Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 22, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 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 1, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 1 2 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 0
Foster lf 3 0 1 0
Bench c 3 0 0 1
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
  Blair pr 0 0 0 0
Spilman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
LaCoss p 2 0 0 0
  Santo Domingo ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf,lf 5 0 2 0
Reynolds ss 2 1 1 0
Cedeno 1b,cf 4 1 1 1
Cruz lf 3 1 1 0
  Bergman 1b 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 1
Leonard rf 3 1 1 0
Pujols c 3 0 1 0
Landestoy 2b 3 0 1 1
Niekro p 4 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 3
Cincinnati 100 000 000151
Houston 000 120 01x490
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (14-8) 7.0 8 3 3 2 3
  Bair   0.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Soto   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Tomlin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (20-10) 8.0 5 1 1 4 4
  Sambito  SV (20) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
4
6

  E–Concepcion (26).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Collins (16,off Niekro), Houston Reynolds (19,off LaCoss).  3B–Houston Cruz (7,off Bair).  HBP–Collins (2,by Niekro).  SH–Reynolds (34,off LaCoss); Pujols (1,off Soto).  IBB–Cruz (16,by LaCoss); Landestoy (4,by Soto).  SB–Morgan (26,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols); Cabell (36,2nd base off Bair/Bench).  CS–Puhl (21,2nd base by LaCoss/Bench).  WP–Bair (3).  HBP–Niekro (7,Collins).  IBB–LaCoss (8,Cruz); Soto (2,Landestoy).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:50.  A–46,037.
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