Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 3, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1976 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 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 1 2 0
Driessen lf 3 1 1 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 2 3
Perez 1b 5 0 0 0
Foster rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 0 0
Plummer c 4 0 0 0
Alcala p 3 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 5 1 1 2
Andrews 2b 5 1 2 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
Watson 1b 2 0 0 1
Cruz lf 3 0 0 1
Johnson c 2 1 0 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 1 1 0
Dierker p 3 0 2 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 0
  Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Cincinnati 300 000 000370
Houston 020 010 20x580
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Alcala  L (5-1) 6.2 7 5 5 6 4
  Eastwick   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
6
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker  W (5-5) 8.0 7 3 3 7 6
  Forsch  SV (11) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
7
6

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Metzger (6,off Alcala); Andrews (2,off Alcala); Boswell (3,off Borbon).  HR–Cincinnati Morgan (7,1st inning off Dierker 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–Rose (5,by Dierker).  IBB–Concepcion (4,by Dierker).  SB–Geronimo (3,2nd base off Dierker/Johnson); Driessen (5,2nd base off Dierker/Johnson); Andrews (2,2nd base off Alcala/Plummer).  WP–Dierker (7).  HBP–Dierker (4,Rose).  IBB–Dierker (2,Concepcion).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:30.  A–11,786.
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