Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1980 at Astrodome. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"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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Cincinnati Reds 6, Houston Astros 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 2 1 1 0
  Geronimo cf 3 1 1 1
Griffey rf 5 0 1 2
Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0
Foster lf 5 1 5 2
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Bench c 5 0 1 0
Knight 3b 2 2 1 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 1
LaCoss p 3 1 1 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Bair p 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 12 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Leonard cf 5 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 1 0
Walling rf 5 2 2 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 2
Cabell 3b 5 1 2 0
Howe 1b 2 0 0 0
Pujols c 4 0 1 1
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Ashby ph 1 0 1 0
  Puhl pr 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 3
Cincinnati 110 310 0006121
Houston 000 012 2005100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  W (3-0) 5.2 7 3 3 3 0
  Soto   0.1 2 2 2 1 1
  Tomlin   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Bair   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Hume  SV (3) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
7
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (0-1) 3.2 7 5 5 1 1
  Niemann   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Andujar   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Sambito   2.0 2 0 0 0 3
  LaCorte   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
3
7

  E–LaCoss (1).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (1,off Niemann), Houston Walling (2,off LaCoss).  3B–Cincinnati Knight (2,off Ruhle).  HR–Cincinnati Foster (4,5th inning off Andujar 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Kennedy (2,off Ruhle).  SB–Collins (4,2nd base off Ruhle/Pujols).  CS–Cabell (2,2nd base by LaCoss/Bench).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Dick Stello.  T–3:09.  A–29,067.
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