San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
May 20, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 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 4, Houston Astros 2

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Mason 2b 5 0 1 1
Campbell lf,1b 4 1 1 0
Colbert 1b 4 2 3 1
  Stahl pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Brown rf 4 0 2 1
Spiezio 3b 3 0 0 0
Bravo cf 2 0 0 1
Barton c 3 1 1 0
Kirby p 3 0 0 0
  Severinsen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 1 3 1
Watson lf 4 0 2 0
Menke 1b 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
  Miller ph,cf 2 0 1 1
Edwards c 4 0 0 0
  Wynn ph 1 0 0 0
Blasingame p 2 0 0 0
  Chiles ph 0 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
San Diego 200 001 001480
Houston 100 000 001291
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby  W (2-4) 8.0 8 2 2 8 8
  Severinsen  SV (6) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
8
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame  L (2-5) 6.0 5 3 3 4 3
  Ray   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lemaster   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Culver   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
4

  E–Rader (4).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–San Diego Brown (8,off Blasingame); Colbert (8,off Ray).  3B–San Diego Colbert (1,off Blasingame), Houston Alou (1,off Kirby).  SH–Kirby (3,off Lemaster).  HBP–Bravo (1,by Blasingame); Hernandez (1,by Blasingame).  IBB–Spiezio (2,by Blasingame); Barton (3,by Blasingame).  SB–Metzger (4,2nd base off Kirby/Barton); Morgan (8,2nd base off Kirby/Barton).  WP–Kirby 2 (8).  HBP–Blasingame 2 (5,Bravo,Hernandez).  IBB–Blasingame 2 (2,Spiezio,Barton).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:44.  A–7,162.
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