Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 5 0 0 0
Gonzalez 2b 3 0 0 0
  Obradovich ph 1 0 0 0
  Drumright 2b 0 0 0 0
Puhl cf 4 1 2 0
Cruz rf 4 1 2 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 3
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Walling lf 4 0 1 0
Bochy c 3 0 1 0
Lemongello p 2 0 0 0
  Cannon ph 1 0 0 0
  Bannister p 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin ph 1 0 1 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 3b 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 4 0 2 1
Bench c 3 0 1 0
  Collins pr 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Summers rf 4 2 2 1
Geronimo cf 3 0 1 0
  Henderson ph 0 1 0 0
Auerbach ss 3 0 2 0
Moskau p 3 0 0 1
  Correll c 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 10 3
Houston 010 000 020391
Cincinnati 110 001 0014100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemongello   6.0 9 3 3 0 2
  Bannister   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Sambito  L (4-8) 0.1 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.1
10
4
3
2
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Moskau   8.0 8 3 3 2 5
  Bair  W (7-5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
6

  E–Landestoy (3).  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Walling (10,off Moskau); Puhl (24,off Moskau); Bochy (6,off Moskau); Cruz (30,off Moskau), Cincinnati Morgan (26,off Lemongello); Foster (25,off Lemongello); Auerbach (6,off Lemongello).  HR–Houston Cabell (7,2nd inning off Moskau 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Summers (1,6th inning off Lemongello 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Bochy (3,by Moskau).  SH–Auerbach (2,off Lemongello).  SB–Auerbach (1,2nd base off Bannister/Bochy).  CS–Foster (4,2nd base by Lemongello/Bochy); Collins (6,2nd base by Bannister/Bochy).  BK–Moskau (6).  IBB–Moskau (4,Bochy).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:20.  A–20,801.
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