Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 5, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 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 9, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 1 1
Morgan 2b 6 0 1 2
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
  Stahl pr 1 1 0 0
  Foster rf 0 0 0 0
Bench c 5 1 2 0
  Plummer c 0 0 0 0
Kosco rf 2 1 1 0
  Geronimo cf 1 1 1 0
Armbrister cf,rf 4 2 2 2
  Driessen ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Menke 3b 1 0 0 2
Chaney ss 3 0 1 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Crosby ss 1 0 0 0
Norman p 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 1 1 1 1
Totals 40 9 11 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wynn rf 3 1 1 1
Torres ss 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Upshaw p 0 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 1
Watson lf 3 0 0 0
  Metzger pr 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher lf 1 0 0 0
Rader 3b 5 0 0 0
May 1b 5 1 1 0
Helms 2b 5 0 2 0
Jutze c 2 1 1 1
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
Reuss p 2 0 0 0
  Sutherland ph 1 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  Busse ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 6 3
Cincinnati 020 000 100 069111
Houston 001 000 110 00361
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   7.1 5 3 3 3 6
  Borbon   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Carroll  W (7-8) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
6
3
3
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reuss   7.0 4 3 3 3 2
  Cosgrove   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Forsch  L (9-11) 1.2 5 6 6 1 2
  Upshaw   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
11
9
9
5
4

  E–Chaney (10), Rader (23).  2B–Cincinnati Rose (29,off Forsch), Houston Helms (28,off Norman).  3B–Cincinnati Armbrister (1,off Reuss).  HR–Cincinnati Armbrister (1,7th inning off Reuss 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Kosco (2,off Cosgrove); Torres (1,off Norman); Jutze (6,off Borbon).  SF–Menke 2 (5,off Reuss,off Forsch); Jutze (2,off Norman).  IBB–Menke (5,by Cosgrove); Watson (7,by Norman); Wynn (9,by Borbon).  SB–Cedeno (47,2nd base off Norman/Bench).  WP–Norman (8), Reuss (10).  IBB–Norman (11,Watson); Borbon (15,Wynn); Cosgrove (1,Menke).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:48.  A–7,197.
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