Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 11, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 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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Houston Astros 8, Cincinnati Reds 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 5 1 2 0
Gonzalez 2b 4 1 0 0
Puhl cf 4 3 1 0
Watson 1b 4 1 2 2
  Sexton pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b,1b 4 0 3 2
Cruz rf 4 0 0 0
Walling lf 3 0 0 0
  Howard ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bochy c 4 1 1 1
Ruhle p 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 1 1 1
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Warthen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 10 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 5 1 2 1
  Knight 3b 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 5 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 2 2 0 0
Foster lf 4 2 1 4
Bench c 4 0 1 0
Summers rf 3 1 2 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 1 2
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Geronimo cf 3 1 1 0
Norman p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 0 1 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Totals 34 9 10 9
Houston 302 010 0028100
Cincinnati 000 010 6029103
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   6.0 5 3 3 4 1
  Sambito   2.0 4 4 4 1 3
  Andujar  L (5-5) 0.1 0 2 2 2 0
  Warthen   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
10
9
9
7
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Norman   3.0 6 5 3 0 1
  Soto   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Sarmiento   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Borbon   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin  W (8-1) 1.2 2 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
6
3
3

  E–Rose (14), Summers (1), Concepcion (22).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Cabell (26,off Norman), Cincinnati Summers (1,off Ruhle); Rose (47,off Ruhle); Geronimo (15,off Ruhle); Concepcion (30,off Sambito).  HR–Houston Watson (14,1st inning off Norman 1 on, 1 out); Bochy (3,9th inning off Tomlin 0 on, 1 out); Alou (2,9th inning off Tomlin 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Foster (32,7th inning off Sambito 3 on, 1 out).  SH–Bench (1,off Andujar).  SB–Cabell (32,2nd base off Norman/Bench).  CS–Cabell (14,Home by Norman/Bench).  WP–Norman (4).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:47.  A–20,400.
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