Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
July 1, 1975 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1975 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 7 2 2 0
Gross rf 5 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 7 1 0 1
Watson 1b 5 1 3 3
  Jutze c 1 0 1 0
  May ph,c 1 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 6 1 2 0
Johnson c,1b 7 1 2 3
Metzger ss 7 0 2 0
Andrews 2b 5 0 1 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Konieczny p 0 0 0 0
  Rader ph 1 0 1 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
Richard p 3 0 0 0
  Cosgrove p 2 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Granger p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 60 7 15 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 6 2 2 1
Griffey rf 6 1 2 1
Morgan 2b 7 1 3 2
Bench c 3 0 0 1
Driessen lf 5 0 2 1
  McEnaney p 0 0 0 0
  Concepcion ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Plummer ph 1 0 0 0
  Darcy p 0 0 0 0
Perez 1b 7 0 1 0
Foster cf,lf 6 1 2 0
Chaney ss 3 0 0 0
  Rettenmund ph 0 1 0 0
  Flynn ss 3 0 1 0
Norman p 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 1 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 0 1 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  Armbrister ph 0 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph,cf 4 1 1 1
Totals 54 8 14 7
Houston 000 130 210 000 0007153
Cincinnati 100 001 113 000 0018142
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard   6.2 7 3 3 4 4
  Cosgrove   1.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Forsch   0.1 1 1 1 2 0
  Granger   2.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Konieczny   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Niekro  L (2-4) 1.1 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
14.1
14
8
8
10
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   4.1 5 4 4 4 4
  Eastwick   2.2 3 2 2 2 1
  Carroll   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
  McEnaney   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Borbon   3.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Darcy  W (3-5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
15.0
15
7
7
6
7

  E–Gross (5), Johnson (6), Andrews (7), Driessen (4), Flynn (1).  DP–Houston 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Watson (17,off Norman); Howard (4,off Norman); Cedeno (20,off Norman), Cincinnati Rose (24,off Richard); Geronimo (15,off Forsch).  HR–Houston Watson (12,4th inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out); Johnson (7,7th inning off Eastwick 1 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Morgan (13,8th inning off Cosgrove 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Cedeno (4,by Eastwick); Bench (8,by Granger).  SF–Griffey (1,off Forsch); Bench (3,off Granger).  SB–Howard (5,2nd base off C Carroll/Bench); Flynn (2,2nd base off Konieczny/Jutze).  CS–Driessen (2,2nd base by Richard/Johnson).  WP–Cosgrove (1), Granger (1).  IBB–Granger (4,Bench); Eastwick (2,Cedeno).  U–Doug Harvey, Dutch Rennert.  T–4:21.  A–22,707.
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