Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 30, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 30, 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 2, Cincinnati Reds 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 4 0 2 0
Garner 2b 4 0 1 0
Scott cf 4 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Cedeno 1b 4 1 1 1
Howe 3b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 1 1 1
Ruhle p 2 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Spilman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Loucks cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 3 0 1 1
  Mejias rf 1 0 0 0
Griffey cf 4 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1
Foster lf 3 1 1 1
Bench 1b 3 0 0 0
Nolan c 2 1 1 0
  O'Berry c 0 0 0 0
Knight 3b 3 1 1 0
Oester 2b 3 1 2 1
  Kennedy 2b 0 0 0 0
Soto p 3 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 4
Houston 001 000 100251
Cincinnati 000 012 20x571
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  L (4-6) 5.2 5 3 3 0 2
  LaCorte   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith   1.0 2 2 1 1 0
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
1
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Soto  W (11-9) 8.0 5 2 2 2 3
  Hume  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
3

  E–Ashby (10), Concepcion (21).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Puhl (19,off Soto), Cincinnati Concepcion (28,off Ruhle); Knight (21,off D Smith).  3B–Cincinnati Oester (7,off Ruhle).  HR–Houston Reynolds (4,3rd inning off Soto 0 on, 0 out); Cedeno (4,7th inning off Soto 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Foster (21,5th inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Nolan (2,2nd base by Ruhle/Ashby).  WP–Soto (4).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Dick Stello, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:14.  A–24,394.
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