Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
August 3, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 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 5, Cincinnati Reds 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Agee rf 4 1 1 0
Metzger ss 5 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 2 3 0
Watson lf 5 1 1 1
Rader 3b 3 1 1 4
May 1b 4 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Jutze c 4 0 2 0
Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Griffin p 1 0 1 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 1 0
  Dierker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 2 3 3
Morgan 2b 5 1 2 1
Driessen 3b 5 3 3 2
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 4 0 1 1
  Menke 3b 0 0 0 0
Bench rf,1b 5 1 2 0
Tolan cf,rf 5 1 2 1
Crosby ss 5 1 1 1
Plummer c 4 1 1 0
Nelson p 1 0 0 0
  Stahl ph 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 2 1 1 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 16 9
Houston 401 000 0005122
Cincinnati 202 000 70x11160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   2.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Griffin  L (0-4) 4.1 5 2 2 1 5
  Crawford   0.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Upshaw   0.0 2 3 2 1 0
  Pizarro   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Dierker   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
11
10
3
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nelson   4.0 7 5 5 1 0
  Borbon  W (4-4) 4.0 4 0 0 0 0
  Carroll  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
1
0

  E–Agee (2), May (6).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Watson (17,off Nelson); Cedeno (21,off Nelson); Griffin (1,off Nelson), Cincinnati Bench (12,off Griffin); Rose (22,off Upshaw).  3B–Cincinnati Driessen (1,off Forsch).  HR–Houston Rader (19,1st inning off Nelson 2 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Morgan (16,3rd inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out); Driessen (2,3rd inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Forsch (5,off Nelson).  SF–Rader (4,off Nelson).  HBP–Griffin (1,by Borbon).  SB–Tolan (15,2nd base off Crawford/Jutze).  HBP–Borbon (1,Griffin).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:28.  A–52,285.
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