Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
October 1, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 1, 1981 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 8, Cincinnati Reds 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Puhl rf 2 1 1 0
  Woods ph,rf 1 0 0 0
  Walling ph,rf 1 1 1 2
Garner 2b 3 0 0 2
Scott cf 3 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 1 0 1
Cedeno 1b 4 1 0 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 1
Howe 3b 2 1 2 1
Reynolds ss 5 1 2 1
Ryan p 5 1 2 0
Totals 33 8 10 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins rf 4 0 0 0
  Mejias rf 0 0 0 0
Griffey cf 4 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 2 0
Foster lf 4 0 1 0
Bench 1b 4 0 0 0
Nolan c 4 1 0 0
Knight 3b 4 0 2 0
Oester 2b 1 0 0 0
Berenyi p 2 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Moskau p 0 0 0 0
  Biittner ph 1 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Leibrandt p 0 0 0 0
  Edelen p 0 0 0 0
  Householder ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 0
Houston 100 000 2058100
Cincinnati 000 000 100171
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  W (11-5) 9.0 7 1 1 3 9
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi  L (9-6) 6.0 3 3 2 6 3
  LaCoss   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Price   0.2 0 0 0 2 2
  Moskau   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Hume   1.1 4 5 5 2 1
  Leibrandt   0.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Edelen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
11
7

  E–Nolan (2).  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–Houston Ryan (1,off Hume), Cincinnati Knight (22,off Ryan).  HR–Houston Walling (5,9th inning off Hume 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Garner (4,off Berenyi).  SB–Puhl 2 (21,2nd base off Berenyi/Nolan 2); Scott (18,2nd base off Berenyi/Nolan).  CS–Ashby (2,3rd base by Berenyi/Nolan).  WP–Ryan (16), Berenyi (7).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Dick Stello, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–3:12.  A–26,484.
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