Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 26, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 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 0, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Lum lf 4 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Flynn 2b 4 0 1 0
Zachry p 2 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 1 0
  Billingham p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 10 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cabell 3b 3 1 1 0
Andrews 2b 2 1 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
Watson 1b 2 1 0 0
Cruz rf 3 0 1 3
Johnson lf 1 0 0 0
  Howard pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Herrmann c 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Andujar p 3 0 0 0
Totals 23 3 3 3
Cincinnati 000 000 0000100
Houston 300 000 00x330
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Zachry  L (6-3) 6.0 2 3 3 9 8
  Billingham   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
3
3
3
9
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (3-4) 9.0 10 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
0
0
0
3

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (5,off Andujar); Geronimo (13,off Andujar); Lum (4,off Andujar), Houston Cruz (6,off Zachry).  SB–Cabell 2 (14,2nd base off Zachry/Bench,2nd base off Billingham/Bench); Cedeno (27,2nd base off Zachry/Bench).  CS–Howard (5,2nd base by Zachry/Bench).  WP–Zachry (3).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Andy Olsen, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:26.  A–31,039.
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