Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
May 13, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 1973 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 2, Houston Astros 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 3 0
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Tolan cf 4 1 2 1
Hague 1b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
  Stahl ph 1 0 0 0
  Chaney ss 0 0 0 0
Menke 3b 3 0 1 0
Geronimo rf 4 0 0 0
Billingham p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 5 0 0 0
Metzger ss 2 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson lf,1b 3 0 0 0
May 1b 2 0 1 0
  Alou pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 1 0
Edwards c 3 0 1 0
  Gallagher pr 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Agee ph 1 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Howard c 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Cincinnati 000 100 010271
Houston 000 000 000041
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (6-1) 9.0 4 0 0 5 4
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
5
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (3-3) 7.0 6 1 1 2 5
  Crawford   0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Upshaw   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
6

  E–Menke (7), Howard (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  HR–Cincinnati Tolan (3,4th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Billingham (4,off Forsch).  HBP–Metzger (1,by Billingham); Rader (2,by Billingham).  SB–Morgan 2 (15,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards,2nd base off Crawford/Howard); Tolan (8,3rd base off Upshaw/Howard); Hague (1,2nd base off Upshaw/Howard); Cedeno (16,2nd base off Billingham/Bench).  WP–Billingham (2), Crawford (2).  HBP–Billingham 2 (3,Metzger,Rader).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:13.  A–27,905.
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