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After building up a 7-0 lead in the first three innings, the Astros defeated the Reds, 7-5, with credit for the victory going to ex-Cardinal Jerry Reuss in his first appearance in a Houston uniform. Cesar Cedeno hit two doubles and a single in the Astros' attack, driving in two runs and scoring one. Reuss gave up nine of the Reds' hits, including a homer by Tony Perez, before being lifted in the seventh. [The Sporting News] Houston Astros 7, Cincinnati Reds 5Game Played on Wednesday, April 19, 1972 (Night game) at Riverfront StadiumAstros 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 7 2
Reds 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 - 5 10 1
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Metzger ss 4 1 1 1 1 0 .111 Rose lf 5 1 4 0 0 0 .412
Cedeno cf 5 1 3 2 0 0 .400 Morgan 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .200
Wynn rf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .300 Tolan cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .467
May 1b 4 1 0 0 1 4 .300 Bench c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .077
Watson lf 2 1 0 0 1 1 .353 Perez 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .267
Rader 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .316 Menke 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .385
Helms 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .150 Foster rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .333
Edwards c 3 2 1 0 1 0 .214 Concepcion ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .154
Reuss p 2 0 0 1 1 2 .000 Carbo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blasingame p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Billingham p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Culver p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Borbon p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Javier ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .500
Sprague p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
McRae ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Uhlaender ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 32 7 7 6 7 8 Totals 34 5 10 4 2 5
Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 6,217
Left on Base: Astros 6, Reds 6
DP: Astros 1, Reds 2
Errors: Wynn, Reuss, Borbon
Doubles: Cedeno 2 (3), Edwards (1), Javier (1), Foster (2)
Triples: Tolan (2)
Home Runs: Perez (2)
Stolen Bases: Morgan (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bench (1), Tolan (1)
GIDP: Helms (1), Bench (2)
Hit by Pitch: Watson (1,by Billingham)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Reuss W(1-0) 6 9 5 4 2 4 1 29 6.00
Blasingame 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.36
Culver SV(1) 2.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.25
Totals 9 10 5 4 2 5 1 38
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Billingham L(0-2) 2 6 6 6 3 2 0 15 9.39
Borbon 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 12 2.25
Sprague 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0.00
Hall 3 0 0 0 1 4 0 10 1.69
Totals 9 7 7 7 7 8 0 40
Hit by Pitch: Billingham (1)
Wild Pitches: Billingham 2 (2)
Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Chris Pelekoudas, 2B - Mel Steiner, 3B - Jerry Dale
ASTROS 1ST: Metzger singled to center; Cedeno doubled to left
[Metzger to third]; Wynn singled to center [Metzger scored,
Cedeno to third]; Billingham threw a wild pitch [Cedeno scored,
Wynn to second]; May struck out; Watson walked; Billingham threw
a wild pitch [Wynn to third, Watson to second]; Rader walked;
Helms grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Rader out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 2, Reds 0.
REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (second to first); Morgan walked;
Morgan stole second; Tolan grounded out (first unassisted)
[Morgan to third]; Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 2, Reds 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Edwards doubled; Reuss was called out on strikes;
Metzger grounded out (second to first) [Edwards to third];
Cedeno singled to third [Edwards scored]; Wynn grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 0.
REDS 2ND: Perez popped to shortstop; Menke popped to center;
Foster struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 0.
ASTROS 3RD: May walked; Watson was hit by a pitch [May to
second]; Rader singled to center [May scored, Watson to second];
BORBON REPLACED BILLINGHAM (PITCHING); Watson was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Borbon [Watson to third,
Rader to second]; Helms popped to second; Edwards was walked
intentionally; Reuss walked [Watson scored, Rader to third,
Edwards to second]; Metzger forced Reuss (second to shortstop)
[Rader scored, Edwards to third]; Cedeno doubled to right
[Edwards scored, Metzger to third]; Wynn flied out to right; 4
R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 0.
REDS 3RD: Concepcion flied out to right; Borbon struck out; Rose
singled to center; Morgan popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 0.
ASTROS 4TH: May was called out on strikes; Watson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 0.
REDS 4TH: Tolan tripled to center; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Tolan scored]; Perez grounded out (third to first);
Menke walked; Foster was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Astros 7, Reds 1.
ASTROS 5TH: Helms flied out to center; Edwards flied out to
right; Reuss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 1.
REDS 5TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); JAVIER
BATTED FOR BORBON; Javier doubled to right; On a bunt Rose
singled to pitcher [Javier scored (error by Reuss) (unearned)
(no RBI), Rose to third (error by Wynn)]; Morgan popped to
shortstop; Tolan grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 2.
ASTROS 6TH: SPRAGUE REPLACED JAVIER (PITCHING); Metzger walked;
Cedeno lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Metzger out
at first]; Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 2.
REDS 6TH: Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; Perez
homered; Menke singled to center; Foster doubled to left [Menke
to third]; Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first) [Menke
scored]; MCRAE BATTED FOR SPRAGUE; McRae flied out to right; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 4.
ASTROS 7TH: HALL REPLACED MCRAE (PITCHING); May was called out
on strikes; Watson struck out; Rader popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 4.
REDS 7TH: Rose singled to right; Morgan singled to right [Rose
to third]; BLASINGAME REPLACED REUSS (PITCHING); Tolan hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Rose scored]; CULVER REPLACED BLASINGAME
(PITCHING); Bench grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Morgan out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 7, Reds 5.
ASTROS 8TH: Helms flied out to left; Edwards grounded out (first
unassisted); Culver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7,
Reds 5.
REDS 8TH: Perez struck out; Menke popped to catcher in foul
territory; Foster grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 5.
ASTROS 9TH: Metzger flied out to right; Cedeno grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wynn walked; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 5.
REDS 9TH: CARBO BATTED FOR CONCEPCION; Carbo grounded out (first
to pitcher); UHLAENDER BATTED FOR HALL; Uhlaender grounded out
(second to first); Rose singled to center; Morgan popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 7, Reds 5.
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