Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
July 10, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 10, 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 5, Houston Astros 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 1 1 0
  Knight 3b 1 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 2 2 0
Morgan 2b 5 1 1 4
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Foster lf 4 1 1 0
Bench c 4 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0
Moskau p 1 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 4 1 2 0
Boswell 2b 3 1 0 1
Cedeno cf 3 0 2 3
Watson 1b 4 0 1 0
Cruz rf 4 1 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0
Herrmann c 3 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 1 1 0
  Gonzalez ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Pentz p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Gardner ph 1 1 1 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Ferguson ph 1 0 1 1
  McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
Cincinnati 300 000 110580
Houston 000 000 42x6120
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   5.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Murray   1.2 4 4 4 2 0
  Borbon  L (5-4) 1.1 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pentz   6.1 6 4 4 5 7
  Sambito   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Niekro  W (4-3) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  McLaughlin  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
7

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (19,off Niekro).  3B–Houston Cedeno (2,off Borbon).  HR–Cincinnati Morgan (11,1st inning off Pentz 2 on, 0 out), Houston Cruz (9,8th inning off Borbon 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Herrmann (2,off Borbon).  HBP–Cedeno (10,by Moskau).  SB–Driessen (18,2nd base off Pentz/Herrmann).  CS–Cabell (13,2nd base by Moskau/Bench).  WP–Moskau (1), Pentz 3 (6).  HBP–Moskau (1,Cedeno).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:21.  A–25,265.
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