Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 12, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 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 7, Cincinnati Reds 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 3 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 5 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 4 4 2
Cruz rf 5 2 2 3
Watson 1b 5 1 1 1
Howe 2b 4 0 1 0
Herrmann c 2 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
Richard p 4 0 1 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 1 2 0
Griffey rf 5 0 2 2
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Foster cf 5 0 2 0
Driessen 1b 5 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Summers lf 3 0 0 0
Plummer c 3 1 0 0
Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Armbrister ph 1 0 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Lum ph 1 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
  Knight ph 1 0 0 0
  Dumoulin p 0 0 0 0
  Bailey ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 9 2
Houston 202 010 2007110
Cincinnati 002 000 000291
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (15-11) 8.0 8 2 2 5 11
  Sambito   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
5
13
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto  L (2-6) 3.0 5 4 4 1 4
  Torres   2.0 2 1 1 3 5
  Murray   2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Dumoulin   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Sarmiento   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
7
10

  E–Murray (5).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Howe (19,off Torres), Cincinnati Rose (36,off Richard); Griffey (32,off Richard); Driessen (26,off Richard).  3B–Houston Cedeno (7,off Soto).  HR–Houston Cruz 2 (16,1st inning off Soto 1 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Soto 0 on, 1 out); Cedeno 2 (12,3rd inning off Soto 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Torres 0 on, 0 out); Watson (16,7th inning off Murray 0 on, 1 out).  SB–Cedeno (52,2nd base off Murray/Plummer); Puhl (7,2nd base off Dumoulin/Plummer); Driessen 2 (30,2nd base off Richard/Herrmann,3rd base off Richard/Herrmann).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Art Williams, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–3:08.  A–17,857.
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