San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
May 19, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1971 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 2, Houston Astros 1

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 5 0 1 1
Mason 2b 3 0 0 0
Bravo cf 5 0 0 0
Colbert 1b 4 1 1 0
Brown rf 5 0 1 1
Stahl lf 4 0 2 0
Spiezio 3b 5 0 0 0
Barton c 4 1 1 0
Phoebus p 2 0 1 0
  Severinsen p 0 0 0 0
  Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 4 0 2 0
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 1 1 0
Menke 2b 4 0 2 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Cedeno rf 3 0 0 1
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
  Hiatt ph,c 1 0 0 0
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Chiles ph 1 0 1 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
San Diego 001 000 000 1271
Houston 000 000 010 0170
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Phoebus   7.1 6 1 1 4 4
  Severinsen   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Kelley   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Miller  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
1
1
4
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   7.0 4 1 1 2 3
  Culver   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Gladding  L (1-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
10.0
7
2
2
5
3

  E–Mason (3).  2B–San Diego Barton (4,off Billingham); Colbert (7,off Gladding).  HBP–Colbert (2,by Culver); Rader (1,by Phoebus).  IBB–Stahl (2,by Gladding).  SH–Alou (2,off Miller).  SF–Cedeno (2,off Severinsen).  SB–Hernandez (4,2nd base off Billingham/Edwards).  CS–Wynn (2,2nd base by Phoebus/Barton).  HBP–Phoebus (1,Rader); Culver (1,Colbert).  IBB–Gladding (2,Stahl).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:42.  A–8,816.
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