Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 23, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1981 at Astrodome. 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)
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Cincinnati Reds 5, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 2 2 0
  Mejias rf 1 0 0 0
Griffey cf 5 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 5 1 3 3
Foster lf 4 0 1 1
Driessen 1b 3 0 1 1
Knight 3b 5 0 1 0
Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Oester 2b 0 0 0 0
O'Berry c 3 0 0 0
  Nolan ph,c 0 0 0 0
Seaver p 2 1 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Bair p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Moskau p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 9 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 1 1 1
Reynolds ss 4 1 2 0
  Roberts ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 5 1 1 3
Cruz lf 5 0 2 0
Ivie 1b 3 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Landestoy ph 0 0 0 0
Howe 3b 5 0 1 0
Ashby c 5 0 0 0
Thon 2b,ss 3 1 2 0
Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Walling 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 9 4
Cincinnati 100 000 030 1590
Houston 000 000 040 0491
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Seaver   7.1 5 3 3 3 3
  Hume   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Bair   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Price  W (1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Moskau  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
4
4
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   7.1 5 3 3 3 4
  Sambito   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  LaCorte   0.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Smith  L (0-2) 2.0 2 1 0 1 2
Totals
10.0
9
5
4
5
8

  E–Thon (4).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Collins (3,off Ruhle); Knight (3,off Ruhle); Concepcion (8,off LaCorte), Houston Thon (1,off Seaver); Cruz (3,off Hume).  HR–Houston Cedeno (1,8th inning off Hume 2 on, 1 out).  SH–Landestoy (1,off Price).  IBB–Woods (1,by Hume); Puhl (1,by Bair).  CS–Concepcion (1,2nd base by Ruhle/Ashby).  WP–Seaver (2), LaCorte (1).  IBB–Hume (3,Woods); Bair (1,Puhl).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:06.  A–23,173.
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