San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 17, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1976 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Grubb lf 4 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 1 1 0
Davis cf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
  Ivie pr 0 1 0 0
Winfield rf 2 1 1 1
Torres ss 3 1 0 0
Kendall c 2 0 1 1
  Hernandez pr 0 0 0 0
Kubiak 3b 2 0 0 1
Spillner p 1 0 0 0
  Locklear ph 1 0 1 1
  Foster p 0 0 0 0
  Turner ph 1 0 0 0
  Metzger p 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 3 2 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 2 3
Watson 1b 4 0 2 1
Johnson c 3 0 1 1
Gross rf 4 0 0 0
Milbourne 2b 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Richard p 3 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
San Diego 000 021 001450
Houston 102 020 00x5102
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Spillner  L (0-2) 4.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Foster   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Metzger   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (2-1) 8.0 4 4 4 4 5
  Forsch  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
4
6

  E–Johnson 2 (4).  DP–San Diego 1, Houston 1.  2B–San Diego Fuentes (1,off Richard); Winfield (1,off Richard); McCovey (1,off Richard), Houston Howard (1,off Foster).  3B–Houston Metzger (2,off Spillner).  HR–Houston Cedeno (2,5th inning off Foster 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Kendall (1,off Richard).  SF–Kubiak (1,off Richard).  SB–Winfield (1,2nd base off Richard/Johnson); Cabell (1,2nd base off Spillner/Kendall).  CS–Milbourne (1,2nd base by Metzger/Kendall).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:08.  A–11,702.
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