Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
July 6, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy 2b 5 0 2 0
Puhl rf 5 1 2 0
Walling 1b 4 0 0 0
  Bergman 1b 1 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 2 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 2 0
Reynolds ss 4 1 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 1 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 12 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Griffey rf 4 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 0 0
Bench c 3 1 3 1
Kennedy 2b 4 0 1 0
Mejias cf 3 0 0 0
  Foster ph 1 0 0 0
Pastore p 1 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Houston 100 200 0003121
Cincinnati 100 000 001263
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  W (9-7) 8.2 6 2 2 2 3
  LaCorte  SV (8) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pastore  L (10-5) 7.0 8 3 2 0 1
  Hume   2.0 4 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
3
2
0
2

  E–Walling (6), Collins (3), Kennedy (5), Pastore (2).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Ashby (4).  2B–Houston Cabell (12,off Pastore); Cedeno (13,off Hume).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (11,9th inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Niekro (7,off Pastore).  SB–Landestoy (9,2nd base off Hume/Bench); Collins (40,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby); Griffey (15,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby).  CS–Cruz (6,2nd base by Hume/Bench).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:37.  A–30,045.
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