Welcome to our redesigned site
The redesign was done to make the web experience more user friendly, as well as to make the mobile and desktop versions more compatible. We hope you find the site an improved experience. We always welcome your input, so let us know what you think. Play ball!
Lineups and Summary (back to top)
Astros
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
April 10, 1974
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the Houston Astros, played on April 10, 1974 at San Diego Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 10, 1974 |
---|---|
Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
|
Home Team |
San Diego Padres
|
Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 10, 1974 |
---|---|
Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | San Diego Padres |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dave Roberts |
Home Starting Pitcher | Bill Greif |
Ballpark | San Diego Stadium |
City | San Diego |
State | CA |
Attendance | 7,882 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 36 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Doug Harvey 1B: Harry Wendelstedt 2B: Nick Colosi 3B: Art Williams |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Greg Gross | Right Fielder |
Roger Metzger | Shortstop |
Cesar Cedeno | Center Fielder |
Bob Watson | Left Fielder |
Milt May | Catcher |
Lee May | First Baseman |
Doug Rader | Third Baseman |
Tommy Helms | Second Baseman |
Dave Roberts | Pitcher |
Preston Gomez | Manager |
San Diego Padres Lineup
Name | Position |
---|---|
Derrel Thomas | Third Baseman |
Glenn Beckert | Second Baseman |
Nate Colbert | Left Fielder |
Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
Cito Gaston | Right Fielder |
Fred Kendall | Catcher |
Bernie Williams | Center Fielder |
Enzo Hernandez | Shortstop |
Bill Greif | Pitcher |
John McNamara | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Padres
San Diego Stadium
April 10, 1974
Top 1
-
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Greif
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Greif
Metzger hits a fly ball into left field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Greif
Cedeno is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Greif
There goes Cedeno. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Cedeno steals second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Watson vs. Greif
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Roberts
Thomas hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beckert vs. Roberts
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colbert vs. Roberts
Colbert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCovey vs. Roberts
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gaston vs. Roberts
Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Greif
May hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Greif
May strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Greif
Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Roberts
Kendall 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 -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Roberts
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Roberts
Hernandez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. Hernandez reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Greif vs. Roberts
Greif hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Helms vs. Greif
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Greif
Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Greif
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Roberts
Thomas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. Thomas reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Beckert vs. Roberts
Beckert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thomas scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Roberts
Colbert hits a popup towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Roberts
McCovey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. McCovey reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gaston vs. Roberts
Gaston hits a line drive into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Greif
Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Greif
Cedeno hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Watson vs. Greif
Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Greif
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Watson moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Greif
May hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Watson moves to third. May moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rader vs. Greif
Rader hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson scores. May moves to third. There goes May trying to get to second. Colbert throws the ball in to Thomas who relays the ball to Beckert who tags May for the out. Rader moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Helms vs. Greif
Helms is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Roberts vs. Greif
Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Roberts
Kendall strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Roberts
Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hernandez vs. Roberts
Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Greif vs. Roberts
Greif 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 5
-
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Greif
Gross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Metzger vs. Greif
Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cedeno vs. Greif
Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Gross trying to get to home. Gaston throws the ball in to Kendall who tags Gross who's trying to score from second, for the out. Metzger moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Watson vs. Greif
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Beckert misplays the ball. That's an error on Beckert. Metzger scores. Cedeno moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
May vs. Troedson
Rich Troedson now pitching.
May hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. Watson moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
May vs. Troedson
May hits a fly ball into left field. Colbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Troedson
Rader takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to third. May moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Helms vs. Troedson
Helms hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Colbert. Helms reaches second base with a double. Watson scores. Rader moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Roberts vs. Troedson
Roberts hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gaston. Roberts reaches second base with a double. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Troedson
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Roberts
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Roberts
Beckert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colbert vs. Roberts
Colbert hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Roberts
McCovey hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Troedson
Johnny Grubb now playing center field.
Metzger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cedeno vs. Troedson
Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Troedson
Watson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Troedson
May hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Metzger moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 8 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
May vs. Garcia
Ralph Garcia now pitching.
May hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Metzger scores. May moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rader vs. Garcia
Bob Gallagher pinch runs for Lee May.
Rader takes first base on ball four. May moves to third. Gallagher moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Helms vs. Garcia
Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gaston vs. Roberts
Greg Gross now playing left field. Bob Watson now playing first base. Bob Gallagher now playing right field. Larry Milbourne now playing second ba
Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Roberts
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Roberts
Grubb strikes out. View Play
Top 7
-
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Garcia
Roberts strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Garcia
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Metzger vs. Garcia
Metzger strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hernandez vs. Roberts
Hernandez hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Roberts
Dave Roberts pinch hits for Ralph Garcia.
Roberts hits a fly ball into right field. Gallagher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Roberts
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cedeno vs. Corkins
Mike Corkins now pitching.
Cedeno hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Watson vs. Corkins
Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Corkins
May takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gallagher vs. Corkins
Gallagher strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beckert vs. Roberts
Denis Menke now playing first base.
Beckert hits a fly ball into left field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colbert vs. Roberts
Colbert hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Roberts
McCovey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rader vs. Corkins
Rader strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Milbourne vs. Corkins
Milbourne is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Corkins
Roberts hits a popup, foul, towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gaston vs. Roberts
Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Roberts
Kendall hits a popup towards first. Menke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Roberts
Grubb hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 9 - Padres, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hilton vs. Roberts
Dave Hilton pinch hits for Enzo Hernandez.
Hilton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play (back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/10/1974 -- Houston at San Diego (N) Houston AB R H RBI San Diego AB R H RBI Gross G, rf-lf 5 0 1 0 Thomas D, 3b 4 1 2 0 Metzger R, ss 4 2 1 0 Beckert G, 2b 4 0 1 1 Cedeno C, cf 4 2 3 1 Colbert N, lf 4 0 0 0 Watson B, lf-1b 5 2 1 1 McCovey W, 1b 3 0 1 0 Menke D, 1b 0 0 0 0 Gaston C, rf 4 0 0 0 May M, c 4 1 3 1 Kendall F, c 4 0 0 0 May L, 1b 4 0 2 1 Williams B, cf 2 0 1 0 Gallagher B, pr-rf 1 0 0 0 Grubb J, cf 2 0 1 0 Rader D, 3b 3 1 1 1 Hernandez E, ss 3 0 1 0 Helms T, 2b 3 1 1 2 Hilton D, ph 1 0 0 0 Milbourne L, 2b 1 0 0 0 Greif B, p 2 0 0 0 Roberts D, p 5 0 1 2 Troedson R, p 0 0 0 0 Garcia R, p 0 0 0 0 Roberts D, ph 1 0 0 0 Corkins M, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 39 9 14 9 34 1 7 1 Houston 000 261 000 -- 9 San Diego 001 000 000 -- 1 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Roberts D (W) 9.0 7 1 1 1 3 San Diego IP H R ER BB SO Greif B (L) 4.1 8 5 3 1 1 Troedson R 1.1 4 4 4 2 1 Garcia R 1.1 1 0 0 1 2 Corkins M 2.0 1 0 0 1 3 E -- Beckert G DP -- San Diego 1 LOB -- Houston 9, San Diego 7 2B -- McCovey W, Helms T, Roberts D 3B -- Hernandez E, Thomas D HR -- Cedeno C SB -- Cedeno C HBP -- by Greif B (Cedeno C) T -- 2:36 A -- 7882
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score