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Cliff Johnson and Cesar Cedeno hit homers and Lee May drove in three runs with a pair of doubles to lead the Astros to an 8-4 victory over the Reds. Johnny Bench and Tony Perez rapped round-trippers for the Reds. Bench connected for the circuit after a double by Joe Morgan in the first inning. Houston Astros 8, Cincinnati Reds 4Game Played on Tuesday, July 30, 1974 (Night game) at Riverfront StadiumAstros 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 - 8 13 0
Reds 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 5 2
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Gross rf 4 1 2 0 1 0 .315 Geronimo cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .316
Metzger ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .268 Rose lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .281
Cedeno cf 3 2 1 1 2 0 .308 Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .292
L. May 1b 5 1 2 3 0 0 .274 Bench c 3 1 1 2 1 1 .278
Watson lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .297 Perez 1b 4 2 2 1 0 2 .274
Howard lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Driessen 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .282
C. Johnson c 3 2 2 1 1 0 .255 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .275
Rader 3b 5 1 2 1 0 1 .257 Griffey rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .198
Helms 2b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Norman p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Wilson p 5 0 1 1 0 1 .200 Baney p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kosco ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .189
Borbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252
Totals 40 8 13 8 4 3 Totals 31 4 5 4 5 9
Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 27,057
Left on Base: Astros 10, Reds 5
DP: Astros 1, Reds 0
Errors: Geronimo, Concepcion
Doubles: Metzger (9), L. May 2 (19), Rader (20), Morgan (21), Driessen (14)
Home Runs: C. Johnson (6), Cedeno (22), Bench (19), Perez (19)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (38)
Caught Stealing: Gross (12)
GIDP: Crowley (4)
Hit by Pitch: C. Johnson (3,by Borbon)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wilson W(7-8) 8 5 4 4 4 9 2 33 3.95
Forsch 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.19
Totals 9 5 4 4 5 9 2 36
Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Norman L(10-10) 4 7 5 5 3 1 1 22 2.84
Baney 3 5 3 3 1 1 1 15 4.76
Borbon 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.91
Totals 9 13 8 8 4 3 2 45
Hit by Pitch: Borbon (3)
Umpires: HP - Dutch Rennert, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - John Kibler
ASTROS 1ST: Gross singled to center; Gross was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Metzger singled to center; Cedeno
flied out to left; L. May flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Astros 0, Reds 0.
REDS 1ST: Geronimo struck out; Rose grounded out (shortstop to
first); Morgan doubled to left; Bench homered [Morgan scored];
Perez struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 2.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson flied out to right; C. Johnson homered; Rader
flied out to right; Helms flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2.
REDS 2ND: Driessen flied out to left; Concepcion grounded out
(shortstop to first); Griffey grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2.
ASTROS 3RD: Wilson struck out; Gross walked; Metzger doubled to
left [Gross to third]; Cedeno was walked intentionally; L. May
doubled to left [Gross scored, Metzger scored, Cedeno to third];
Watson popped to shortstop; C. Johnson popped to second; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Reds 2.
REDS 3RD: Norman popped to shortstop in foul territory; Geronimo
struck out; Rose flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 3, Reds 2.
ASTROS 4TH: Rader popped to catcher in foul territory; Helms
popped to second; Wilson reached on an error by Concepcion
[Wilson to first]; Gross singled to left [Wilson to second];
Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3, Reds
2.
REDS 4TH: Morgan popped to third; Bench walked; Perez struck
out; Driessen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Reds
2.
ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno walked; Cedeno stole second; L. May doubled
[Cedeno scored]; BANEY REPLACED NORMAN (PITCHING); Watson
singled to center [L. May scored, Watson to third (on throw to
home)]; C. Johnson walked; Rader struck out; Helms popped to
center; Wilson forced C. Johnson (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 5, Reds 2.
REDS 5TH: Concepcion struck out; Griffey flied out to center;
Baney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 5, Reds 2.
ASTROS 6TH: Gross lined to shortstop; Metzger flied out to
center; Cedeno homered; L. May flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Reds 2.
REDS 6TH: Geronimo struck out; Rose walked; Morgan popped to
catcher in foul territory; Bench forced Rose (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Reds 2.
ASTROS 7TH: Watson flied out to center; C. Johnson singled to
shortstop; Rader doubled [C. Johnson scored]; Helms flied out to
center; Wilson singled to center [Rader scored, Wilson to second
(error by Geronimo)]; Gross flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Astros 8, Reds 2.
REDS 7TH: HOWARD REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING LF); Perez homered;
Driessen lined to left; Concepcion flied out to center; Griffey
walked; KOSCO BATTED FOR BANEY; Kosco walked [Griffey to
second]; Geronimo flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 8, Reds 3.
ASTROS 8TH: BORBON REPLACED KOSCO (PITCHING); Metzger struck
out; Cedeno flied out to left; L. May flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 8, Reds 3.
REDS 8TH: Rose popped to second; Morgan popped to catcher in
foul territory; Bench struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros
8, Reds 3.
ASTROS 9TH: Howard flied out to left; C. Johnson was hit by a
pitch; Rader singled to center [C. Johnson to second]; Helms
lined to right; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 8, Reds 3.
REDS 9TH: Perez singled to left; Driessen doubled to center
[Perez to third]; FORSCH REPLACED WILSON (PITCHING); Concepcion
grounded out (second to first) [Perez scored, Driessen to
third]; Griffey walked; CROWLEY BATTED FOR BORBON; Crowley
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Griffey out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 8, Reds 4.
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