San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 21, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1973 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Diego Padres 0, Houston Astros 4

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
  Morales ph 1 0 1 0
Thomas 2b 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 2 0 0 0
Colbert 1b 4 0 0 0
Marshall rf 3 0 0 0
Grubb cf 3 0 0 0
Hilton 3b 3 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Kirby p 2 0 0 0
  Gaston ph 1 0 0 0
  Ross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Agee lf 4 1 2 0
Helms 2b 3 2 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 2 1
Watson 1b 4 0 1 2
Wynn rf 4 0 1 1
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Wilson p 3 0 1 0
Totals 30 4 8 4
San Diego 000 000 000020
Houston 200 000 02x480
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby  L (1-3) 7.0 6 2 2 2 3
  Ross   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
3
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  W (1-2) 9.0 2 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
1
5

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1.  3B–Houston Agee (1,off Kirby); Watson (1,off Ross).  HBP–Lee (1,by Wilson).  CS–Cedeno (2,2nd base by Kirby/Kendall).  HBP–Wilson (1,Lee).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:05.  A–21,457.
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