Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
May 22, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1973 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Wynn rf 4 1 1 0
Watson lf 3 2 1 1
Rader 3b 4 0 1 0
May 1b 3 0 1 1
Edwards c 4 0 1 1
  Jutze pr 0 0 0 0
Torres 2b 3 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
Roberts p 2 0 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 1 1 1
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 3 1
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 0
Tolan cf 4 1 2 0
Bench c 3 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 2 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 3
Scheinblum rf 3 0 2 1
  Geronimo pr,rf 2 0 0 0
Menke 3b 3 1 2 1
Carroll p 1 0 0 0
  Locklear ph 1 0 0 0
  Sprague p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 15 6
Houston 010 000 012480
Cincinnati 012 110 01x6151
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (4-2) 4.0 10 5 5 1 3
  Forsch   3.0 3 0 0 2 3
  Gladding   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
6
6
4
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Carroll  W (1-3) 5.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Sprague   3.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Borbon  SV (6) 1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
1
4

  E–Scheinblum (1).  2B–Houston Metzger (4,off Carroll); Wynn (6,off Sprague); Rader (7,off Borbon), Cincinnati Concepcion (5,off Roberts); Perez (9,off Roberts); Tolan 2 (7,off Forsch,off Gladding).  HR–Houston Gallagher (1,8th inning off Sprague 0 on, 1 out).  SF–May (3,off Borbon).  SH–Tolan (2,off Roberts); Carroll (1,off Roberts); Concepcion (1,off Forsch); Sprague (1,off Forsch).  IBB–Bench 2 (4,by Roberts,by Forsch).  IBB–Roberts (1,Bench); Forsch (3,Bench).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:14.  A–11,741.
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