Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
July 5, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 6, Cincinnati Reds 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 3 1 0 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
Walling 1b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 2
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0
Ashby c 4 1 2 1
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Howe ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 1 2
  Landestoy ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 1 1 0
  Cruz lf 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 1 2
Griffey rf 5 0 2 1
Driessen 1b 3 2 0 0
Knight 3b 4 1 1 2
Geronimo cf 1 0 0 0
  Mejias cf 2 1 1 0
Kennedy 2b 4 1 1 0
Nolan c 4 0 2 3
Berenyi p 0 0 0 0
  Soto p 4 1 0 0
Totals 36 8 9 8
Houston 600 000 000685
Cincinnati 122 021 00x890
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (8-7) 5.0 9 8 4 2 1
  Sambito   3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
9
8
4
3
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi   0.1 5 6 6 1 1
  Soto  W (1-3) 8.2 3 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
2
6

  E–Walling (5), Cedeno (5), Cabell 2 (13), Landestoy (7).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Ashby (8,off Berenyi).  3B–Houston Cruz (4,off Berenyi).  SH–Mejias (2,off Forsch).  SF–Knight (3,off Sambito).  SB–Morgan (11,2nd base off Berenyi/Nolan); Cedeno (22,2nd base off Berenyi/Nolan); Collins (38,2nd base off Forsch/Ashby); Concepcion (7,2nd base off Sambito/Ashby).  U-HP–Jerry Dale, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:46.
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