Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 10, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1976 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 13

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 5 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 5 1 3 0
Cedeno cf 5 2 2 0
Watson 1b 5 1 2 2
Johnson c 4 0 1 1
Gross rf 3 1 1 1
Milbourne 2b 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 4 1 1 1
Dierker p 0 0 0 0
  Rondon p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 0
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 1 1 2
  Hardy p 0 0 0 0
  Barlow p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 13 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 2 1
Griffey rf 5 3 2 1
  Lum rf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 3 2 2
Bench c 4 2 2 3
Perez 1b 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 2
Concepcion ss 4 2 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 1 3 3
Billingham p 2 0 1 0
  Alcala p 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 13 15 12
Houston 100 102 3007130
Cincinnati 530 000 41x13150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  L (0-1) 0.0 4 5 5 2 0
  Rondon   3.0 3 3 3 2 1
  Griffin   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
  Hardy   1.2 4 4 4 1 0
  Barlow   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Forsch   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
15
13
13
7
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  W (1-0) 6.0 9 4 4 1 1
  Alcala   0.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Eastwick  SV (1) 3.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
7
7
1
2

  E–None.  2B–Houston Cedeno 2 (2,off Billingham,off Alcala); Gross (1,off Billingham); Boswell (1,off Billingham); Johnson (1,off Alcala), Cincinnati Morgan (1,off Dierker); Bench (1,off Griffin); Perez (2,off Griffin).  3B–Cincinnati Geronimo 2 (2,off Hardy,off Forsch).  HR–Houston Roberts (1,6th inning off Billingham 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Bench (1,2nd inning off Rondon 2 on, 0 out); Morgan (1,7th inning off Hardy 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Gross (1,off Eastwick); Geronimo (1,off Rondon).  SB–Rose (1,2nd base off Dierker/Johnson); Bench (1,2nd base off Dierker/Johnson); Griffey (3,2nd base off Rondon/Johnson); Morgan (3,2nd base off Hardy/Johnson); Concepcion (1,2nd base off Hardy/Johnson).  WP–Dierker (1), Billingham (1).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:40.  A–16,728.
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