Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
May 12, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1974 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 0, Cincinnati Reds 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Kelleher ss 3 0 1 0
  Johnson C. ph,c 0 0 0 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson lf 4 0 1 0
May L. 1b 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 0 0 0
Brown rf 3 0 1 0
May M. c 2 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Osteen p 2 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson J. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 5 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Bench 3b 3 1 1 1
Perez 1b 3 1 1 0
  Driessen pr,1b 0 1 0 0
Foster cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 2 2
Rettenmund rf 3 1 1 1
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 1
Plummer c 3 0 2 0
Norman p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 5
Houston 000 000 000050
Cincinnati 000 200 12x580
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Osteen  L (4-3) 7.0 6 3 3 3 2
  Johnson   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
4
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman  W (2-3) 9.0 5 0 0 2 9
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston M May (3,off Norman), Cincinnati Plummer (1,off Osteen).  HR–Cincinnati Concepcion (4,4th inning off Osteen 1 on, 1 out); Rettenmund (3,7th inning off Osteen 0 on, 0 out); Bench (5,8th inning off J Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Geronimo (2,off J Johnson).  SB–Driessen (3,2nd base off J Johnson/C Johnson).  WP–Osteen (2).  BK–Osteen (3).  U-HP–Lee Weyer, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:06.
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