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Jim Merritt pitched six perfect innings to start the Reds off to a 5-2 victory over the Astros. Merritt's mastery ended in the seventh when Jesus Alou doubled. Bob Watson singled with two out to score Alou. Doug Rader homered in the eighth. Cincinnati Reds 5, Houston Astros 2Game Played on Saturday, June 27, 1970 (Night game) at AstrodomeReds 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 - 5 13 3
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 2 5 0
Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Rose rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .310 Alou lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .278
Tolan cf 3 1 0 1 1 2 .321 Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252
Perez 3b 5 0 4 2 0 0 .364 Bryant c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Bench c 5 0 1 0 0 0 .306 Wynn cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .284
May 1b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Watson 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .299
Carbo lf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .310 Menke ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .319
Stewart lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Cedeno rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .138
Helms 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .218 Rader 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .231
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Edwards c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .178
Merritt p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .146 Torres ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Carroll p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bouton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Griffin p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .043
DiLauro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267
Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Martinez ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .276
Totals 37 5 13 5 2 4 Totals 33 2 5 2 0 7
Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 28,913
Left on Base: Reds 9, Astros 4
DP: Reds 1, Astros 1
Errors: Bench, Helms, Concepcion
Doubles: Helms (10), Perez (10), Rose (18), Alou (10)
Home Runs: Carbo (11), Rader (14)
Stolen Bases: Tolan (22)
Sacrifice Hits: Merritt (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Tolan (5)
GIDP: Concepcion (9), Cedeno (1)
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Merritt W(12-6) 8 4 2 2 0 6 1 30 3.48
Carroll SV(7) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.76
Totals 9 5 2 2 0 7 1 33
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Griffin L(2-8) 6 9 4 4 2 3 0 28 4.50
DiLauro 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.55
Ray 1.1 4 1 1 0 0 1 8 4.30
Cook 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3.22
Bouton 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6.20
Totals 9 13 5 5 2 4 1 41
Umpires: HP - Chris Pelekoudas, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Augie Donatelli
REDS 1ST: Rose flied out to center; Tolan struck out; Perez
singled to center; Bench singled to left [Perez to second]; May
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Bench dropped a foul fly hit by Alou for an error;
Alou grounded out (third to first); Morgan grounded out (first
unassisted); Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Reds 0,
Astros 0.
REDS 2ND: Carbo singled to right; Helms doubled to right [Carbo
scored]; Concepcion popped to second; Merritt flied out to
center [Helms to third]; Rose lined to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Reds 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (third to first); Menke flied
out to right; Cedeno popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Astros 0.
REDS 3RD: Tolan grounded out (first unassisted); Perez doubled
to center; Bench popped to third; May grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Rader flied out to center; Edwards struck out;
Griffin struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 1, Astros 0.
REDS 4TH: Carbo flied out to center; Helms grounded out
(shortstop to first); Concepcion flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Alou popped to first; Morgan grounded out (pitcher
to first); Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Astros 0.
REDS 5TH: Merritt struck out; Rose grounded out (first to
pitcher); Tolan walked; Tolan stole second; Perez singled to
left [Tolan scored]; Bench grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Watson popped to second; Menke flied out to right;
Cedeno struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 0.
REDS 6TH: May flied out to left; Carbo walked; Helms singled to
right [Carbo to third]; Concepcion grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Helms out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Rader grounded out (third to first); Edwards struck
out; Griffin popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 0.
REDS 7TH: Merritt singled to left; Rose doubled to right
[Merritt to third]; DILAURO REPLACED GRIFFIN (PITCHING); Tolan
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Merritt scored, Rose to third]; RAY
REPLACED DILAURO (PITCHING); Perez singled to center [Rose
scored]; Bench flied out to left; May forced Perez (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 4, Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Alou doubled to right; Morgan popped to shortstop;
Wynn flied out to center; Watson singled to center [Alou
scored]; Menke reached on an error by Helms [Watson to second,
Menke to first]; Cedeno flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Reds 4, Astros 1.
REDS 8TH: Carbo homered; Helms flied out to right; Concepcion
singled to center; Merritt out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Concepcion to second]; Rose singled [Concepcion to
third]; COOK REPLACED RAY (PITCHING); Tolan struck out; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Reds 5, Astros 1.
ASTROS 8TH: STEWART REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING LF); Rader homered;
TORRES BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Torres reached on an error by
Concepcion [Torres to first]; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR COOK; Martinez
flied out to center; Alou forced Torres (third to second);
Morgan struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5, Astros 2.
REDS 9TH: BOUTON REPLACED TORRES (PITCHING); MARTINEZ STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); BRYANT REPLACED MORGAN (PLAYING C ); Perez
popped to first; Bench popped to first; May flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Reds 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 9TH: Wynn singled to center; CARROLL REPLACED MERRITT
(PITCHING); Watson struck out; Menke singled to right [Wynn to
second]; Cedeno grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Menke out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Reds 5,
Astros 2.
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