Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 23, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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."

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Houston Astros 2, Cincinnati Reds 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 2 0
Wynn lf 5 0 0 0
Watson 1b 2 1 1 1
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
Menke ss 4 0 1 0
Rader 3b 4 1 3 0
Miller rf 4 0 2 0
Howard c 4 0 1 1
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Harris p 1 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 1 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Mayberry 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 12 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose rf 4 1 2 0
Cline lf 3 0 0 0
Tolan cf 4 0 0 1
Perez 1b 4 1 2 1
Stewart 3b 4 1 2 0
Corrales c 4 1 1 0
Woodward 2b 3 0 1 1
Duffy ss 4 0 1 0
Cloninger p 3 2 2 2
  Carroll p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 5
Houston 000 100 0102121
Cincinnati 131 001 00x6110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (12-9) 1.2 5 4 3 0 0
  Harris   4.1 4 2 2 0 1
  Cook   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Gladding   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
1
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger  W (9-6) 7.1 10 2 2 3 1
  Carroll  SV (15) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
2
2
3
2

  E–Billingham (2).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Houston Cedeno (19,off Cloninger); Rader 2 (24,off Cloninger 2); Morgan (26,off Cloninger), Cincinnati Corrales (5,off Billingham); Rose (37,off Billingham); Duffy (2,off Gladding).  HR–Houston Watson (10,8th inning off Cloninger 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Perez (40,3rd inning off Harris 0 on, 0 out); Cloninger (2,6th inning off Harris 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Cedeno (2,by Carroll).  SF–Woodward (3,off Billingham).  CS–Tolan (19,3rd base by Cook/Howard).  WP–Billingham (9).  HBP–Carroll (2,Cedeno).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–(none), 3B–Andy Olsen.  T–2:25.  A–11,845.
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