Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 2, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1974 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 5 2 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 3 1
Bench c 3 0 1 1
Perez 1b 4 0 1 1
Driessen 3b 4 0 2 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 0 0 0
Carroll p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 0 2 2
Metzger ss 3 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
May L. 1b 4 0 2 0
May M. c 4 0 0 0
Rader 3b 3 1 1 1
Howard lf 4 1 2 0
Milbourne 2b 3 2 2 0
Dierker p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 10 4
Cincinnati 101 000 1003100
Houston 001 021 00x4101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Carroll  L (4-2) 6.0 8 4 4 0 0
  Norman   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
1
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (9-8) 6.1 9 3 3 2 6
  Forsch  SV (7) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
7

  E–Gross (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Rose (33,off Dierker); Morgan (30,off Dierker); Bench (33,off Forsch).  HR–Cincinnati Morgan (19,3rd inning off Dierker 0 on, 0 out), Houston Rader (15,6th inning off T Carroll 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Dierker 2 (9,off T Carroll 2); Metzger (17,off T Carroll).  IBB–Rader (6,by Norman).  SB–Concepcion (30,2nd base off Dierker/M May).  CS–Driessen (5,2nd base by Dierker/M May); Howard (3,2nd base by T Carroll/Bench).  WP–T Carroll (3).  IBB–Norman (7,Rader).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Art Williams, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Doug Harvey.
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