San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
July 28, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1976 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 2, Houston Astros 1

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Turner lf 3 0 0 0
  Melendez lf 0 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 5 0 2 0
Grubb rf 4 0 1 0
  Davis pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Winfield cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Ivie 1b 5 1 2 0
Rader 3b 4 0 2 2
Kendall c 5 0 2 0
Hernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 9 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Roberts lf 4 1 1 0
Herrmann c 4 0 1 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 1 1
  Howard pr 0 0 0 0
Andujar p 3 0 0 0
  DaVanon ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 7 1
San Diego 000 000 000 2290
Houston 000 000 000 1171
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (18-4) 10.0 7 1 1 0 3
Totals
10.0
7
1
1
0
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (6-7) 10.0 9 2 2 5 7
Totals
10.0
9
2
2
5
7

  E–Andujar (2).  DP–San Diego 1.  2B–San Diego Ivie (14,off Andujar), Houston Cedeno (18,off Jones); Gross (9,off Jones); Metzger (8,off Jones); Roberts (9,off Jones); Johnson (15,off Jones).  SH–Jones (11,off Andujar).  SB–Fuentes 2 (3,2nd base off Andujar/Herrmann 2); Turner (6,2nd base off Andujar/Herrmann); Hernandez (9,2nd base off Andujar/Herrmann).  CS–Ivie (4,2nd base by Andujar/Herrmann); Rader (3,Home by Andujar/Herrmann).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:28.  A–14,260.
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