Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
July 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 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 3, Houston Astros 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 3 1 2 0
Bench c 3 1 1 2
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Boswell 2b 1 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Cruz rf 3 1 2 0
Ferguson c 4 0 1 1
Fuller lf 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
  Herrmann ph 1 0 0 0
Andujar p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 7 1
Cincinnati 021 000 000370
Houston 000 100 000171
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (9-5) 9.0 7 1 1 1 8
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (9-5) 9.0 7 3 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
1
3

  E–Cruz (8).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (24,off Andujar), Houston Ferguson (10,off Seaver).  3B–Houston Cruz (6,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (20,2nd inning off Andujar 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Seaver (6,off Andujar).  SB–Cedeno (28,2nd base off Seaver/Bench).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Dutch Rennert.  T–2:09.  A–40,718.
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