Houston Astros 12 – 2 San Diego Padres
21 June 1973 · SAN01
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Lee May | 1 in 321 games |
| 36 | final score 12–2 | 1 in 374 games | |
| 12 | 4 RBI | Tommy Helms | 1 in 128 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| San Diego Padres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Wynn | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Roger Metzger | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cesar Cedeno | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR, 2B |
| Bob Watson | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lee May | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Doug Rader | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Tommy Helms | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Skip Jutze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ken Forsch | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Totals | 40 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Forsch | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
San Diego Padres batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derrel Thomas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Johnny Grubb | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Kendall | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nate Colbert | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cito Gaston | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Roberts | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Winfield | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | HR |
| Rich Morales | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gene Locklear | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Greif | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivan Murrell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leron Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
San Diego Padres pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Greif | 3.0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Corkins | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Miller | 3.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Gary Ross | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |