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September 29, 1972

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Astros 5 9 1
Padres 2 8 0
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Astros 5 9 1
Padres 2 8 0

Roger Metzger Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .227
OBP .500 .293
At Bats 4 617
Hits 2 140
• Singles 2 124
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 58
RBI’s 0 37

Ed Acosta Season Stats

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3 5 0
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San Diego Stadium - September 29, 1972
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Out
Ed Acosta
Joe Goddard
Nate Colbert
Fred Stanley
Garry Jestadt
Derrel Thomas
Leron Lee
Jerry Morales
Cito Gaston
Roger Metzger
Dave Roberts
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Thomas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Roberts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Ed Acosta now pitching. Garry Jestadt now playing third base. Fred Stanley now playing second base. Derrel Thomas now playing shortstop. Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dave Roberts now pitching. Lee hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Larry Stahl pinch hits for Enzo Hernandez. Stahl strikes out.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Goddard moves to second.
Bottom 7 Curt Blefary pinch hits for Ralph Garcia. Blefary strikes out.
Bottom 7 Goddard takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stanley fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 7 Rader strikes out.
Top 7 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Metzger scores. Wynn scores. May moves to second.
Top 7 May is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Ralph Garcia now pitching. Cedeno hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Metzger moves to third. Wynn moves to second.
Top 7 Wynn takes first base on ball four. Metzger moves to second.
Top 7 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Stanley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Morales hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gaston hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Forsch strikes out.
Top 6 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. May scores. Helms moves to second.
Top 6 Helms hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out. Cedeno scores. May moves to third.
Top 6 Rader is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Watson hits a popup towards short. Hernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 6 May hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Wynn scores. Cedeno moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Steve Simpson now pitching. Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wynn moves to third.
Top 6 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Colbert strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lee hits a line drive into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Thomas fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Forsch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Gaston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a line drive into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kirby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger fields it and throws to second for the out. Stanley scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Goddard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stanley moves to third.
Bottom 4 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rader. Stanley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Morales hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Helms reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rader strikes out.
Top 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to home to get Wynn. Cedeno moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Cedeno reaches second base with a double. Wynn moves to third.
Top 4 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gaston is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Colbert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Watson. Colbert reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Lee strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Forsch hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kirby bunts towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kirby for the out. Goddard moves to second.
Bottom 2 Goddard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Stanley hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Helms strikes out.
Top 2 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Morales hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Colbert trying to get to home. Wynn throws the ball in to Howard who tags Colbert who's trying to score from second, for the out. Gaston moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gaston hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colbert moves to second.
Bottom 1 Colbert hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hernandez scores.
Bottom 1 Lee strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Hernandez. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Hernandez steals second.
Bottom 1 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Thomas is called out on strikes.
Top 1 May hits a fly ball into center field. Morales settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Goddard for a passed ball. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 1 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Wynn. The throw from Goddard and he is out, Thomas applying the tag.
Top 1 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.