Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1974 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 7, Houston Astros 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 3 2 1 0
Bench c 5 2 2 4
Perez 1b 4 0 0 0
Driessen 3b 3 1 2 0
  Chaney 3b 0 0 0 0
Rettenmund rf 4 1 1 3
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 2 0
Kirby p 2 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf,lf 5 1 2 1
Metzger ss 5 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 2 3 2
Watson lf 2 0 0 0
  Gallagher pr,rf 1 0 1 0
May L. 1b 4 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0
  Menke 1b 0 0 0 0
May M. c 3 0 1 1
Rader 3b 3 2 1 0
Helms 2b 4 1 1 2
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Scherman p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
  Konieczny p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Cincinnati 400 000 3007112
Houston 002 111 1006101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Kirby   5.0 4 4 4 1 4
  Borbon  W (2-1) 4.0 6 2 1 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   6.0 9 4 4 2 3
  Scherman  L (0-2) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Forsch   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Konieczny   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
4
4

  E–Bench (1), Driessen (5), Wilson (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Morgan (8,off Wilson); Bench (5,off Wilson); Driessen (5,off Wilson), Houston Gross (5,off Borbon); Cedeno (11,off Borbon).  HR–Cincinnati Rettenmund (5,1st inning off Wilson 2 on, 2 out); Bench (8,7th inning off Forsch 2 on, 0 out), Houston Helms (2,3rd inning off Kirby 1 on, 0 out); Cedeno (8,4th inning off Kirby 0 on, 0 out).  SF–M May (2,off Borbon).  CS–Driessen (1,2nd base by Wilson/M May); Morgan (5,2nd base by Konieczny/M May).  SB–Rader (6,2nd base off Kirby/Bench); Cedeno (21,2nd base off Borbon/Bench).  U-HP–Dick Stello, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:23.  A–19,390.
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