Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
May 9, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1981 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 5, Cincinnati Reds 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 1 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Ivie ph 1 1 1 2
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 2
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Heep 1b 4 0 2 0
Howe 3b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 1 2 0
Thon 2b,ss 3 1 0 0
Andujar p 1 0 0 0
  Pittman ph 0 1 0 0
  Sprowl p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 1 0 0 0
  Landestoy 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 1 0 0
Griffey cf 3 1 2 1
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 1
Foster lf 5 2 2 2
Bench 1b 5 1 2 2
Nolan c 3 2 2 1
Knight 3b 4 0 1 0
Oester 2b 4 1 1 0
Berenyi p 2 0 0 1
  Price p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 9 11 8
Houston 100 010 0035102
Cincinnati 321 012 00x9112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (1-2) 4.0 7 6 5 2 1
  Sprowl   2.0 4 3 3 0 0
  LaCorte   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
8
4
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi  W (3-1) 8.2 10 5 5 4 3
  Price   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
3

  E–Reynolds (1), Andujar (1), Concepcion (5), Oester (5).  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Houston Puhl (6,off Berenyi); Reynolds (3,off Berenyi); Ivie (5,off Berenyi), Cincinnati Foster (6,off Andujar); Griffey (6,off Andujar).  HR–Cincinnati Bench (2,6th inning off Sprowl 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Reynolds (5,off Berenyi); Berenyi (1,off Andujar).  SF–Nolan (2,off Andujar); Berenyi (1,off Sprowl).  SB–Nolan (1,2nd base off Andujar/Ashby).  BK–Berenyi (2).  U-HP–Satch Davidson, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:38.  A–30,860.
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