Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
July 4, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1970 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 0, Cincinnati Reds 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Wynn cf 3 0 0 0
Pepitone lf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
  Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 3 0 1 0
Torres ss 2 0 0 0
Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  Martinez ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 3 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 2 1 1 0
Tolan cf 4 0 1 0
Perez 3b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 0 1 1
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Carbo lf 4 1 2 0
  Stewart lf 0 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 1 0 0
Woodward ss 3 0 2 0
McGlothlin p 3 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 1
Houston 000 000 000032
Cincinnati 001 200 00x372
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (6-2) 7.0 7 3 1 3 2
  Culver   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
1
3
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
McGlothlin  W (11-4) 8.2 3 0 0 2 3
  Granger  SV (17) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
3

  E–Torres 2 (4), Perez (19), Carbo (1).  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (22,off Billingham); Carbo (9,off Billingham).  SH–Billingham (3,off McGlothlin).  HBP–Wynn (1,by McGlothlin).  CS–Woodward (1,2nd base by Billingham/Edwards).  WP–Billingham (4).  HBP–McGlothlin (1,Wynn).  U-HP–Andy Olsen, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:10.  A–23,466.
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