Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 23, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1980 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 3, Houston Astros 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 6 1 3 0
Kennedy 2b 6 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 6 1 3 1
Foster lf 6 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 1
Bench c 5 0 1 0
Knight 3b 5 0 2 0
Geronimo cf 3 0 2 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Mejias cf 1 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 2 0 0 0
  Auerbach ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 1 1 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 3 13 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Leonard rf 4 0 0 0
  Walling ph 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 0 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 5 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 6 1 2 1
Howe 1b 5 0 2 1
Cruz lf 6 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 2 0
Ashby c 4 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 1 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 8 2
Cincinnati 101 000 000 0013130
Houston 002 000 000 000281
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt   8.0 7 2 2 3 2
  Hume  W (2-0) 3.0 1 0 0 5 2
  Bair  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
8
2
2
8
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   7.0 8 2 2 1 4
  Sambito   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Andujar  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.0
13
3
3
1
7

  E–Cabell (4).  DP–Cincinnati 2, Houston 2.  2B–Cincinnati Griffey (2,off Forsch); Spilman (1,off Andujar), Houston Morgan 2 (3,off Leibrandt 2).  3B–Houston Howe (2,off Leibrandt).  SH–Leibrandt (1,off Forsch); Cedeno (1,off Hume).  IBB–Bergman (1,by Hume); Ashby (3,by Hume).  SB–Concepcion (1,2nd base off Forsch/Ashby); Geronimo (1,2nd base off Forsch/Ashby).  BK–Forsch (1).  IBB–Hume 2 (3,Bergman,Ashby).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:39.  A–29,828.
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