Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 6, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 6, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 9, Cincinnati Reds 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 4 2 2 1
Cabell 3b 5 1 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 2
Cruz rf 5 1 3 2
Watson 1b 5 1 1 1
Ferguson c 4 1 1 2
Howe 2b 4 1 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Richard p 2 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 1 0
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 4 2 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 3 3 5
Foster lf 5 2 2 0
Driessen 1b 4 2 2 0
Bench c 5 0 2 2
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Geronimo cf 4 0 2 1
Seaver p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 1 1 1
  Murray p 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 16 10
Houston 100 400 0049122
Cincinnati 100 152 20x11160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (0-1) 4.2 11 7 7 3 8
  Pentz   1.1 2 2 1 3 1
  Dixon   0.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Sambito   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
16
11
10
7
11
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   3.0 6 5 5 0 3
  Borbon  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Murray   3.2 3 4 4 1 4
  Bair   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Tomlin  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
9
9
2
7

  E–Cruz (1), Howe (1).  TP–Houston 1.  PB–Ferguson (1).  2B–Houston Cruz (1,off Seaver); Howe (1,off Murray), Cincinnati Geronimo (1,off Richard); Rose (1,off Richard); Morgan 2 (2,off Richard,off Dixon); Foster (1,off Richard).  HR–Houston Puhl (1,1st inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out); Cedeno (1,4th inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out); Ferguson (1,4th inning off Seaver 1 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Morgan (1,1st inning off Richard 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Howard (1,by Murray).  IBB–Geronimo (1,by Pentz).  SB–Cedeno (1,2nd base off Seaver/Bench); Cabell (1,2nd base off Borbon/Bench); Driessen (1,2nd base off Richard/Ferguson); Morgan (1,2nd base off Pentz/Ferguson); Griffey (1,2nd base off Dixon/Ferguson).  CS–Concepcion (1,2nd base by Richard/Ferguson); Foster (1,2nd base by Sambito/Ferguson).  WP–Richard (1).  BK–Richard (1).  HBP–Murray (1,Howard).  IBB–Pentz (1,Geronimo).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:53.  A–52,378.
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