Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 29, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 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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Cincinnati Reds 0, Houston Astros 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 3 0 1 0
Griffey rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 2 0 0 0
  Auerbach 2b 0 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Henderson cf 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Correll c 4 0 0 0
Hume p 2 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 4 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 5 0 2 0
Walling lf 3 1 1 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 2
  Howard pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 2 1 0
Cruz rf 3 0 2 2
Watson 1b 4 0 2 1
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Howe 2b 4 0 1 0
Pujols c 2 1 0 0
Fischlin ss 3 1 1 0
Bannister p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Cincinnati 000 000 000040
Houston 201 000 02x5111
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hume  L (2-8) 6.0 10 3 3 3 3
  Tomlin   2.0 1 2 2 3 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
6
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister  W (3-3) 9.0 4 0 0 3 7
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
3
7

  E–Cabell (11).  2B–Cincinnati Rose (21,off Bannister); Griffey (19,off Bannister); Henderson (3,off Bannister), Houston Fischlin (1,off Hume); Watson (11,off Hume).  SH–Bannister (4,off Tomlin).  SB–Watson (1,2nd base off Hume/Correll); Puhl (13,2nd base off Hume/Correll).  CS–Cruz (4,2nd base by Hume/Correll).  WP–Hume (6), Bannister (5).  BK–Hume (1), Tomlin (1).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:20.  A–17,564.
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