Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 14, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1978 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 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 1 1 2
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Griffey rf 5 0 3 1
Morgan 2b 5 2 1 0
Foster lf 5 1 2 1
Driessen 1b 5 0 1 1
Bench c 4 2 2 2
Concepcion ss 2 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 1 2 0 0
Hume p 2 0 0 0
  Murray p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 8 10 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl lf 5 0 3 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 0
Cruz rf 4 1 2 0
Watson 1b 4 0 0 0
Ferguson c 1 1 0 1
Howe 2b 4 0 1 1
Metzger ss 2 1 1 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Sexton ss 1 0 0 0
Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Herrmann ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
Cincinnati 221 000 0128100
Houston 001 002 010491
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume  W (2-0) 5.2 6 3 3 3 3
  Murray  SV (1) 3.1 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (0-2) 1.2 4 4 4 2 0
  Forsch   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bannister   3.0 3 1 1 4 4
  Pentz   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sambito   2.0 3 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
8
5

  E–Sambito (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Bench (2,off Andujar); Morgan (6,off Bannister); Griffey (3,off Bannister); Foster (2,off Sambito), Houston Puhl (1,off Hume); Cruz (3,off Hume).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (2,9th inning off Sambito 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Concepcion (2,off Andujar); Hume (1,off Andujar); Murray (1,off Sambito).  IBB–Rose (1,by Sambito).  SF–Ferguson (1,off Murray).  WP–Hume (1), Andujar (1), Bannister 2 (3).  IBB–Sambito (2,Rose).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:37.  A–25,583.
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