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In a meeting of aces, Jim Merritt triumphed over Larry Dierker and pitched the Reds to a 5-2 victory over the Astros. Tony Perez started the Reds' scoring with a homer in the fourth inning and two other runs followed on doubles by Johnny Bench and Lee May and a single by Dave Concepcion. Pete Rose tripled and Perez hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth. Cincinnati Reds 5, Houston Astros 2Game Played on Friday, May 22, 1970 (Night game) at AstrodomeReds 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 - 5 12 0
Astros 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 0
Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rose rf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .264 Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .287
Tolan cf 4 0 2 0 1 1 .299 Alou rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .297
Perez 3b 4 1 1 2 0 0 .368 Wynn cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .318
Bench c 5 1 2 0 0 2 .299 Davis lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .269
May 1b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .304 Menke ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .331
Carbo lf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .326 Rader 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .310
Stewart pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Pepitone 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .187 Edwards c 3 0 1 1 0 2 .156
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262 Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Merritt p 4 0 1 0 0 3 .125 Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .182
Watson ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100
Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Beauchamp ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Totals 37 5 12 5 2 11 Totals 36 2 10 1 0 7
Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 23,378
Left on Base: Reds 8, Astros 7
DP: Reds 1, Astros 1
Doubles: Bench 2 (11), May (9), Menke (9), Rader (5)
Triples: Rose (2)
Home Runs: Perez (14), Carbo (7)
Stolen Bases: Menke (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Perez (2)
GIDP: Perez (6), Alou (4)
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Merritt W(9-2) 9 10 2 2 0 7 0 36 2.60
Totals 9 10 2 2 0 7 0 36
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dierker L(8-3) 7 11 5 5 2 8 2 34 3.08
Billingham 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 6 7.17
Totals 9 12 5 5 2 11 2 40
Umpires: HP - Frank Dezelan, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Doug Harvey
REDS 1ST: Rose singled to right; Tolan walked [Rose to second];
Perez flied out to right; Bench struck out; May struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Morgan struck out; Alou grounded out (shortstop to
first); Wynn popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0.
REDS 2ND: Carbo struck out; Helms grounded out (second to
first); Concepcion grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Davis singled to left; Menke flied out to right;
Rader singled to center [Davis to second]; Pepitone popped to
shortstop; Edwards singled to right [Davis scored, Rader to
third]; Dierker struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0,
Astros 1.
REDS 3RD: Merritt struck out; Rose flied out to center; Tolan
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 1.
ASTROS 3RD: Morgan flied out to right; Alou singled to left;
Wynn forced Alou (third to second); Davis flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 1.
REDS 4TH: Perez homered; Bench doubled to center; May doubled to
left [Bench scored]; Carbo flied out to left; Helms flied out to
right [May to third]; Concepcion singled to left [May scored];
Merritt struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Astros 1.
ASTROS 4TH: Menke doubled to center; Rader singled to center
[Menke to third]; Menke stole home; Pepitone popped to
shortstop; Edwards struck out; Dierker struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Reds 3, Astros 2.
REDS 5TH: Rose tripled to right; Tolan struck out; Perez hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Rose scored]; Bench doubled to left;
May struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Astros 2.
ASTROS 5TH: Morgan singled to right; Alou grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Morgan out at second]; Wynn
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 4,
Astros 2.
REDS 6TH: Carbo homered; Helms popped to first; Concepcion
grounded out (second to first); Merritt singled to center; Rose
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 6TH: Davis grounded out (pitcher to first); Menke flied
out to left; Rader doubled to right; Pepitone popped to second;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Astros 2.
REDS 7TH: Tolan singled to right; Perez flied out to center;
Bench popped to shortstop; May singled to left [Tolan to
second]; Carbo walked [Tolan to third, May to second]; STEWART
RAN FOR CARBO; Helms flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Reds 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 7TH: STEWART STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Edwards struck
out; WATSON BATTED FOR DIERKER; Watson struck out; Morgan popped
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Astros 2.
REDS 8TH: BILLINGHAM REPLACED WATSON (PITCHING); Concepcion
grounded out (shortstop to first); Merritt struck out; Rose
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 8TH: Alou popped to catcher; Wynn singled to left; Davis
forced Wynn (third to second); Menke singled to left [Davis to
third]; Rader grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Reds 5, Astros 2.
REDS 9TH: Tolan singled to left; Perez grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Tolan out at second]; Bench
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 9TH: Pepitone struck out; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR EDWARDS;
Martinez flied out to left; BEAUCHAMP BATTED FOR BILLINGHAM;
Beauchamp lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5,
Astros 2.
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