Jack Billingham, who split even in four decisions against the Astros last season, pitched the Reds to a 2-0 victory over his former teammates. Bobby Tolan homered in the fourth inning to pin the defeat on Ken Forsch. The Reds' other run counted off reliever Jim Crawford in the eighth on a walk to Joe Morgan, his theft of second, throwing error by catcher Larry Howard and a wild pitch. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 2, Houston Astros 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       13, 1973 (Day game) at Astrodome
Reds         0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  1
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               4   0   1   0     1   0   .309      Wynn rf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Morgan 2b             3   1   3   0     1   0   .347      Metzger ss            2   0   1   0     1   0   .176
Bench c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .239      Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .331
Tolan cf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .260      Watson lf,1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .367
Hague 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .143      May 1b                2   0   1   0     2   1   .208
Concepcion ss         3   0   0   0     0   2   .314        Alou pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Stahl ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .462      Rader 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .230
  Chaney ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .128      Edwards c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .220
Menke 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .224        Gallagher pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Geronimo rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .185        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Billingham p          3   0   0   0     0   1   .042        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Agee ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .292
                                                          Helms 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
                                                          Forsch p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .048
                                                            Stewart ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Howard c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .154

Totals               32   2   7   1     4   6             Totals               30   0   4   0     5   4

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance: 27,905
Left on Base: Reds 8, Astros 10
DP: Reds 1, Astros 0
Errors: Menke, Howard
Home Runs: Tolan (3)
Stolen Bases: Morgan 2 (15), Tolan (8), Hague (1), Cedeno (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Billingham (4)
GIDP: Cedeno (6)
Hit by Pitch: Metzger (1,by Billingham), Rader (2,by Billingham)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Billingham W(6-1)       9     4   0   0   5   4   0  37   2.49
Totals                  9     4   0   0   5   4   0  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Forsch L(3-3)           7     6   1   1   2   5   1  28   3.54
Crawford                0.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   4   3.86
Upshaw                  1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.09
Totals                  9     7   2   2   4   6   1  37

Hit by Pitch: Billingham 2 (3)
Wild Pitches: Billingham (2), Crawford (2)

Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Bob Engel, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt


REDS 1ST: Rose singled; Morgan singled [Rose out at third (right
to third)]; Bench grounded out (third to first) [Morgan to
second]; Tolan struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros
0.

ASTROS 1ST: Wynn flied out to left; Metzger grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cedeno reached on an error by Menke [Cedeno
to first]; Cedeno stole second; Billingham threw a wild pitch
[Cedeno to third]; Watson walked; May walked [Watson to second];
Rader popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
 Reds 0, Astros 0.

REDS 2ND: Hague flied out to center; Concepcion was called out
on strikes; Menke singled; Geronimo was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Edwards grounded out (first to pitcher); Helms
grounded out (third to first); Forsch struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

REDS 3RD: Billingham struck out; Rose grounded out (second to
first); Morgan singled; Morgan stole second; Bench flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Wynn grounded out (third to first); Metzger was hit
by a pitch; Cedeno grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Metzger out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds
0, Astros 0.

REDS 4TH: Tolan homered; Hague grounded out (second to first);
Concepcion struck out; Menke grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (first unassisted); May struck
out; Rader singled; Edwards flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Reds 1, Astros 0.

REDS 5TH: Geronimo flied out to center; Billingham grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rose walked; Morgan singled [Rose to
second]; Bench flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds
1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Helms grounded out (second to first); Forsch struck
out; Wynn struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Astros 0.

REDS 6TH: Tolan grounded out (second to first); Hague grounded
out (third to first); Concepcion grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Metzger walked; Cedeno flied out to right; Watson
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Metzger to second]; May singled
[Metzger to third]; Rader was hit by a pitch [May to second];
Metzger was picked off third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 1, Astros 0.

REDS 7TH: Menke walked; Geronimo flied out to right; Billingham
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Menke to second];
Rose lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Edwards singled; GALLAGHER RAN FOR EDWARDS; Helms
forced Gallagher (shortstop to second); STEWART BATTED FOR
FORSCH; Stewart forced Helms (third to second); Wynn popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 1, Astros
0.

REDS 8TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED GALLAGHER (PITCHING); HOWARD
REPLACED STEWART (PLAYING C ); Morgan walked; Morgan stole
second [Morgan to third (error by Howard)]; Crawford threw a
wild pitch [Morgan scored]; Bench walked; Tolan singled [Bench
to second]; Hague forced Bench (pitcher to third) [Tolan to
second]; UPSHAW REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); STAHL BATTED FOR
CONCEPCION; Tolan stole third and Hague stole second; Stahl
struck out; Menke grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: CHANEY REPLACED STAHL (PLAYING SS); Metzger singled;
Cedeno forced Metzger (shortstop to second); Watson flied out to
center; May walked [Cedeno to second]; ALOU RAN FOR MAY; Rader
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2,
Astros 0.

REDS 9TH: ALOU STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WATSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Geronimo flied out to right; Billingham
flied out to right; Rose flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Reds 2, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: AGEE BATTED FOR UPSHAW; Agee grounded out (catcher
to first); Helms walked; Howard flied out to center; Wynn popped
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 2, Astros 0.