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Astros
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
August 4, 1975
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Houston Astros, played on August 4, 1975 at San Diego Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 4, 1975 |
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Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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Home Team |
San Diego Padres
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 4, 1975 |
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Day of Week | Mon |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | San Diego Padres |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Joe Niekro |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Freisleben |
Ballpark | San Diego Stadium |
City | San Diego |
State | CA |
Attendance | 15,000 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Doug Harvey 1B: Bob Engel 2B: Harry Wendelstedt 3B: Dutch Rennert |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Wilbur Howard | Center Fielder |
Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
Jose Cruz | Left Fielder |
Bob Watson | First Baseman |
Milt May | Catcher |
Ken Boswell | Third Baseman |
Jerry DaVanon | Shortstop |
Rob Andrews | Second Baseman |
Joe Niekro | Pitcher |
Preston Gomez | Manager |
San Diego Padres Lineup
Name | Position |
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Johnny Grubb | Center Fielder |
Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
Mike Ivie | Third Baseman |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Dave Winfield | Right Fielder |
Bobby Tolan | Left Fielder |
Hector Torres | Shortstop |
Randy Hundley | Catcher |
Dave Freisleben | Pitcher |
John McNamara | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
August 4, 1975
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Freisleben
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Freisleben
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. Tolan settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Freisleben
Cruz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Freisleben
Watson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Freisleben
May hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Tolan. May reaches second base with a double. Cruz scores. Watson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boswell vs. Freisleben
Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Niekro
Grubb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Niekro
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Grubb moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ivie vs. Niekro
Ivie hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Grubb moves to third. Fuentes moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McCovey vs. Niekro
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards second. Andrews fields the ball and throws to second. DaVanon drops the ball. That's an out and an error on DaVanon. Grubb scores. Fuentes scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Winfield vs. Niekro
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boswell fields it and throws to first for the out. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Tolan vs. Niekro
Tolan hits a line drive into center field. Howard picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Howard. McCovey scores. Tolan moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Torres vs. Niekro
The ball gets by May for a passed ball. Tolan moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Torres vs. Niekro
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DaVanon vs. Freisleben
DaVanon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Freisleben
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Niekro vs. Freisleben
Niekro hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Niekro
Hundley hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freisleben vs. Niekro
Freisleben strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Niekro
Grubb hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Grubb reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Niekro
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fuentes for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Freisleben
Howard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Freisleben
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Freisleben
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Niekro
Ivie hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Andrews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Niekro
McCovey strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Niekro
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boswell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Freisleben
Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Freisleben
May hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boswell vs. Freisleben
Boswell hits a line drive into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Niekro
Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Niekro
Torres hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hundley vs. Niekro
There's a wild pitch. Torres moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hundley vs. Niekro
Hundley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freisleben vs. Niekro
Freisleben bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Torres moves to third. Hundley moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grubb vs. Niekro
Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DaVanon vs. Freisleben
DaVanon bunts towards the mound. Freisleben fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Andrews vs. Freisleben
Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. DaVanon moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Niekro vs. Freisleben
Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Howard vs. Freisleben
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Niekro
Fuentes bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Niekro
Ivie hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Niekro
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Winfield vs. Niekro
Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. DaVanon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Freisleben
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Freisleben
Cruz hits a line drive towards third. Ivie reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Freisleben
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tolan vs. Niekro
Tolan hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torres vs. Niekro
Torres hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hundley vs. Niekro
Hundley takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freisleben vs. Niekro
Freisleben strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Freisleben
May hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boswell vs. Freisleben
Boswell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DaVanon vs. Freisleben
DaVanon hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. May moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Freisleben
Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Rob Andrews.
Johnson hits a line drive towards third. Ivie reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Helms vs. Freisleben
Tommy Helms pinch hits for Joe Niekro.
Helms hits a ball on the ground into left field. Tolan picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Tolan. May scores. DaVanon moves to third. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Howard vs. Tomlin
Dave Tomlin now pitching.
Howard is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gross vs. Tomlin
Gross hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. DaVanon scores. Helms scores. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Tomlin
Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Torres fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Cosgrove
Mike Cosgrove now pitching. Tommy Helms now playing second base. Cliff Johnson now playing first base. Bob Watson now playing left field.
Grubb hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Cosgrove
Fuentes strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ivie vs. Cosgrove
Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Tomlin
Watson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tolan. Watson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Tomlin
May bunts towards the mound. Tomlin fields it and throws to first for the out. Watson moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boswell vs. Tomlin
Boswell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DaVanon vs. Greif
Bill Greif now pitching.
DaVanon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ivie fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Cosgrove
McCovey hits a line drive towards short. DaVanon reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Winfield vs. Cosgrove
Winfield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tolan vs. Cosgrove
Tolan strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torres vs. Cosgrove
Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Greif
Johnson hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Greif
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres misplays the ball. That's an error on Torres. Helms moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howard vs. Greif
Howard strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Greif
Gross is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cosgrove vs. Greif
Cosgrove hits a fly ball into center field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Cosgrove
Fred Kendall pinch hits for Randy Hundley.
Kendall is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sharon vs. Cosgrove
Dick Sharon pinch hits for Bill Greif.
Sharon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Sharon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grubb vs. Cosgrove
Grubb hits a popup towards third. Boswell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Padres, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Cosgrove
Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards short. DaVanon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/4/1975 -- Houston at San Diego (N) Houston AB R H RBI San Diego AB R H RBI Howard W, cf 4 0 1 0 Grubb J, cf 5 1 2 0 Gross G, rf 4 0 1 2 Fuentes T, 2b 5 1 1 0 Cruz J, lf 4 1 1 0 Ivie M, 3b 4 0 1 0 Cosgrove M, p 1 0 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 3 1 0 1 Watson B, 1b-lf 4 1 2 0 Winfield D, rf 3 0 0 0 May M, c 3 1 2 2 Tolan B, lf 4 0 1 1 Boswell K, 3b 4 0 0 0 Torres H, ss 4 0 1 0 DaVanon J, ss 4 1 3 0 Hundley R, c 1 0 0 0 Andrews R, 2b 2 0 0 0 Kendall F, ph 1 0 0 0 Johnson C, ph-1b 2 0 0 0 Freisleben D, p 2 0 0 0 Niekro J, p 2 0 0 0 Tomlin D, p 0 0 0 0 Helms T, ph-2b 2 1 1 1 Greif B, p 0 0 0 0 Sharon D, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 5 11 5 33 3 7 2 Houston 200 000 300 -- 5 San Diego 300 000 000 -- 3 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Niekro J (W) 6.0 6 3 3 3 4 Cosgrove M (S) 3.0 1 0 0 1 3 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Freisleben D (L) 6.2 9 5 5 0 0 Tomlin D 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 Greif B 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 E -- DaVanon J, Howard W, Tolan B, Torres H DP -- San Diego 2 LOB -- Houston 7, San Diego 8 2B -- May M, Grubb J, Watson B, Sharon D SH -- Freisleben D, May M WP -- Niekro J PB -- May M T -- 2:16 A -- 15000
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