (4), Ray (4), Culver (9).  HBP–Billingham 2 (8,Spiezio,Arcia).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Dick Tremblay, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:23.  A–5,465.
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