Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 23, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 7, Houston Astros 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 1 1 2
  Blair cf 0 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 1 2 1
Bench c 5 2 2 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 5 1 3 0
Cruz cf,rf 3 1 1 2
Pastore p 4 1 1 1
Totals 39 7 12 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl cf 5 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0
Cedeno 1b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 1 2 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Leonard rf 4 0 2 1
Pujols c 4 0 0 0
Landestoy 2b 3 0 1 0
Ruhle p 1 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 1 0
  Dixon p 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 9 1
Cincinnati 010 500 1007122
Houston 010 000 000192
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  W (5-7) 9.0 9 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (2-5) 3.2 8 6 5 0 3
  Niemann   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Andujar   2.0 1 0 0 3 1
  Dixon   0.1 3 1 1 1 0
  LaCorte   2.2 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
4
7

  E–Morgan (11), Driessen (8), Leonard (10), Landestoy (11).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Knight (36,off Ruhle); Bench (19,off Ruhle), Houston Leonard (15,off Pastore).  3B–Cincinnati Collins (4,off Ruhle).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (28,2nd inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Driessen (11,by Andujar); Landestoy (5,by Pastore).  SB–Collins (16,2nd base off Andujar/Pujols); Cruz (35,2nd base off Pastore/Bench).  IBB–Pastore (5,Landestoy); Andujar (6,Driessen).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:47.  A–42,067.
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