Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 24, 1982 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1982 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)
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Houston Astros 0, Cincinnati Reds 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bass lf 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 2 0
Walling rf 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 4 0 2 0
Spilman 1b 4 0 1 0
Puhl cf 3 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 2 0
Pujols c 3 0 1 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 10 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Walker lf 3 0 1 0
Householder rf 3 1 1 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Driessen 1b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 2 0
Bench 3b 4 0 2 1
  Krenchicki 3b 0 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
Van Gorder c 3 0 0 0
Berenyi p 3 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 9 1
Houston 000 000 0000100
Cincinnati 000 200 00x290
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (16-11) 8.0 9 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
2
0
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi  W (9-18) 9.0 10 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
10
0
0
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 3.  2B–Houston Spilman (2,off Berenyi); Garner 2 (31,off Berenyi 2), Cincinnati Berenyi (2,off Niekro); Cedeno (34,off Niekro).  SB–Doran (2,2nd base off Berenyi/Van Gorder); Concepcion (12,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols); Walker (9,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols).  CS–Walker (3,2nd base by Niekro/Pujols).  WP–Niekro (19).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Jim Quick, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:07.  A–6,666.
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