Houston Astros 4, San Diego Padres 1
Regular Season Game 7
Played on Friday, April 16, 1976 (N) at Astrodome
SD N 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 HOU N 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 x - 4 6 1
San Diego Padres AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Grubb lf 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 0 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 W. Davis cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 McCovey 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 Winfield rf 4 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 Torres ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 Kendall c 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Kubiak 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 Wehrmeister p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turner ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dupree p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Locklear ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 34 1 7 1 2 9 24 9 FIELDING - DP: 1. Torres-Fuentes-McCovey. BATTING - 3B: Grubb (1,off Niekro). HR: Grubb (1,3rd inning off Niekro 0 on 0 out). Team LOB: 8.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Howard lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 3 Cedeno cf 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Watson 1b 1 1 0 0 3 0 5 2 Johnson c 3 1 1 1 1 0 7 1 Jutze c 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Gross rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 Milbourne 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 Metzger ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 4 6 4 5 5 27 9 FIELDING - E: Cabell (3). BATTING - 2B: Cabell (1,off Wehrmeister); Johnson (2,off Wehrmeister); Gross (2,off Dupree). GDP: Johnson (1,off Dupree). IBB: Watson (1,by Wehrmeister). Team LOB: 6.
PITCHING
San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Wehrmeister L(0-1) 5.1 3 4 4 4 5 0 23 Tomlin 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 Foster 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Dupree 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 Totals 8 6 4 4 5 5 0 34 IBB: Wehrmeister (1,Watson). Inherited Runners - Scored: Tomlin 2-2; Foster 2-0. .
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Niekro W(1-1) 8 7 1 1 2 7 1 33 Forsch SV(3) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 9 1 36 Umpires: HP - Bob Engel, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Jerry Dale, 3B - Ed Sudol Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 13496 Starting Lineups: San Diego Padres Houston Astros 1. Grubb lf Howard lf 2. Fuentes 2b Cabell 3b 3. W. Davis cf Cedeno cf 4. McCovey 1b Watson 1b 5. Winfield rf Johnson c 6. Torres ss Gross rf 7. Kendall c Milbourne 2b 8. Kubiak 3b Metzger ss 9. Wehrmeister p Niekro p PADRES 1ST: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Debut game for Dave Wehrmeister; Fuentes singled to right; W. Davis singled to right [Fuentes to second]; McCovey struck out; Winfield struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Howard struck out [Howard out at first (catcher to first)]; Cabell singled to center; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cabell to second]; Watson lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. PADRES 2ND: Torres walked; Kendall forced Torres (shortstop unassisted); Kubiak forced Kendall (first to shortstop); Wehrmeister made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: Johnson popped to catcher in foul territory; Gross flied out to right; Milbourne flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 0, Astros 0. PADRES 3RD: Grubb homered; Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); W. Davis made an out to shortstop; McCovey flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger struck out; Niekro struck out; Howard struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. PADRES 4TH: Winfield struck out; Torres grounded out (third to first); Kendall reached on an error by Cabell; Kubiak singled to left [Kendall to second]; Wehrmeister struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 4TH: Cabell struck out; Cedeno flied out to center; Watson walked; Johnson walked [Watson to second]; Gross forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. PADRES 5TH: Grubb tripled to right [Grubb out at home (catcher to pitcher)]; Fuentes made an out to shortstop; W. Davis grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 5TH: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Metzger grounded out (second to first); Niekro flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. PADRES 6TH: McCovey walked; Winfield struck out; Torres forced McCovey (second to shortstop); Kendall flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 0. ASTROS 6TH: Howard walked; Cabell doubled to right [Howard to third]; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first) [Howard scored]; Watson was walked intentionally; Johnson doubled to left [Cabell scored, Watson to third]; TOMLIN REPLACED WEHRMEISTER (PITCHING); Gross singled to left [Johnson to third, Watson scored]; Milbourne singled to left [Johnson scored, Gross to second]; Metzger flied out to center [Gross to third]; FOSTER REPLACED TOMLIN (PITCHING); Niekro flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 4. PADRES 7TH: Kubiak singled to right; TURNER BATTED FOR FOSTER; Turner made an out to second; Grubb struck out; Fuentes made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 7TH: DUPREE REPLACED TURNER (PITCHING); Howard flied out to left; Cabell lined to left; Cedeno made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 4. PADRES 8TH: W. Davis struck out; McCovey grounded out (third to first); Winfield singled to left; Torres forced Winfield (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 4. ASTROS 8TH: Watson walked; Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Watson out at second]; Gross doubled to left; Milbourne grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 4. PADRES 9TH: JUTZE REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING C ); FORSCH REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Kendall grounded out (third to first); Kubiak was called out on strikes; LOCKLEAR BATTED FOR DUPREE; Locklear struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Padres 1, Astros 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Padres 1 7 0 8 Astros 4 6 1 6
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