Tony Cloninger hit a homer to cap the Reds' scoring and gained credit for a 6-2 victory over the Astros with the help of Clay Carroll, who relieved in the eighth inning. The Reds picked up a run in the first and then bunched four hits, including doubles by Pat Corrales and Pete Rose, for three runs in the second. Tony Perez homered in the third and Cloninger connected in the sixth. Bob Watson hit a homer for the Astros. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 6, Houston Astros 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 23, 1970 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2 12  1
Reds         1  3  1    0  0  1    0  0  x  -   6 11  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cedeno cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .303      Rose rf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .322
Morgan 2b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .270      Cline lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .266
Wynn lf               5   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Tolan cf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .317
Watson 1b             2   1   1   1     2   0   .270      Perez 1b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .315
  Gladding p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stewart 3b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .267
Menke ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .305      Corrales c            4   1   1   0     0   0   .238
Rader 3b              4   1   3   0     0   0   .249      Woodward 2b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .227
Miller rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .230      Duffy ss              4   0   1   0     0   1   .182
Howard c              4   0   1   1     0   2   .324      Cloninger p           3   2   2   2     0   0   .222
Billingham p          0   0   0   0     1   0   .089        Carroll p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .071
  Harris p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Geronimo ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .259
  Cook p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Mayberry 1b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .224

Totals               35   2  12   2     3   2             Totals               34   6  11   5     1   1

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 11,845
Left on Base: Astros 10, Reds 6
DP: Astros 0, Reds 3
Errors: Billingham
Doubles: Cedeno (19), Rader 2 (24), Morgan (26), Corrales (5), Rose (37), Duffy (2)
Home Runs: Watson (10), Perez (40), Cloninger (2)
Caught Stealing: Tolan (19)
Sacrifice Flies: Woodward (3)
GIDP: Morgan (10), Miller (5)
Hit by Pitch: Cedeno (2,by Carroll)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham L(12-9)      1.2   5   4   3   0   0   0  11   4.18
Harris                  4.1   4   2   2   0   1   2  17   5.68
Cook                    1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   3.73
Gladding                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.12
Totals                  8    11   6   5   1   1   2  36

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cloninger W(9-6)        7.1  10   2   2   3   1   1  32   3.89
Carroll SV(15)          1.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.58
Totals                  9    12   2   2   3   2   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Carroll (2)
Wild Pitches: Billingham (9)

Umpires: HP - John Kibler, 1B - Al Barlick, 3B - Andy Olsen


ASTROS 1ST: Cedeno doubled to left; Morgan popped to second;
Wynn flied out to right; Watson walked; Menke forced Watson
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Rose singled to center; Cline grounded out (second to
first) [Rose to second]; Billingham threw a wild pitch [Rose to
third]; Tolan grounded out (second to first) [Rose scored];
Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 0, Reds 1.

ASTROS 2ND: Rader doubled to right; Miller singled to center
[Rader to third, Miller out at second (center to first to
second)]; Howard struck out; Billingham walked; Cedeno flied out
to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 1.

REDS 2ND: Stewart singled to center; Corrales doubled to left
[Stewart to third]; Woodward hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Stewart scored]; Duffy lined to third; Cloninger singled to
right [Corrales scored]; Rose doubled to left [Cloninger to
third]; Cline reached on an error by Billingham [Cloninger
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Rose stayed at second, Cline to
first]; HARRIS REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Tolan popped to
third; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 4.

ASTROS 3RD: Morgan doubled to right; Wynn hit into a double play
(left to shortstop to third) [Morgan out at third]; Watson
walked; Menke flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros
0, Reds 4.

REDS 3RD: Perez homered; Stewart flied out to center; Corrales
grounded out (shortstop to first); Woodward singled to center;
Duffy struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 5.

ASTROS 4TH: Rader doubled to right; Miller singled to right
[Rader to third]; Howard singled to right [Rader scored, Miller
to second]; Harris popped to catcher in foul territory; Cedeno
popped to catcher in foul territory; Morgan grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 5.

REDS 4TH: Cloninger popped to first; Rose flied out to left;
Cline grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Reds 5.

ASTROS 5TH: Wynn flied out to left; Watson popped to second;
Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Reds 5.

REDS 5TH: Tolan flied out to center; Perez grounded out (first
to pitcher); Stewart singled to right; Corrales flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 5.

ASTROS 6TH: Rader flied out to right; Miller grounded out
(second to pitcher); Howard flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 5.

REDS 6TH: Woodward popped to shortstop; Duffy grounded out
(third to first); Cloninger homered; Rose popped to shortstop; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 6.

ASTROS 7TH: GERONIMO BATTED FOR HARRIS; Geronimo singled to
left; Cedeno flied out to center; Morgan grounded into a double
play (shortstop to first) [Geronimo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 6.

REDS 7TH: COOK REPLACED GERONIMO (PITCHING); Cline walked; Tolan
forced Cline (shortstop to second); Perez singled to left [Tolan
to second]; Tolan was caught stealing third (catcher to third)
[Perez to second]; Stewart grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 6.

ASTROS 8TH: Wynn flied out to left; Watson homered; Menke
singled to left; CARROLL REPLACED CLONINGER (PITCHING); Rader
singled to left [Menke to second]; Miller grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Rader out at second]; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Reds 6.

REDS 8TH: MAYBERRY REPLACED COOK (PLAYING 1B); GLADDING REPLACED
WATSON (PITCHING); Corrales grounded out (first to pitcher);
Woodward grounded out (third to first); Duffy doubled to right;
Carroll flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2,
Reds 6.

ASTROS 9TH: Howard struck out; Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to
first); Cedeno was hit by a pitch; Morgan singled to right
[Cedeno to third]; Wynn flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 2, Reds 6.