Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 25, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1979 at Astrodome. 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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Cincinnati Reds 2, Houston Astros 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Griffey rf 3 1 1 0
Foster lf 3 1 2 2
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 3 0 1 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Leonard cf 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Cedeno 1b 3 0 1 1
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Walling rf 2 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Landestoy 2b 3 0 1 0
Richard p 1 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Cincinnati 200 000 000251
Houston 100 000 000130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  W (5-5) 7.2 3 1 1 2 4
  Tomlin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bair  SV (10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (6-7) 8.0 3 2 2 2 8
  Sambito   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
9

  E–Morgan (4).  3B–Houston Reynolds (4,off Seaver).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (17,1st inning off Richard 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Richard (3,off Seaver).  SF–Cedeno (7,off Seaver).  CS–Morgan (2,2nd base by Richard/Ashby); Walling (1,2nd base by Seaver/Bench).  SB–Cedeno (19,2nd base off Seaver/Bench); Landestoy (2,2nd base off Seaver/Bench).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:31.
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