Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 30, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Leonard rf 5 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
Walling 1b 4 1 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 2 2
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 2 2 1
Ashby c 4 0 1 1
Richard p 2 1 1 1
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Griffey rf 3 1 0 0
Geronimo cf 4 0 1 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Spilman 1b 3 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 0 0 0
  Soto p 0 0 0 0
  Oester ph 1 0 1 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Houston 001 021 010590
Cincinnati 100 000 000140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  W (4-0) 7.1 3 1 1 2 8
  Smith   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver  L (1-1) 6.0 5 4 4 1 3
  Soto   2.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Hume   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
6

  E–None.  2B–Houston Ashby (4,off Seaver); Walling (3,off Soto), Cincinnati Geronimo (2,off Richard); Concepcion (5,off Smith).  HR–Houston Cedeno (2,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out); Richard (1,5th inning off Seaver 0 on, 2 out); Morgan (1,6th inning off Seaver 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Richard (2,off Seaver).  SB–Cedeno 2 (9,2nd base off Seaver/Bench,2nd base off Hume/Bench); Griffey (2,2nd base off Richard/Ashby).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Satch Davidson, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:21.  A–19,821.
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