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Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
May 5, 1979 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1979 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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"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981) |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 5, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium |
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| Houston |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 9 | 1 |
| Cincinnati |
2 | 4 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | x | – | 6 | 8 | 0 |
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| Houston Astros |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Andujar L (3-1) |
2.0 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
0 |
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Wilson |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Williams |
3.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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McLaughlin |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
8.0 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
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| Cincinnati Reds |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Hume W (3-3) |
7.1 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
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Pastore SV (3) |
1.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
E–Reynolds (5). DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 2. 2B–Houston Puhl (2,off Hume), Cincinnati Concepcion 2 (4,off Andujar,off Wilson); Morgan (10,off Andujar). HR–Houston Cedeno (3,6th inning off Hume 0 on, 2 out). SF–Cedeno (3,off Hume). U-HP–Hank Rountree, 1B–Dick Tremblay, 2B–Bob Nelson, 3B–Ron Jeffers. T–2:13. A–25,044. |
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| Game played on Saturday, May 5, 1979 at Riverfront Stadium |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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