San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
August 6, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 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 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Jestadt 2b 4 0 1 0
Gaston cf 4 1 2 1
Colbert 1b 4 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 1 1 1
Spiezio 3b 3 1 2 2
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
  Stahl lf 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 2 0
Roberts p 1 1 1 0
  Mason ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 2 1
Wynn rf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 1 1 1
Alou lf 4 1 1 0
Hiatt c 1 1 1 0
Blasingame p 0 0 0 1
  Menke ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
San Diego 001 200 010491
Houston 002 100 000350
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W (9-12) 8.0 5 3 3 1 4
  Miller  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Blasingame   7.0 6 3 3 2 0
  Ray  L (8-3) 2.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
1

  E–Brown (4).  DP–Houston 1.  3B–San Diego Gaston (6,off Ray), Houston Hiatt (1,off Roberts).  HR–San Diego Spiezio (6,4th inning off Blasingame 1 on, 0 out), Houston Rader (9,4th inning off Roberts 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Hernandez (7,off Blasingame); Roberts 2 (6,off Blasingame 2); Blasingame (2,off Roberts).  SF–Blasingame (1,off Roberts).  HBP–Hiatt (2,by Roberts).  SB–Brown (3,2nd base off Ray/Hiatt); Morgan (22,2nd base off Roberts/Kendall).  HBP–Roberts (5,Hiatt).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:13.  A–21,915.
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