Astros @ Padres
August 7, 1976

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 2 10 0
Padres 3 5 1
Top 9 R H E
Astros 2 10 0
Padres 3 5 1

Bob Watson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .302
OBP .500 .375
At Bats 3 411
Hits 1 124
• Singles 1 92
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 13
Walks 1 49
RBI’s 0 62

Butch Metzger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 0 10
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San Diego Stadium - August 7, 1976
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Strikeout
Butch Metzger
Fred Kendall
Mike Ivie
Tito Fuentes
Doug Rader
Enzo Hernandez
Luis Melendez
Willie Davis
Dave Winfield
Bob Watson
Wilbur Howard

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 2 10 0 11
San Diego Padres 3 5 1 6
Winning Pitcher Rick Sawyer
Losing Pitcher Joaquin Andujar
Save Butch Metzger
Game Winning RBI Jerry Turner
Attendance 16,403
Time of Game 2 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Watson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Cedeno hits a popup towards third. Rader settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Cabell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wilbur Howard pinch runs for Greg Gross. There goes Howard. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Howard steals second.
Top 9 Luis Melendez now playing left field. Gross hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Fuentes hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ivie hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Winfield moves to third.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Jutze for a passed ball. Winfield moves to second.
Bottom 8 Winfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Skip Jutze now catching. Ken Boswell now playing second base. Jerry DaVanon now playing shortstop. Joe Sambito now pitching. Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jerry DaVanon pinch hits for Joe Niekro. Butch Metzger now pitching. DaVanon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Leon Roberts pinch hits for Roger Metzger. Roberts takes first base on ball four. Jutze moves to second.
Top 8 Skip Jutze pinch runs for Ed Herrmann. Ken Boswell pinch hits for Rob Andrews. Boswell hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cruz tags and scores.
Top 8 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cruz moves to third.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Turner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rader moves to third.
Bottom 7 Sawyer bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kendall strikes out.
Bottom 7 Joe Niekro now pitching. Rader takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sawyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Gross moves to second.
Top 7 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar. Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kendall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ivie hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Winfield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Davis. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Davis steals second.
Bottom 6 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cruz moves to third.
Top 6 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ivie scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herrmann for the out. Cruz moves to second.
Top 6 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Watson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Turner hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sawyer bunts towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sawyer for the out. Kendall moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kendall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Cedeno hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gross 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 4 Rader hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Ivie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Andujar hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Metzger hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Watson tags and scores.
Top 4 Andrews takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to third. Herrmann moves to second.
Top 4 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 4 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Davis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sawyer scores. Turner scores.
Bottom 3 Hernandez hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Turner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gross. Turner reaches second base with a double. Kendall scores. Sawyer moves to third.
Bottom 3 Sawyer bunts towards first. Watson fields the ball and throws to Andujar covering. Safe. Kendall moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kendall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rader strikes out.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gross 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 2 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ivie hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Andujar strikes out.
Top 2 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. Herrmann moves to third.
Top 2 Andrews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Herrmann moves to second.
Top 2 Herrmann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Andrews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Andujar fires to first and picks off Hernandez.
Bottom 1 Hernandez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Turner hits a fly ball into right field. Gross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hernandez fields the ball and throws to second. Fuentes drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Fuentes. Cabell moves to second.
Top 1 Gross hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.