Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
June 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1977 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 8, Cincinnati Reds 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 1
Cabell 3b 5 1 2 1
Cruz cf,rf 4 1 1 0
Crawford lf 4 1 2 0
Ferguson c 5 1 2 2
Watson 1b 3 1 1 2
  Howard cf 2 0 2 0
Johnson rf,1b 4 1 1 0
Howe 2b 4 1 2 2
Andujar p 4 1 1 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 15 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 0 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 0
Bench c 4 0 1 1
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
Flynn ss 4 0 2 0
Hume p 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Caldwell p 1 0 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
  Eastwick p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
Houston 007 000 0108150
Cincinnati 010 000 000181
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  W (6-3) 8.0 6 1 1 3 2
  Sambito   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
3
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume  L (0-2) 2.1 5 5 5 2 3
  Murray   1.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Caldwell   3.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Eastwick   2.0 6 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
2
4

  E–Geronimo (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Ferguson (7,off Hume); Watson (7,off Murray); Johnson (7,off Eastwick), Cincinnati Bench (10,off Andujar); Bailey (2,off Sambito).  HR–Houston Howe (4,3rd inning off Murray 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Gonzalez (3,off Hume).  IBB–Crawford (1,by Hume).  SB–Cruz (15,2nd base off Hume/Bench); Driessen (9,2nd base off Andujar/Ferguson).  IBB–Hume (1,Crawford).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–2:13.  A–45,414.
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