Three-run outbursts in the sixth and seventh innings, including a pair of run-scoring singles by Doug Rader, enabled the Astros to defeat the Reds, 6-4. In the sixth, Cesar Cedeno doubled, advanced on an infield out and scored on a balk by Pat Darcy. After Bob Watson singled and Jose Cruz walked, two more runs scored on a single by Rader and infield out by Larry Dierker.

In the seventh, the Astros' second trio came across the plate on a double by Watson, single by Rader and squeeze bunt by Roger Metzger. The Reds put pressure on the Astros in the last three innings, chasing Dierker and forcing the Astros to call on four relievers before Ken Forsch finally put down the last threat in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 6, Cincinnati Reds 4
Game Played on Friday, April     25, 1975 (Night game) at Astrodome
Reds         0  0  0    0  0  0    2  1  1  -   4 15  1
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  3    3  0  x  -   6 10  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .337      Gross lf              5   0   1   0     0   1   .100
Concepcion ss         4   1   2   1     1   1   .294      Andrews 2b            5   0   0   0     0   1   .196
Morgan 2b             4   0   2   2     1   0   .388      Cedeno cf             4   2   2   0     1   0   .292
Bench c               4   1   1   0     1   2   .250      May c                 4   0   2   0     0   0   .241
Perez 1b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .157        Jutze pr,c          0   1   0   0     0   0   .200
Geronimo cf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Watson 1b             4   1   3   1     0   0   .367
  Rettenmund ph,cf    1   0   1   0     1   0   .133        Cabell pr,1b        0   1   0   0     0   0   .306
Griffey rf            2   0   2   0     1   0   .321      Cruz rf               2   1   0   0     2   0   .231
  Foster ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Rader 3b              4   0   2   2     0   1   .339
  Driessen ph,rf      2   0   1   1     0   0   .313      Metzger ss            2   0   0   1     1   0   .214
Flynn 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .217      Dierker p             3   0   0   1     0   1   .000
  Chaney ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .095        Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Darcy p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  C. Carroll p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        York p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McEnaney p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Forsch p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crowley ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .444
  Borbon p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Armbrister ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .300

Totals               40   4  15   4     5   7             Totals               34   6  10   5     4   4

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 11,162
Left on Base: Reds 14, Astros 9
DP: Reds 1, Astros 2
Errors: Perez, Dierker 2
Doubles: Morgan (6), Concepcion (2), Crowley (2), Watson 2 (7), Cedeno (7)
Stolen Bases: Geronimo (2), Morgan (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Metzger (2)
GIDP: Driessen (1), Armbrister (1)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Darcy L(1-1)            6.1   8   5   4   3   3   0  31   3.45
C. Carroll              0     2   1   1   1   0   0   3   1.23
McEnaney                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.26
Borbon                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.34
Totals                  8    10   6   5   4   4   0  39

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker W(3-1)          6     9   2   2   4   7   0  31   4.15
Granger                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.69
Crawford                0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   3.00
York                    2     5   2   2   0   0   0  10   5.87
Forsch SV(2)            0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.26
Totals                  9    15   4   4   5   7   0  45

Balks: Darcy (1)

Umpires: HP - Art Williams, 1B - Paul Runge, 2B - Ed Vargo, 3B - Bruce Froemming


REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first unassisted); Concepcion flied
out to left; Morgan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Gross grounded out (second to first); Andrews
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Perez struck out; Geronimo singled
to right; Geronimo stole second; Griffey walked; Flynn struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: May singled to center; Watson grounded out (third to
first) [May to second]; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [May
to third]; Rader grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

REDS 3RD: Darcy struck out; Rose singled to center; Concepcion
struck out; Morgan doubled to right [Rose to third]; Bench
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Dierker
struck out; Gross singled to second; Andrews grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

REDS 4TH: Perez grounded out (shortstop to first); Geronimo
grounded out (second to pitcher); Griffey singled to first;
Griffey was picked off first but was safe on an error by Dierker
[Griffey to second]; Flynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno singled to center; May forced Cedeno
(shortstop to second); Watson doubled [May to third]; Cruz was
walked intentionally; Rader struck out; Metzger grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

REDS 5TH: Darcy struck out; Rose grounded out (second to first);
Concepcion walked; Concepcion was picked off first but was safe
on an error by Dierker [Concepcion to second]; Morgan walked;
Bench popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Dierker flied out to right; Gross flied out to left;
Andrews grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Reds 0, Astros 0.

REDS 6TH: Perez popped to second; Geronimo flied out to center;
Griffey singled to center; Flynn singled to third [Griffey to
second]; Darcy forced Griffey (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno doubled to left; May grounded out (second to
first) [Cedeno to third]; Darcy balked [Cedeno scored]; Watson
singled to center; Cruz reached on a fielder's choice [Watson to
second (error by Perez)]; Rader singled to left [Watson scored
(unearned), Cruz to third, Rader to second (on throw)]; Metzger
was walked intentionally; Dierker forced Metzger (second to
shortstop) [Cruz scored, Rader to third]; Gross struck out; 3 R
(2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 3.

REDS 7TH: Rose singled to center; Concepcion doubled to left
[Rose to third]; Morgan singled to left [Rose scored, Concepcion
scored]; Morgan stole second; Bench walked; GRANGER REPLACED
DIERKER (PITCHING); Perez flied out to right [Morgan to third,
Bench to second]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR GERONIMO; CRAWFORD
REPLACED GRANGER (PITCHING); Rettenmund was walked
intentionally; FOSTER BATTED FOR GRIFFEY; YORK REPLACED CRAWFORD
(PITCHING); DRIESSEN BATTED FOR FOSTER; Driessen grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rettenmund out at
second]; Merv Rettenmund called for interference at 2B; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); DRIESSEN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Andrews popped to first in foul
territory; Cedeno walked; May singled to right [Cedeno to
third]; JUTZE RAN FOR MAY; C. CARROLL REPLACED DARCY (PITCHING);
Watson doubled to left [Cedeno scored, Jutze to third]; CABELL
RAN FOR WATSON; Cruz was walked intentionally; Rader singled to
left [Jutze scored, Cabell to third, Cruz to second]; MCENANEY
REPLACED C. CARROLL (PITCHING); Metzger reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [Cabell scored, Cruz to third, Rader
to second]; York lined into a double play (third unassisted)
[Cruz out at third]; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 2, Astros 6.

REDS 8TH: JUTZE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CABELL STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Flynn flied out to right; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
MCENANEY; Crowley doubled; Rose grounded out (second to first)
[Crowley to third]; Concepcion singled to first [Crowley
scored]; Morgan flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds
3, Astros 6.

ASTROS 8TH: BORBON REPLACED CROWLEY (PITCHING); Gross grounded
out (shortstop to first); Andrews struck out; Cedeno flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 6.

REDS 9TH: Bench singled; Perez flied out to center; Rettenmund
singled to left [Bench to second]; Driessen singled to center
[Bench scored, Rettenmund to second]; CHANEY BATTED FOR FLYNN;
FORSCH REPLACED YORK (PITCHING); Chaney singled to left
[Rettenmund to third, Driessen to second]; ARMBRISTER BATTED FOR
BORBON; Armbrister grounded into a double play (pitcher to
catcher to first) [Rettenmund out at home]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 4, Astros 6.