Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 24, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1972 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 10, Houston Astros 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 3 3
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Hague 1b 6 1 4 1
Bench c 3 0 0 0
  Ruberto c 0 0 0 0
  Plummer pr,c 1 2 0 0
McRae 3b 5 2 3 2
  Menke 3b 0 0 0 0
Uhlaender cf 2 2 1 1
Foster rf 5 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 2 2 2
Billingham p 2 0 0 0
  Morgan ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Totals 41 10 15 10
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 1 1
Wynn rf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 0
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 2 1 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 2 0
  Johnson pr 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 2 1 1 1
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Chiles ph 1 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Cincinnati 010 012 42010152
Houston 001 000 100260
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (11-12) 5.0 1 1 0 1 2
  Borbon   3.0 3 1 1 0 2
  Carroll  SV (33) 1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (5-7) 5.0 6 2 2 2 5
  Ray   0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Culver   1.0 2 4 4 1 2
  Cosgrove   1.1 4 2 2 0 0
  York   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
15
10
10
6
8

  E–Concepcion 2 (19).  DP–Cincinnati 3, Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Hague (12,off Forsch); Uhlaender (3,off Forsch); McRae (4,off Forsch).  HR–Cincinnati McRae (5,8th inning off Cosgrove 1 on, 1 out).  HBP–Ruberto (1,by Culver); Watson (8,by Borbon).  SF–Rader (9,off Borbon).  HBP–Borbon (3,Watson); Culver (5,Ruberto).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:31.  A–12,709.
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