A sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Dave Collins in the ninth inning lifted the Reds to a 4-3 decision over the Astros. Dave Concepcion led off the Reds' ninth with a bunt single and moved to third when losing pitcher Mark Lemongello threw Cesar Geronimo's bunt wildly past first. Collins, batting for Tom Seaver, then plated Concepcion with a fly to left. [The Sporting News]



Cincinnati Reds 4, Houston Astros 3
Game Played on Monday, June      26, 1978 (Night game) at Astrodome
Reds         0  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  4  0
Astros       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  7  2


Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rose 3b               5   1   1   0     0   1   .289      Puhl cf               5   1   2   0     0   1   .329
  Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Walling lf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .250
  Tomlin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cabell 3b             4   0   0   1     0   1   .292
Griffey rf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .317      Cruz rf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .266
Morgan 2b             1   0   0   1     2   0   .251      Watson 1b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .277
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Howe 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Driessen 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .302      Ferguson c            2   0   0   0     2   0   .215
Concepcion ss         4   1   2   0     0   1   .303      Fischlin ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .136
Geronimo cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .249        Gonzalez ph,ss      3   0   0   0     0   1   .275
Werner c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .162      Lemongello p          2   0   0   0     0   0   .133
  Henderson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .161        Bergman ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .154
  Knight 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .162        Sexton pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .162
Seaver p              1   1   0   0     1   1   .156
  Collins ph          0   0   0   1     0   0   .232
  Correll c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286

Totals               28   4   4   3     4   5             Totals               32   3   7   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 20,388
Left on Base: Reds 6, Astros 7
DP: Reds 0, Astros 1
Errors: Fischlin, Lemongello
Doubles: Griffey (18), Howe (23), Cruz (13)
Triples: Walling (2)
Stolen Bases: Concepcion (9), Sexton (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Seaver (5), Geronimo (5), Lemongello (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Morgan (8), Collins (2), Watson (6)
GIDP: Driessen (5)
Hit by Pitch: Werner (1,by Lemongello)


Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Seaver W(9-5)           8     6   3   3   3   4   0  33   3.27
Bair                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.35
Tomlin SV(3)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.75
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   4   0  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemongello L(6-7)       9     4   4   2   4   5   0  37   3.68
Totals                  9     4   4   2   4   5   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Lemongello (3)
Wild Pitches: Seaver (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe West, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Nick Colosi, 3B - Satch Davidson


REDS 1ST: Rose struck out; Griffey popped to third in foul
territory; Morgan walked; Foster flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Puhl singled to center; Walling tripled to left
[Puhl scored]; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first) [Walling
scored]; Cruz grounded out (catcher to first); Watson singled to
center; Howe grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 2.

REDS 2ND: Driessen popped to shortstop; Concepcion popped to
second; Geronimo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0,
Astros 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Ferguson grounded out (third to first); Fischlin
flied out to center; Lemongello grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 0, Astros 2.

REDS 3RD: Werner flied out to left; Seaver walked; Rose singled
to right [Seaver to third]; Griffey doubled [Seaver scored, Rose
to third]; Morgan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rose scored,
Griffey to third]; Foster reached on an error by Fischlin
[Griffey scored (unearned) (no RBI), Foster to first]; Driessen
walked [Foster to second]; Concepcion struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Puhl flied out to left; Walling grounded out (second
to first); Cabell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Astros 2.

REDS 4TH: Geronimo flied out to center; Werner struck out;
Seaver struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); Watson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Howe doubled to right; Ferguson
was walked intentionally; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR FISCHLIN; Gonzalez
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 2.

REDS 5TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Rose grounded
out (shortstop to first); Griffey flied out to left; Morgan
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Astros 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Lemongello popped to first in foul territory; Puhl
struck out; Walling walked; Cabell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 2.

REDS 6TH: Foster grounded out (third to first); Driessen
grounded out (second to pitcher); Concepcion singled to center;
Concepcion stole second; Geronimo popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 6TH: Cruz struck out; Watson grounded out (third to
first); Howe flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3,
Astros 2.

REDS 7TH: Werner was hit by a pitch; Seaver out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Werner to second]; Rose grounded out
(first unassisted) [Werner to third]; Griffey flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Ferguson walked; Gonzalez forced Ferguson (shortstop
to second); Lemongello out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
unassisted) [Gonzalez to second]; Puhl singled to shortstop
[Gonzalez to third]; Walling flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 2.

REDS 8TH: Morgan walked; Foster flied out to center; Driessen
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Morgan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 8TH: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
doubled to left; Seaver threw a wild pitch [Cruz to third];
Watson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Cruz scored]; Howe grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Reds 3, Astros 3.

REDS 9TH: On a bunt Concepcion singled; Geronimo reached on an
error by Lemongello on a sacrifice bunt [Concepcion to third,
Geronimo to first]; HENDERSON BATTED FOR WERNER; Henderson
popped to third in foul territory; COLLINS BATTED FOR SEAVER;
Collins hit a sacrifice fly to left [Concepcion scored
(unearned)]; Rose flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Reds 4, Astros 3.

ASTROS 9TH: KNIGHT REPLACED HENDERSON (PLAYING 3B); CORRELL
REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING C ); BAIR REPLACED ROSE (PITCHING);
Ferguson flied out to center; Gonzalez grounded out (second to
first); BERGMAN BATTED FOR LEMONGELLO; Bergman singled to
center; SEXTON RAN FOR BERGMAN; TOMLIN REPLACED BAIR (PITCHING);
Sexton stole second; Puhl grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Reds 4, Astros 3.