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Houston Astros 5 Cincinnati Reds 6

May 4,1979

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (16-9)

Home Team

Cincinnati Reds (13-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

10

Ballpark

Cinergy Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

20,988

Time of Game

3:47

Umpires

[HP]: Bob Nelson [1B]: Hank Rountree [2B]: Bill Andress [3B]: Ron Jeffers

Houston Astros 5 Cincinnati Reds 6

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	16-9		1	0	4		0	0	0		0	0	0		0		5	9	2		1	3	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	13-11		0	1	3		0	0	0		0	0	1		1		6	15	3		2	5	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Terry Puhl	rf	22.300	L	5	1	1	0		0	1	.288		25	234
2	Craig Reynolds	ss	26.128	L	5	2	1	1		0	0	.276		25	346
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	28.068	R	3	0	1	0		2	0	.297		22	1174
4	Jose Cruz	lf	31.269	L	4	0	1	1		0	0	.330		25	1032
5	Enos Cabell	3b-1b	29.208	R	5	1	1	3		0	0	.295		25	713
6	Bob Watson	1b	33.024	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.256		25	1349
	Rafael Landestoy	2b	25.341	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		21	95
7	Art Howe	2b-3b	32.140	R	4	0	1	0		1	0	.220		25	381
8	Alan Ashby	c	27.300	B	5	0	1	0		0	1	.243		21	424
9	Vern Ruhle	p	28.099	R	2	1	1	0		0	1	.091		6	25
	Jimmy Sexton	ph	27.140	R	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000		5	107
	Joe Sambito	p	26.310	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		11	147
	Denny Walling	ph	25.017	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.125		7	142
Totals

Errors: Craig Reynolds, Enos Cabell

2B: Art Howe (3), Alan Ashby (4), Vern Ruhle (1)

HR: Enos Cabell (3)

RBI: Craig Reynolds (7), Jose Cruz (20), Enos Cabell 3 (19)

SF: Jose Cruz (2)

GDP: Jose Cruz (2)

SB: Cesar Cedeno (6)

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Ken Griffey	cf-rf	29.024	L	5	1	2	0		1	1	.375		23	728
2	Dave Concepcion	ss	30.321	R	4	0	2	0		1	1	.310		24	1222
3	Joe Morgan	2b	35.227	L	5	0	1	0		1	1	.313		22	1928
4	George Foster	lf	30.154	R	5	0	1	1		1	2	.362		24	957
5	Champ Summers	rf	32.323	L	2	1	0	0		1	0	.167		12	263
	Dave Collins	ph-cf	26.196	B	2	0	1	0		0	0	.400		9	423
6	Dan Driessen	1b	27.279	L	4	3	3	2		1	0	.239		24	765
7	Ray Knight	3b	26.127	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.321		23	200
8	Johnny Bench	c	31.148	R	4	0	2	3		0	0	.197		19	1650
	Paul Moskau	p	25.135	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.125		4	51
	Rick Auerbach	ph	29.078	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.200		7	507
	Cesar Geronimo	cf	31.054	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.181		24	1165
Totals

Errors: Dave Concepcion, Dan Driessen, Paul Moskau

2B: Joe Morgan (9)

3B: Dan Driessen (1)

HR: Dan Driessen (4)

RBI: George Foster (24), Dan Driessen 2 (18), Johnny Bench 3 (10)

SH: Dave Concepcion (2), Paul Moskau (1)

SF: Johnny Bench (2)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vern Ruhle	R		5.0	8	4	4	3	4	1		3.29	1.02		6	102
2	Joe Sambito	L		2.2	4	0	0	0	1	0		2.79	1.24		11	147
3	Bo McLaughlin	R		1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0		8.10	2.10		4	79
4	Frank Riccelli	L	L 1-1	0.0	1	1	1	2	0	0		3.24	2.16		7	13
5	Rick Williams	R		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0					1	18
Totals				0.0

WP: Vern Ruhle (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Ruhle (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0), Bo McLaughlin (0-0-0), Frank Riccelli (0-0-0), Rick Williams (0-0-0)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Seaver	R		1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0		3.86	1.19		6	429
2	Paul Moskau	R		5.0	6	1	1	2	2	1		1.04	0.98		4	50
3	Dave Tomlin	L		0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.00	1.33		11	326
4	Pedro Borbon	R		1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.12	1.15		10	533
5	Doug Bair	R	W 2-0	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0		2.19	1.62		9	128
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Seaver (0-0-0), Paul Moskau (0-0-0), Dave Tomlin (0-0-0), Pedro Borbon (0-0-0), Doug Bair (0-0-0)

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