Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
July 8, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1977 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 8, Houston Astros 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 1 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 5 1 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 2 2 0
Foster cf,lf 5 1 2 4
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 2 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 1 1
Armbrister lf 3 0 0 0
  Geronimo ph,cf 1 0 1 2
Capilla p 2 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach pr 0 1 0 0
  Summers ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard cf 4 1 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 1
Cruz rf 3 1 2 1
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Ferguson c 5 1 1 3
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 1 0
Fuller lf 3 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Bannister p 3 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Cincinnati 000 200 6008111
Houston 000 030 002571
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Capilla  W (2-0) 6.0 5 3 3 5 6
  Murray  SV (3) 3.0 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
7
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  L (4-7) 6.1 7 6 6 5 9
  McLaughlin   2.2 4 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
8
5
12

  E–Rose (8), Watson (8).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Foster (18,off Bannister); Geronimo (10,off McLaughlin).  3B–Houston Gonzalez (3,off Capilla).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (24,7th inning off Bannister 2 on, 1 out), Houston Ferguson (13,5th inning off Capilla 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Driessen (3,off Bannister).  HBP–Gonzalez (2,by Capilla).  SB–Concepcion (21,2nd base off Bannister/Ferguson); Morgan (28,2nd base off Bannister/Ferguson); Cruz (26,2nd base off Capilla/Bench).  CS–Cabell (12,2nd base by Capilla/Bench).  WP–Murray (3).  HBP–Capilla (1,Gonzalez).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:43.  A–25,962.
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