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BOXSCORE: 1979 Cincinnati Reds At 1979 Houston Astros               9/23/1979
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Collins RF        6  1  1  0 .294     T.Puhl CF           5  0  1  1 .293  
  J.Morgan 2B         6  0  3  1 .248     C.Reynolds SS       5  0  1  1 .248  
  D.Concepcion SS     6  0  0  0 .288     C.Cedeno 1B         4  1  2  0 .246  
  G.Foster LF         6  0  0  0 .281     J.Cruz LF           5  0  2  0 .286  
  J.Bench C           4  0  1  0 .265     E.Cabell 3B         6  0  1  0 .257  
  D.Driessen 1B       4  0  0  0 .275     J.Leonard RF        6  0  2  1 .294  
  R.Knight 3B         5  1  2  0 .345     L.Pujols C          5  0  1  0 .302  
  H.Cruz CF           5  0  2  0 .209     R.Landestoy 2B      5  1  2  0 .272  
  F.Pastore P         3  0  1  0 .208     V.Ruhle P           1  0  0  0 .087  
  D.Tomlin P          1  0  0  0 .222     R.Niemann P         0  0  0  0 .071  
  D.Bair P            0  0  0  0 .091   A-D.Bergman PH        1  0  1  0 .667  
D-R.Auerbach PH       1  0  0  0 .297   B-J.Sexton PR         0  1  0  0 .158  
  M.Sarmiento P       0  0  0  0 .000     J.Andujar P         0  0  0  0 .149  
                                        C-J.Alou PH           1  0  0  0 .375  
                                          F.Lacorte P         1  0  0  0 .125  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      47  2 10  1                 Totals      45  3 13  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Niemann In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Bergman In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Andujar In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Bair In 11th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  0 0 0  -  2 10  2
Astros.......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 1  -  3 13  2
 
Reds (87-69)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Pastore                 7       5   1   1   1   6   0  96   4.00
D.Tomlin BS(3rd)          1 1/3   4   1   1   1   1   0  36   6.24
D.Bair                    1 2/3   1   0   0   1   1   0  33   3.68
M.Sarmiento LOSS(2-4)     1 1/3   3   1   1   1   1   0  32   3.72
Totals                   11 1/3  13   3   3   4   9   0
 
Astros (93-62)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
V.Ruhle                   6 2/3   7   2   0   1   6   0 116   2.75
R.Niemann                 1 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  13   4.48
J.Andujar                 1       1   0   0   0   1   0  16   2.30
F.Lacorte WIN(1-1)        3       2   0   0   0   4   0  51   7.49
Totals                   12      10   2   0   1  11   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 42,970 DATE- Sunday, September 23rd 1979 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Steve Fields, Fred Brocklander, Bob Engel, John McSherry
T- 3:30
LEFT ON BASE- Reds:11  Astros:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0  Astros: 1
ERRORS- J.Morgan, J.Bench, C.Reynolds, E.Cabell
DOUBLES- D.Collins(13th), J.Morgan(40th), E.Cabell(27th), D.Bergman(1st)
STOLEN BASES- T.Puhl(36th), C.Reynolds(21st), R.Landestoy(15th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Cruz
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Reynolds, V.Ruhle
WALKS- J.Bench, T.Puhl, C.Cedeno-2, J.Cruz
HIT BY PITCH- D.Driessen
STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, D.Concepcion, G.Foster-3, J.Bench, D.Driessen, R.Knight,
             H.Cruz, D.Tomlin, R.Auerbach, C.Reynolds, C.Cedeno, E.Cabell,
             J.Leonard, L.Pujols, R.Landestoy-2, V.Ruhle, F.Lacorte
WILD PITCHES- D.Tomlin, F.Lacorte
PASSED BALLS- L.Pujols-2
2-out RBI- C.Reynolds, J.Morgan
 
42,970 fans watched an exciting game at The Astrodome.  The impressive Houston
Astros topped the Cincinnati Reds by the slimmest of margins, 3 to 2.
 
The game was deadlocked at 2 after nine full innings.  Houston won it in the
12th inning.  Cesar Cedeno lined a base-hit.  Jose Cruz stepped into the
batter's box and he drew a walk.  After an out was recorded, Jeffrey Leonard
came to the plate and laced a one-base hit giving Houston the victory and
sending the 42,970 home-town fans home happy.  Houston out-hit Cincinnati for
the game, 13 hits to 10.  
 
The victory was credited to Frank Lacorte(1-1) who went 3 innings, allowing no
runs. Manny Sarmiento(2-4) absorbed the loss in relief.  He pitched 1 and 1/3
innings and surrendered 3 hits and 1 walk.
 

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