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August 6, 1970

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Astros 7 10 1
Padres 6 7 0
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Astros 7 10 1
Padres 6 7 0

Denis Menke Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .306
OBP .500 .377
At Bats 4 392
Hits 2 120
• Singles 0 92
• Doubles 2 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 46
RBI’s 2 63

Ron Willis Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 4
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San Diego Stadium - August 6, 1970
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Strikeout
Ron Willis
Ron Slocum
Nate Colbert
Dave Campbell
Ed Spiezio
Jose Arcia
Al Ferrara
Cito Gaston
Ollie Brown
Denis Menke
Doug Rader
Jesus Alou
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Menke strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Campbell fields it and throws to second for the out. Alou moves to third.
Top 8 Miller is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbert scoops it up and throws to first, with Willis covering, for the out. Alou moves to second.
Top 8 Ron Willis now pitching. Ron Slocum now catching. Alou takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Arcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Webster takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Ron Slocum pinch runs for Chris Cannizzaro. Ramon Webster pinch hits for Ron Herbel. There's a wild pitch. Spiezio moves to third. Slocum moves to second.
Bottom 7 George Culver now pitching. Cannizzaro hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colbert scores. Spiezio moves to second.
Bottom 7 Spiezio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colbert moves to third.
Bottom 7 Colbert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Brown strikes out.
Bottom 7 Ferrara hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ray strikes out.
Top 7 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Arcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gaston strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jim Ray now pitching. Campbell hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Arcia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Herbel moves to second.
Bottom 6 Herbel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Menke hits a line drive towards short. Arcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rader hits a line drive towards short. Arcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbert scoops it up and throws to first, with Herbel covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Spiezio hits a line drive towards the mound. Billingham reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Colbert hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out. Ferrara moves to third.
Bottom 5 Ferrara hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke misplays the ball. That's an error on Menke. Ferrara moves to second.
Bottom 5 Norm Miller now playing right field. Jesus Alou now playing left field. Gaston strikes out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ron Herbel now pitching. Alou hits a fly ball into center field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Billingham takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 The umpire calls a balk on Coombs Cedeno scores.
Top 5 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ferrara. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Watson goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Menke scores.
Top 5 There goes Menke. The throw from Cannizzaro and he is safe. Menke steals third.
Top 5 Menke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ferrara. Menke reaches second base with a double. Wynn scores. Rader scores.
Top 5 Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ferrara. Rader reaches second base with a double. Wynn moves to third.
Top 5 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Campbell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Arcia takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Coombs bunts towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out. Colbert scores. Spiezio moves to third. Cannizzaro moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cannizzaro takes first base on ball four. Colbert moves to third. Spiezio moves to second.
Bottom 4 Spiezio takes first base on ball four. Colbert moves to second.
Bottom 4 Colbert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Arcia fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 Alou is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Billingham bunts towards first. Colbert scoops it up and throws to first, with Campbell covering, for the out. Edwards moves to second.
Top 4 Edwards takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Campbell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ferrara hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Campbell bunts in front of the plate. Edwards fields it and throws to first for the out. Arcia moves to second.
Bottom 3 Arcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Watson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Colbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Menke hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ferrara. Menke reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Rader hits a popup towards first. Colbert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wynn hits a fly ball into left field. Ferrara settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Coombs hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Edwards fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Cannizzaro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Colbert scores. Spiezio moves to second.
Bottom 2 Spiezio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Colbert hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Alou who is chasing the ball. Colbert reaches third base with a triple. Brown goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Menke fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Ferrara takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ferrara. Alou reaches second base with a double. Edwards scores.
Top 2 Billingham is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Edwards hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson scores. Edwards moves to second.
Top 2 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiezio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Watson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Watson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Billingham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Campbell hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Arcia hits a fly ball into left field. Wynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Menke is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards first. Colbert scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rader for the out. Alou moves to third. Morgan moves to second.
Top 1 Wynn hits a line drive towards third. Spiezio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Alou hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ferrara. Alou reaches second base with a double.