Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
May 12, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1973 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 1, Houston Astros 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
Bench 1b 3 1 0 0
Tolan cf 4 0 2 0
Menke 3b 1 0 0 0
Plummer c 4 0 1 1
Chaney 2b 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Geronimo rf 2 0 0 0
  Scheinblum ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Grimsley p 2 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 1 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 5 2 2 0
Cedeno cf 3 2 2 1
Watson lf,1b 3 2 2 2
May 1b 3 0 1 1
  Agee pr,lf 1 1 1 1
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Howard c 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph,c 1 0 0 1
Helms 2b 4 0 2 1
Reuss p 3 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Cincinnati 000 100 000151
Houston 100 004 20x7100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Grimsley  L (4-2) 5.1 6 5 3 2 2
  Carroll   1.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Sprague   1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
5
4
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss  W (5-1) 7.2 4 1 1 6 3
  York  SV (5) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
7
5

  E–Concepcion (8).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 3.  2B–Houston Helms 2 (3,off Grimsley,off Carroll); Metzger (2,off Grimsley).  3B–Houston Cedeno (2,off Grimsley).  SH–York (1,off Sprague).  IBB–Cedeno (2,by Grimsley).  SB–Tolan (7,2nd base off York/Edwards); Cedeno (15,2nd base off Carroll/Plummer).  IBB–Grimsley (2,Cedeno).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:20.  A–38,874.
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