Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 11, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1977 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 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 1
Griffey rf 5 1 1 1
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
Bench c 4 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 1
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Fryman p 2 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 3 1 1 0
Cruz cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Watson 1b 4 1 1 1
Ferguson c 3 0 0 1
Johnson lf 2 1 1 2
Roberts rf 2 0 0 0
  Gardner cf 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Konieczny p 2 0 1 0
  Niekro p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 5 4
Cincinnati 000 002 001380
Houston 400 000 00x450
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Fryman  L (1-1) 6.0 5 4 4 2 4
  Borbon   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Konieczny  W (1-0) 5.1 5 2 2 3 2
  Niekro  SV (1) 3.2 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  HR–Cincinnati Griffey (2,6th inning off Konieczny 0 on, 0 out), Houston Johnson (1,1st inning off Fryman 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Gonzalez (1,off Fryman).  HBP–Cabell (1,by Fryman).  SB–Cabell (4,2nd base off Fryman/Bench).  CS–Cabell (2,2nd base by Fryman/Bench).  HBP–Fryman (1,Cabell).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:05.  A–10,807.
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