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Padres
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 18, 1970
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the San Diego Padres, played on April 18, 1970 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
| Date | April 18, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
San Diego Padres
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 18, 1970 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | San Diego Padres |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Danny Coombs |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Denny Lemaster |
| Ballpark | Astrodome |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 16,522 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Mel Steiner 2B: Bill Williams 3B: Nick Colosi |
San Diego Padres Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Arcia | Shortstop |
| Jerry Morales | Left Fielder |
| Cito Gaston | Center Fielder |
| Nate Colbert | First Baseman |
| Dave Campbell | Second Baseman |
| Ollie Brown | Right Fielder |
| Ed Spiezio | Third Baseman |
| Bob Barton | Catcher |
| Danny Coombs | Pitcher |
| Preston Gomez | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Joe Pepitone | Right Fielder |
| Jim Wynn | Center Fielder |
| Tommy Davis | Left Fielder |
| Denis Menke | Shortstop |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
| Denny Lemaster | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Padres
@ Astros
Astrodome
April 18, 1970
Top 1
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Padres, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arcia vs. Lemaster
Arcia hits a fly ball into right field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Lemaster
Morales hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gaston vs. Lemaster
Gaston hits a fly ball into right field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Lemaster
Colbert hits a fly ball into right field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Padres, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Coombs
Morgan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pepitone vs. Coombs
Pepitone hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wynn vs. Coombs
Wynn hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Pepitone moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Davis vs. Coombs
Davis takes first base on ball four. Pepitone moves to third. Wynn moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Menke vs. Coombs
Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pepitone tags and scores. Wynn tags and moves to third. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mayberry vs. Coombs
Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wynn tags and scores. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Coombs
Rader hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Padres, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Lemaster
Campbell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 1 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Lemaster
Brown hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Lemaster
Spiezio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Lemaster
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coombs vs. Lemaster
Coombs hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wynn. Coombs reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Arcia vs. Lemaster
Arcia strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Coombs
Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemaster vs. Coombs
Lemaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Coombs
Morgan is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Lemaster
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke misplays the ball. That's an error on Menke. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gaston vs. Lemaster
Gaston hits a fly ball into left field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colbert vs. Lemaster
Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 3
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Coombs
Pepitone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Arcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Coombs
Wynn hits a line drive towards third. Spiezio reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Coombs
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Lemaster
Campbell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Lemaster
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Lemaster
Spiezio hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Lemaster
There goes Campbell. The throw from Edwards and he is out, Morgan applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 4
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Coombs
Menke hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Coombs
Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Coombs
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. Menke moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Edwards vs. Coombs
Edwards hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Campbell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Barton vs. Lemaster
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coombs vs. Lemaster
Coombs is called out on strikes. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arcia vs. Lemaster
Arcia hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemaster vs. Coombs
Lemaster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Coombs
Morgan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pepitone vs. Coombs
Coombs fires to first and has Morgan trapped. There's the throw to Arcia who tags Morgan for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pepitone vs. Coombs
Pepitone hits a popup towards short. Arcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Lemaster
Morales hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gaston vs. Lemaster
Gaston hits a line drive towards third. Rader reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Lemaster
Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Coombs
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Coombs
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Arcia misplays the ball. That's an error on Arcia. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Coombs
There goes Davis. The throw from Barton to Campbell and they have Davis trapped. The throw over to Colbert, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Coombs
Menke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Coombs
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Lemaster
Campbell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Lemaster
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Lemaster
Spiezio hits a fly ball towards left field. Davis makes the catch and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Davis. Campbell moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Barton vs. Lemaster
Barton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Coombs
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Edwards vs. Coombs
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Campbell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemaster vs. Coombs
Lemaster hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Coombs
Morgan takes first base on ball four. Lemaster moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pepitone vs. Dukes
Tom Dukes now pitching.
Pepitone hits a fly ball into left field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrara vs. Lemaster
Al Ferrara pinch hits for Tom Dukes.
Ferrara hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murrell vs. Lemaster
Ivan Murrell pinch hits for Jose Arcia.
Murrell strikes out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morales vs. Lemaster
Morales takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gaston vs. Lemaster
Gaston hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Morales moves to second. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Colbert vs. Lemaster
Colbert strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Ross
Ivan Murrell now playing center field. Ron Slocum now playing shortstop. Gary Ross now pitching. Al Ferrara now playing left field.
Wynn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Barton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Ross
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Campbell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Ross
Menke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Ross
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campbell vs. Lemaster
Campbell hits a fly ball into right field. Pepitone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Lemaster
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Lemaster
Spiezio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Edwards settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Barton vs. Lemaster
Barton hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Padres, 3 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Ross
Rader hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/18/1970 -- San Diego at Houston (N)
San Diego AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Arcia J, ss 3 0 0 0 Morgan J, 2b 2 1 1 0
Murrell I, ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Pepitone J, rf 4 1 1 0
Morales J, lf 3 1 1 1 Wynn J, cf 4 1 1 1
Slocum R, ss 0 0 0 0 Davis T, lf 3 0 0 0
Gaston C, cf 4 0 1 0 Menke D, ss 1 0 1 1
Ross G, p 0 0 0 0 Mayberry J, 1b 3 0 0 1
Colbert N, 1b 4 0 0 0 Rader D, 3b 4 1 1 1
Campbell D, 2b 4 1 3 0 Edwards J, c 3 0 0 0
Brown O, rf 4 1 2 2 Lemaster D, p 3 0 1 0
Spiezio E, 3b 3 0 0 0
Barton B, c 4 0 0 0
Coombs D, p 2 0 1 0
Dukes T, p 0 0 0 0
Ferrara A, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 3 8 3 27 4 6 4
San Diego 120 000 000 -- 3
Houston 300 000 001 -- 4
0 outs when winning run was scored.
San Diego IP H R ER BB SO
Coombs D 6.2 5 3 3 4 1
Dukes T 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Ross G (L) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster D (W) 9.0 8 3 3 2 5
E -- Menke D, Arcia J, Davis T
DP -- Houston 2
LOB -- San Diego 5, Houston 6
2B -- Coombs D
HR -- Morales J, Brown O, Rader D
CS -- Campbell D, Morgan J, Davis T
SF -- Menke D, Mayberry J
T -- 2:20
A -- 16522
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