Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
May 31, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1976 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 4, Houston Astros 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 2 0
Griffey rf 4 1 0 0
  Armbrister rf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 1
  Concepcion ss 1 0 1 0
Foster cf,lf 3 1 2 2
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Lum lf 3 0 1 0
  Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
Flynn ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Darcy p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 2 0 2 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 1 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 1 1 0
Johnson c 4 0 2 1
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 1
Metzger ss 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
  DaVanon ss 1 0 0 0
Richard p 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Siebert p 0 0 0 0
  Jutze c 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Cincinnati 000 030 001490
Houston 000 101 000280
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Darcy  W (2-3) 5.0 6 2 2 4 0
  Borbon   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Norman   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Eastwick  SV (6) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (5-5) 7.0 7 3 3 6 4
  Siebert   1.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Forsch   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
8
5

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Morgan (11,off Richard), Houston Johnson 2 (7,off Darcy 2).  3B–Cincinnati Morgan (3,off Richard), Houston Cruz (2,off Darcy).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (9,5th inning off Richard 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Flynn (2,off Siebert).  SB–Cedeno (17,2nd base off Darcy/Bench).  CS–Andrews (1,2nd base by Darcy/Bench).  WP–Forsch (2).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:50.  A–21,338.
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