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Astros
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
April 9, 1969
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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 April 9, 1969 at San Diego Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 9, 1969 |
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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 | April 9, 1969 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | San Diego Padres |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Larry Dierker |
Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Podres |
Ballpark | San Diego Stadium |
City | San Diego |
State | CA |
Attendance | 4,218 |
Time of Game | 1 hour 57 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Chris Pelekoudas 1B: Doug Harvey 2B: Frank Dezelan 3B: Shag Crawford |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jesus Alou | Right Fielder |
Joe Morgan | Second Baseman |
Jim Wynn | Center Fielder |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
Denis Menke | Shortstop |
Curt Blefary | First Baseman |
Johnny Edwards | Catcher |
Larry Dierker | Pitcher |
Harry Walker | Manager |
San Diego Padres Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rafael Robles | Shortstop |
Roberto Pena | Second Baseman |
Tony Gonzalez | Center Fielder |
Ollie Brown | Right Fielder |
Bill Davis | First Baseman |
Larry Stahl | Left Fielder |
Ed Spiezio | Third Baseman |
Chris Cannizzaro | Catcher |
Johnny Podres | Pitcher |
Preston Gomez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
April 9, 1969
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Podres
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Podres
Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Podres
Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robles vs. Dierker
Robles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robles for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Dierker
Pena takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Dierker
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pena moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Dierker
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. Pena scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Dierker
Davis is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Podres
Rader takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Podres
Watson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Menke vs. Podres
Menke hits a fly ball into left field. Stahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blefary vs. Podres
Blefary hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rader moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Edwards vs. Podres
Edwards takes first base on ball four. Blefary moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dierker vs. Podres
Dierker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Robles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stahl vs. Dierker
Stahl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Dierker
Spiezio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cannizzaro vs. Dierker
Cannizzaro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spiezio moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Podres vs. Dierker
Podres hits a fly ball into center field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Spiezio tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robles vs. Dierker
Robles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Podres
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Podres
Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wynn vs. Podres
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rader vs. Podres
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Dierker
Pena hits a popup towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Dierker
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Dierker
Brown hits a popup towards short. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Podres
Watson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Davis settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Podres
Menke takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blefary vs. Podres
Blefary hits a popup towards third. Spiezio settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Edwards vs. Podres
Edwards hits a popup towards short. Robles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Dierker
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops it up and throws to first, with Dierker covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stahl vs. Dierker
Stahl hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spiezio vs. Dierker
There goes Stahl. The throw from Edwards and he is out, Morgan applying the tag. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Dierker
Spiezio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dierker vs. Podres
Dierker hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Podres
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Podres
Morgan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Pena settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cannizzaro vs. Dierker
Cannizzaro hits a fly ball into right field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Podres vs. Dierker
Podres hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robles vs. Dierker
Robles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Podres moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pena vs. Dierker
Pena 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
Top 6
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Podres
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Podres
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. Davis scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rader for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Podres
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Dierker
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blefary scoops it up and throws to first, with Dierker covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Dierker
Brown hits a line drive towards first. Blefary reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. Dierker
Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stahl vs. Dierker
Nate Colbert pinch runs for Bill Davis.
Stahl 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
Top 7
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Podres
Nate Colbert now playing first base.
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards short. Robles misplays the ball. That's an error on Robles. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blefary vs. Podres
Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. Menke moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Edwards vs. Podres
Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Menke moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McFadden vs. Podres
Leon McFadden pinch hits for Larry Dierker.
McFadden is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiezio vs. Gladding
Fred Gladding now pitching.
Spiezio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cannizzaro vs. Gladding
Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ferrara vs. Gladding
Al Ferrara pinch hits for Johnny Podres.
Ferrara hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blefary settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Sisk
Tommie Sisk now pitching.
Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stahl. Alou reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Morgan vs. Sisk
Morgan hits a popup towards short. Robles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynn vs. Sisk
Wynn hits a popup towards short. Robles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Rader vs. Sisk
Rader hits a fly ball into center field. Gonzalez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robles vs. Gladding
Robles 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 -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pena vs. Gladding
Pena hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Gladding
Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Gladding
Brown hits a line drive into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Sisk
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Robles scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Menke vs. Sisk
Menke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blefary vs. Sisk
Blefary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Pena scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/9/1969 -- Houston at San Diego (N) Houston AB R H RBI San Diego AB R H RBI Alou J, rf 4 0 1 0 Robles R, ss 4 0 0 0 Morgan J, 2b 4 0 1 0 Pena R, 2b 3 1 0 0 Wynn J, cf 4 0 0 0 Gonzalez T, cf 4 0 2 0 Rader D, 3b 3 0 0 0 Brown O, rf 4 0 0 1 Watson B, lf 4 0 0 0 Davis B, 1b 3 0 1 0 Menke D, ss 3 0 0 0 Colbert N, pr-1b 0 0 0 0 Blefary C, 1b 4 0 1 0 Stahl L, lf 3 0 1 0 Edwards J, c 2 0 0 0 Spiezio E, 3b 2 1 0 0 Dierker L, p 2 0 0 0 Cannizzaro C, c 3 0 1 0 McFadden L, ph 1 0 0 0 Podres J, p 1 0 1 1 Gladding F, p 0 0 0 0 Ferrara A, ph 1 0 0 0 Sisk T, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 31 0 3 0 28 2 6 2 Houston 000 000 000 -- 0 San Diego 110 000 00x -- 2 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Dierker L (L) 6.0 5 2 2 2 1 Gladding F 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Podres J (W) 7.0 2 0 0 3 1 Sisk T (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 E -- Robles R LOB -- Houston 7, San Diego 5 2B -- Alou J CS -- Stahl L SF -- Podres J T -- 1:57 A -- 4218
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