Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 26, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 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."

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Houston Astros 6, Cincinnati Reds 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 3 1 1 0
Metzger ss 5 2 2 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 3
Watson lf 4 1 1 0
May M. c 4 1 2 0
May L. 1b 4 0 1 1
Helms 2b 4 0 1 1
Busse 3b 4 0 1 0
Richard p 2 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 0 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  de los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose lf 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 5 1 1 0
Bench c 4 1 2 1
Perez 1b 4 1 0 0
Driessen 3b 3 4 2 0
  Knight 3b 1 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 2 2 1
Griffey rf 4 1 4 3
Chaney 2b 1 0 0 1
  Armbrister ph 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy 2b 1 0 0 0
Billingham p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Freed ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 0 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 1 0 1 2
  Eastwick p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 12 8
Houston 021 300 0006103
Cincinnati 020 251 00x10121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard   3.0 5 4 4 2 3
  Cosgrove   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  York  L (2-2) 0.1 2 3 2 1 0
  de los Santos   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Johnson   3.0 2 1 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
12
10
8
7
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham   3.2 10 6 5 1 4
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hall  W (2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Eastwick  SV (2) 4.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
2
9

  E–Busse 2 (3), J Johnson (2), Driessen (25).  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Houston Gross (18,off Billingham); Helms (20,off Billingham); Busse (1,off Billingham), Cincinnati Bench (38,off Cosgrove); Griffey (8,off York); Rettenmund (6,off de los Santos).  HR–Houston Cedeno (26,4th inning off Billingham 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Billingham (11,off Richard).  IBB–Kennedy (1,by York); Rose (14,by de los Santos).  WP–Richard (8), J Johnson (2).  IBB–York (4,Kennedy); de los Santos (4,Rose).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:45.  A–11,784.
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