Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
May 30, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1979 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 3, Houston Astros 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 1 1 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Collins lf 4 1 1 0
Geronimo cf 4 1 2 2
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Pastore p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  DeFreitas ph 1 0 1 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 4 1 1 1
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 3 1 2 3
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Leonard rf 4 1 2 0
Howe 3b 4 1 1 1
Ashby c 4 1 2 0
Landestoy 2b 2 1 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 1 1
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Cincinnati 000 000 012362
Houston 111 003 00x692
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (2-4) 5.0 8 5 5 1 4
  Pastore   0.1 1 1 0 1 0
  Tomlin   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (7-2) 8.2 6 3 3 3 1
  Sambito  SV (4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
3
1

  E–Concepcion 2 (14), Howe (3), Landestoy (4).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Geronimo (10,off Niekro).  HR–Houston Cedeno (4,3rd inning off Seaver 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Puhl (1,off Seaver); Niekro (1,off Pastore).  SB–Landestoy (1,2nd base off Seaver/Bench); Leonard (3,2nd base off Seaver/Bench).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–(none), 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:32.  A–21,757.
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