Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
April 15, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1973 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 0, San Diego Padres 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 4 0 1 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
Watson lf 3 0 1 0
May 1b 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Crawford p 1 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 4 0 1 1
Thomas 2b 4 0 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 1 0
Colbert 1b 4 2 2 0
Marshall rf 1 1 1 0
  Morales ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Grubb cf 3 0 0 0
Hilton 3b 3 1 1 1
Kendall c 2 0 0 0
Greif p 2 0 0 1
Totals 29 4 7 4
Houston 000 000 000020
San Diego 000 031 00x470
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Griffin  L (0-1) 4.1 4 3 3 3 6
  Crawford   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  York   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
3
7
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Greif  W (1-0) 9.0 2 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Edwards (1).  2B–San Diego J Morales (2,off Crawford).  IBB–Kendall (2,by Griffin).  CS–Wynn (2,2nd base by Greif/Kendall); Marshall (1,2nd base by Griffin/Edwards).  WP–York (2).  IBB–Griffin (1,Kendall).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:03.  A–10,993.
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