Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 22, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1980 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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 0, Houston Astros 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 5 0 2 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Foster lf 1 0 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 0 1 0
  Werner c 1 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 0 1 0
  Auerbach 3b 1 0 0 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 0 0
Pastore p 1 0 1 0
  Moskau p 1 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Tomlin p 0 0 0 0
  Oester ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Leonard cf 4 2 2 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 2 0
Walling rf 5 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 3 2 0
  Landestoy 2b 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 2 3 5
Cabell 3b 2 0 1 3
  Gonzalez 3b 0 0 0 0
Bergman 1b 4 0 2 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 8 12 8
Cincinnati 000 000 000061
Houston 401 300 00x8120
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  L (2-1) 2.0 7 5 5 1 2
  Moskau   3.0 2 3 3 3 2
  Tomlin   3.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
4
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (1-0) 7.0 6 0 0 6 7
  Smith   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
6
7

  E–Pastore (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Knight (5,off Ryan), Houston Leonard (2,off Pastore); Cruz (2,off Moskau).  3B–Houston Cruz (1,off Pastore); Cabell (1,off Moskau).  SH–Reynolds (3,off Moskau).  SF–Cabell 2 (3,off Pastore,off Moskau).  IBB–Ashby (2,by Moskau).  IBB–Moskau (1,Ashby).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:45.  A–30,094.
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