Tuesday September 22, 1970
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Sending 11 men to bat, the Reds scored six runs on only two hits in the eighth inning to defeat the Astros, 6-5. Joe Morgan and Bob Watson hit homers to pace the Astros to a 5-0 lead before the wildness of the Houston pitchers helped the Reds in their big inning.

Tommy Helms walked, Dave Concepcion was hit by a pitch and Bernie Carbo drew a pass to load the bases for starters. Bobby Tolan drove in the first run with a sacrifice fly. After a pass to Pete Rose reloaded the sacks, Tony Perez fouled out, but Johnny Bench singled to score Concepcion. Walks to Lee May and Ty Cline forced in two more tallies and Helms then singled to drive in the tying and winning runs. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 6, Houston Astros 5

Game Played on Tuesday, September 22, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Astros 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 - 5 7 0 Reds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 x - 6 9 2 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cedeno cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Tolan cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .319 Morgan 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 .268 Rose rf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .321 Wynn lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .286 Perez 3b,1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .314 Watson 1b 3 2 1 2 1 0 .268 Bench c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .294 Rader 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .245 May 1b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .252 Miller rf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .224 Chaney pr,3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 .233 Howard c 3 0 2 1 1 0 .328 McRae lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Martinez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Cline ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 .279 Blasingame p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Granger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Culver p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Helms 2b 3 1 1 2 1 0 .232 Cook p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Concepcion ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Gladding p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nolan p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .139 Lemaster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Duffy ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Geronimo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Bravo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Carbo ph,lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .308 Totals 35 5 7 5 3 4 Totals 28 6 9 6 5 1 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 11,975 Left on Base: Astros 6, Reds 5 DP: Astros 3, Reds 0 Errors: Perez, Bench Doubles: May (34) Home Runs: Morgan (7), Watson (9) Stolen Bases: Miller (3) Sacrifice Flies: Tolan (7) GIDP: Bench (12), McRae (6) Hit by Pitch: Concepcion (3,by Culver) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blasingame 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 17 2.84 Culver 2 3 2 2 1 1 0 9 3.95 Cook 0.1 0 2 2 2 0 0 3 3.78 Gladding L(5-4) 0.1 2 2 2 2 0 0 5 4.19 Lemaster 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.66 Totals 8 9 6 6 5 1 0 35 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Nolan 6 4 3 1 3 1 1 26 3.18 Wilcox W(3-1) 2 3 2 2 0 2 1 9 2.66 Granger SV(35) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2.79 Totals 9 7 5 3 3 4 2 38 Hit by Pitch: Culver (4) Umpires: HP - Ed Vargo, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Al Barlick, 3B - Andy Olsen ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno popped to catcher in foul territory; Morgan flied out to center; Wynn singled to left; Watson walked [Wynn to second]; Rader grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Tolan flied out to left; Rose grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 0. ASTROS 2ND: Miller walked; Miller stole second [Miller to third (error by Bench)]; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first) [Miller scored (unearned)]; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); Blasingame popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Bench flied out to right; May doubled to left; McRae grounded out (third to first); Helms grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 0. ASTROS 3RD: Cedeno popped to second; Morgan popped to shortstop; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 0. REDS 3RD: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Nolan grounded out (first unassisted); Tolan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 0. ASTROS 4TH: Watson reached on an error by Perez [Watson to second]; Rader singled to center [Watson scored (unearned)]; Miller flied out to right; Howard singled to left [Rader to second]; Martinez popped to shortstop; Blasingame grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Reds 0. REDS 4TH: Rose singled to center; Perez flied out to left; Bench grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Rose out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 2, Reds 0. ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Morgan homered; Wynn flied out to right; Watson popped to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 0. REDS 5TH: May singled to center; McRae grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [May out at second]; Helms grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 0. ASTROS 6TH: Rader flied out to right; Miller grounded out (second to first); Howard walked; Martinez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 0. REDS 6TH: Concepcion singled to third; DUFFY BATTED FOR NOLAN; CULVER REPLACED BLASINGAME (PITCHING); BRAVO BATTED FOR DUFFY; Bravo hit into a double play (shortstop to first) [Concepcion out at second]; Tolan singled to left; Rose singled to center [Tolan to second]; Perez struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 0. ASTROS 7TH: WILCOX REPLACED BRAVO (PITCHING); Culver struck out; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Morgan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 0. REDS 7TH: Bench singled to left [Bench out at second (left to second)]; May flied out to left; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 0. ASTROS 8TH: Wynn singled to center; Watson homered [Wynn scored]; Rader flied out to left; Miller grounded out (second to first); Howard singled to left; Martinez forced Howard (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 5, Reds 0. REDS 8TH: Helms walked; Concepcion was hit by a pitch [Helms to second]; CARBO BATTED FOR WILCOX; COOK REPLACED CULVER (PITCHING); Carbo walked [Helms to third, Concepcion to second]; Tolan hit a sacrifice fly to left [Helms scored]; Rose walked [Concepcion to third, Carbo to second]; GLADDING REPLACED COOK (PITCHING); Perez popped to first in foul territory; Bench singled to left [Concepcion scored, Carbo to third, Rose to second]; May walked [Carbo scored, Rose to third, Bench to second]; CHANEY RAN FOR MAY; CLINE BATTED FOR MCRAE; Cline walked [Rose scored, Bench to third, Chaney to second]; Helms singled to left [Bench scored, Chaney scored, Cline to second]; LEMASTER REPLACED GLADDING (PITCHING); Concepcion forced Helms (third to second); 6 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 5, Reds 6. ASTROS 9TH: GRANGER REPLACED CLINE (PITCHING); CHANEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); PEREZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); CARBO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GERONIMO BATTED FOR LEMASTER; Geronimo flied out to center; Cedeno struck out; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Reds 6.

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