Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1978 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 4, Houston Astros 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 1 1 1
  Knight pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Griffey rf 5 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 3 0 2 2
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 2 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
  Bench ph 1 0 1 0
  Lum pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Werner c 3 1 0 0
  Correll ph,c 1 0 0 0
Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 1 0
  Hume pr 0 1 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 2 2 1
Walling lf 3 1 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 3
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 0 2 1
  Bergman pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Ferguson c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 1 0
Fischlin ss 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 2 2 0
  Sambito p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 6
Cincinnati 001 000 300480
Houston 220 200 01x7100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bonham  L (8-2) 4.0 7 6 6 3 3
  Borbon   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Tomlin   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Sarmiento   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (5-4) 7.0 6 4 4 3 4
  Sambito  SV (6) 2.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
8

  E–None.  2B–Houston Cabell (11,off Bonham).  3B–Houston Puhl (3,off Bonham).  HBP–Morgan (2,by Niekro).  SH–Fischlin (2,off Sarmiento).  SB–Puhl (11,2nd base off Bonham/Werner); Cabell (14,2nd base off Bonham/Werner); Walling (5,2nd base off Bonham/Werner).  BK–Sarmiento (1).  HBP–Niekro (2,Morgan).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:24.  A–16,848.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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