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April 16, 1976

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Padres 1 6 0
Astros 4 5 1
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Padres 1 6 0
Astros 4 5 1

Willie McCovey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .125
OBP .333 .222
At Bats 2 8
Hits 0 1
• Singles 0 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 0

Joe Niekro Season Stats

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0 1 0
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Astrodome - April 16, 1976
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Out
Joe Niekro
Cliff Johnson
Bob Watson
Larry Milbourne
Enos Cabell
Roger Metzger
Wilbur Howard
Cesar Cedeno
Greg Gross
Willie McCovey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 7 Cedeno hits a popup towards short. Torres settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Cabell hits a line drive into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Dupree now pitching. Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fuentes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Grubb strikes out.
Top 7 Jerry Turner pinch hits for Alan Foster. Turner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kubiak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Alan Foster now pitching. Niekro hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gross moves to third.
Bottom 6 Milbourne hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Johnson scores. Gross moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Gross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson scores. Johnson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Johnson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Grubb. Johnson reaches second base with a double. Cabell scores. Watson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Watson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Howard scores.
Bottom 6 Cabell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Winfield. Cabell reaches second base with a double. Howard moves to third.
Bottom 6 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kendall hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Winfield strikes out.
Top 6 McCovey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Niekro hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Milbourne hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Top 5 Fuentes hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Grubb hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross who is chasing the ball. Grubb reaches third base with a triple. Grubb is thrown out after the base hit.
Bottom 4 Gross hits a ball on the ground towards short. Torres fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Johnson takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cabell strikes out.
Top 4 Wehrmeister strikes out.
Top 4 Kubiak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kendall moves to second.
Top 4 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell juggles the ball. That's an error on Cabell.
Top 4 Torres hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Winfield strikes out.
Bottom 3 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 3 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 3 Metzger strikes out.
Top 3 McCovey hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Davis hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fuentes for the out.
Top 3 Grubb hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Milbourne hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wehrmeister hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kubiak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Metzger fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 2 Torres takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a line drive into left field. Grubb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehrmeister fields it and throws to first for the out. Cabell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Howard strikes out. Kendall drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Howard out.
Top 1 Winfield strikes out.
Top 1 McCovey strikes out.
Top 1 Davis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fuentes moves to second.
Top 1 Fuentes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Grubb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Milbourne scoops it up and throws to first for the out.