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Bottom 10	R	H	E
Astros	3	11	3
Padres	3	8	0

Bottom 10	R	H	E
Astros	3	11	3
Padres	3	8	0

Tucker Ashford Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.230
OBP	.500	.288
At Bats	3	209
Hits	1	48
• Singles	1	30
• Doubles	0	15
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	1	17
RBI’s	2	23

Joe Niekro Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
12	6	5

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San Diego Stadium - September 16, 1977

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Joe Niekro

Ed Herrmann

Enos Cabell

Art Howe

Rob Sperring

Mike Fischlin

Terry Puhl

Cesar Cedeno

Jose Cruz

Tucker Ashford

Mike Champion

Gene Tenace

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Ashford bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Tenace moves to third. Champion moves to second.

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Bottom 10 Champion bunts towards first. Cabell juggles the ball. That's an error on Cabell. Tenace moves to second.

Bottom 10 Tenace takes first base on ball four.

Top 10 Fischlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 10 There goes Cruz. The throw from Tenace and he is out, Almon applying the tag.

Top 10 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tomlin fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 10 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tomlin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 9 Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Sperring fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.

Bottom 9 Hendrick is walked intentionally.

Bottom 9 Turner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Turner reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 9 Almon strikes out.

Bottom 9 Richards strikes out.

Top 9 Tomlin fires to first and has Cabell trapped. There's the throw to Almon who tags Cabell for the out.

Top 9 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 9 Puhl strikes out.

Top 9 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Sperring hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Merv Rettenmund pinch hits for Bob Shirley. Rettenmund hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Herrmann settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Ashford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fischlin fields it and throws to third for the out. Champion moves to second.

Bottom 8 Championhits a dribbler in front of the plate. Herrmann interferes with Champion who is awarded first base. Tenace moves to second.

Bottom 8 Tenace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Mike Fischlin now playing shortstop. Enos Cabell now playing first base. Joe Niekro now pitching. Rob Sperring now playing third base. Winfield hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Jim Fuller pinch hits for Mark Lemongello. Fuller strikes out.

Top 8 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Mike Fischlin pinch runs for Bob Watson. Herrmann strikes out.

Top 8 Watson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Hendrick hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Turner is called out on strikes.

Bottom 7 Almon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Turner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Cedeno hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cabell tags and scores.

Top 7 There goes Cabell. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Cabell steals third.

Top 7 There goes Cabell. The throw from Tenace and he is safe. Cabell steals second.

Top 7 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 7 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Richards hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Shirley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Ashford moves to second.

Bottom 6 Ashford takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Champion hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Rob Sperring now playing shortstop. Mark Lemongello now pitching. Tenace hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Rob Sperring pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar. Sperring hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ashford fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Danny Walton pinch hits for Roger Metzger. Walton hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Howe moves to second.

Top 6 Howe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Watson moves to third.

Top 6 Herrmann hits a ball on the ground towards first. Richards scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herrmann for the out. Watson moves to second.

Top 6 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Winfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.

Bottom 5 Hendrick takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Almon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Puhl. Almon reaches second base with a double. Shirley goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.

Bottom 5 Richards hits a popup towards short. Metzger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Shirley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger.

Top 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Almon scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Richards settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Cabell hits a line drive towards short. Almon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Ashford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 4 Champion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tenace moves to third.

Bottom 4 Tenace hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Winfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Puhl throws the ball in to Metzger who tags Winfield trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Top 4 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Champion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Andujar strikes out.

Top 4 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Howe moves to second.

Top 4 Howe takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Herrmann is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Hendrick hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 There goes Turner. The throw from Herrmann and he is safe. Turner steals second.

Bottom 3 Turner takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Almon hits a line drive into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Richards hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Herrmann fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Watson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Champion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Shirley strikes out.

Bottom 2 Ashford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hendrick scores. Tenace scores.

Bottom 2 Champion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out. Hendrick moves to third. Tenace moves to second.

Bottom 2 Tenace is hit by the pitch. Hendrick moves to second.

Bottom 2 Winfield strikes out.

Bottom 2 Hendrick takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ashford fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Puhl is called out on strikes.

Top 2 Bob Shirley now pitching. Andujar bunts towards the mound. Shirley fields it and throws to first for the out. Howe moves to third. Metzger moves to second.

Top 2 Metzger takes first base on ball four. Howe moves to second.

Top 2 Howe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Turner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Almon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Almon for the out.

Bottom 1 Richards hits a fly ball into left field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Herrmann hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Watson trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.

Top 1 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 There goes Cruz. The throw from Tenace and he is out, Almon applying the tag.

Top 1 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl scores. Cabell scores.

Top 1 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Winfield settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cabell moves to second.

Top 1 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl moves to third.

Top 1 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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Ashford bunts towards the mound. Niekro fields it and throws to first for the out. Tenace moves to third. Champion moves to second.

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