Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 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 2, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Griffey rf 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 2 1 0 0
Driessen 1b 3 1 0 0
Lum lf 3 0 1 2
Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
Correll c 2 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 3 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 4 0 1 0
Drumright 2b 4 0 0 0
Puhl cf 4 1 2 0
Cruz rf 4 1 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0
Walling lf 2 0 1 1
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
Bochy c 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 1 0
  Pujols c 0 0 0 0
  Watson ph 0 0 0 1
Richard p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Cincinnati 000 000 200230
Houston 000 100 002370
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (12-14) 8.2 7 3 3 3 10
Totals
8.2
7
3
3
3
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (15-11) 9.0 3 2 2 6 7
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Walling (8,off Seaver); Cruz (27,off Seaver).  3B–Cincinnati Lum (1,off Richard).  IBB–Geronimo (9,by Richard); Walling (2,by Seaver); Bergman (9,by Seaver).  SH–Richard (4,off Seaver).  SF–Watson (11,off Seaver).  SB–Morgan 2 (18,2nd base off Richard/Bochy 2); Walling (9,2nd base off Seaver/Correll); Cabell (30,2nd base off Seaver/Correll).  CS–Correll (2,2nd base by Richard/Bochy); Rose (5,2nd base by Richard/Bochy); Puhl (14,2nd base by Seaver/Correll).  IBB–Seaver 2 (11,Walling,Bergman); Richard (4,Geronimo).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:11.  A–8,811.
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