Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 27, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 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 4, Houston Astros 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins cf 5 0 1 0
  Cruz lf 0 0 0 0
Kennedy 2b 5 1 1 0
Griffey rf 5 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 5 1 2 1
Knight 3b 4 1 2 1
Foster lf 3 1 2 0
  Geronimo cf 0 0 0 0
Bench c 4 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Pastore p 4 0 2 1
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 1 1 0
Walling 1b 3 2 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 1
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 3 2
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1
Cabell 3b 2 0 0 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 1
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 1 0
  Landestoy ph,2b 1 1 1 0
Totals 28 5 8 5
Cincinnati 400 000 0004130
Houston 200 000 12x580
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  L (9-4) 7.1 7 5 5 1 1
  Hume   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
1
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (8-6) 8.0 13 4 4 1 6
  Sambito  SV (9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
1
7

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (14,off Niekro); Foster (7,off Niekro), Houston Landestoy (6,off Pastore).  3B–Houston Cruz (3,off Hume).  SH–Cabell (1,off Pastore).  SF–Morgan (4,off Pastore); Ashby (1,off Pastore).  SB–Driessen (9,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby); Collins (30,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby).  CS–Cedeno (4,2nd base by Pastore/Bench).  WP–Niekro (7).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Lanny Harris, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:31.  A–36,648.
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