San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
July 31, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1975 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 5, Houston Astros 3

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb cf 5 0 1 0
  Hahn pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 5 0 2 0
Ivie 3b,1b 5 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 2 1 1 0
  Hernandez pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Winfield rf 4 0 0 0
Tolan lf 4 2 1 0
Torres ss,3b 4 0 3 1
Davis c 4 0 0 1
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 1 1 1 0
  Greif p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard cf 4 2 1 0
  Watson ph 1 0 0 0
Gross rf 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 1
  Cabell ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
Boswell 2b 3 0 0 0
Jutze c 4 0 1 0
Milbourne ss 3 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 1 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Andrews ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 1
San Diego 010 002 0115103
Houston 101 010 000363
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   6.2 4 3 1 5 1
  Tomlin  W (2-1) 1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Greif  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
1
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   7.0 8 3 3 1 4
  Granger  L (2-4) 1.0 2 2 0 0 0
  Sosa   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
1
4

  E–Fuentes (15), Ivie (19), Tolan (4), Gross (7), Jutze (2), Milbourne (8).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Torres (7,off Forsch); McCovey (9,off Forsch), Houston Cruz (8,off Johnson).  HR–San Diego Ivie (6,6th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–McCovey (3,by Granger).  SH–Andrews (6,off Greif).  SB–Tolan (6,2nd base off Granger/Jutze); Howard 2 (13,2nd base off Johnson/Davis 2).  CS–Boswell (2,2nd base by Johnson/Davis).  HBP–Granger (4,McCovey).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Dutch Rennert.
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