Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
May 21, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1970 at Astrodome. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Houston Astros 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 1 2 0
Tolan cf 4 0 1 0
Perez 3b 5 0 0 0
Bench c 4 1 3 1
May 1b 5 1 2 1
McRae lf 2 0 0 0
  Stewart lf 1 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
McGlothlin p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Alou lf 3 0 1 0
Wynn cf 2 0 0 0
Miller rf 3 0 0 0
Menke ss 2 0 0 0
Pepitone 1b 3 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 0 0
Lemaster p 2 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 2 0
Cincinnati 000 101 100390
Houston 000 000 000021
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothlin  W (5-3) 9.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster  L (3-5) 9.0 9 3 3 7 8
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
7
8

  E–Menke (13).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Houston 2.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (9,off Lemaster).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (13,4th inning off Lemaster 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Concepcion (2,off Lemaster).  IBB–Rose (6,by Lemaster).  SB–Tolan (12,2nd base off Lemaster/Edwards).  CS–Morgan (7,2nd base by McGlothlin/Bench).  WP–Lemaster (4).  IBB–Lemaster (3,Rose).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Frank Dezelan, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–1:56.  A–9,508.
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