Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
July 3, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 7, Cincinnati Reds 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 5 1 1 2
Howard rf 5 1 1 1
Cabell 3b 3 2 0 0
Watson 1b 5 0 2 1
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Howe 2b 3 1 1 1
Alou lf 4 0 2 1
Pujols c 4 0 2 1
  Sexton pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Fischlin ss 3 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 1 1 0
  Baldwin c 1 0 0 0
Bannister p 2 0 0 0
  McLaughlin p 1 0 0 0
  Bergman ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 10 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 3 1
Griffey rf 6 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 6 1 1 0
Foster lf 4 2 2 3
Bench c 5 0 1 0
  Auerbach pr 0 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 6 1 2 2
Kennedy 2b 6 1 3 1
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 0
  Henderson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Norman p 2 0 0 0
  Collins ph 0 1 0 0
  Sarmiento p 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 8 15 8
Houston 203 000 002 007101
Cincinnati 302 002 000 018150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bannister   4.0 6 5 5 1 5
  McLaughlin   4.0 5 2 1 3 1
  Sambito  L (3-5) 2.2 4 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.2
15
8
7
4
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   6.0 8 5 5 3 4
  Sarmiento   2.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Tomlin   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bair  W (3-3) 2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
10
7
7
5
5

  E–Fischlin (4).  2B–Houston Howard (2,off Norman); Watson (14,off Norman), Cincinnati Rose (24,off Bannister); Foster (13,off Bannister); Bench (8,off Sambito).  HR–Houston Puhl (3,1st inning off Norman 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Foster (18,1st inning off Bannister 2 on, 1 out); Driessen (10,3rd inning off Bannister 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Alou (4,off Bair).  SF–Howard (1,off Tomlin).  HBP–Puhl (2,by Tomlin); Foster (5,by McLaughlin).  IBB–Howe (3,by Norman); Foster (9,by McLaughlin).  SB–Concepcion (11,2nd base off Bannister/Pujols); Griffey 2 (13,2nd base off McLaughlin/Pujols 2); Kennedy (3,2nd base off Sambito/Baldwin).  CS–Griffey (3,2nd base by Sambito/Baldwin).  BK–McLaughlin (1).  HBP–McLaughlin (1,Foster); Tomlin (2,Puhl).  IBB–McLaughlin (2,Foster); Norman (4,Howe).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–3:23.  A–31,840.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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