A four-run outburst in the sixth inning enabled the Astros to outlast the Reds, 8-7. Houston broke a 3-3 tie in the sixth on Phil Garner's run-scoring groundout, an RBI single by Don Sutton and Terry Puhl's two-run single.

The Astros picked up an insurance marker in the seventh on Alan Ashby's triple and a single by Garner. Garner also hit a solo homer in the fourth. The Reds tied a major league record with four sacrifice flies -- by Larry Biittner, Dave Concepcion, Alex Trevino and Cesar Cedeno. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 8, Cincinnati Reds 7
Game Played on Wednesday, May       5, 1982 (Day game) at Riverfront Stadium
Astros       0  1  0    1  1  4    1  0  0  -   8 13  1
Reds         0  0  0    1  2  2    1  1  0  -   7 14  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Reds                 AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Walling cf            3   1   0   0     0   0   .115      Milner rf,lf          5   2   2   2     0   1   .284
  Loucks ph,cf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Oester 2b             5   1   3   1     0   1   .318
Puhl rf               5   0   3   3     0   0   .271      Concepcion ss         3   0   1   1     0   0   .352
Knight 3b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .291      Cedeno cf             4   1   2   1     0   0   .298
Cruz lf               5   1   2   0     0   0   .284      Bench 3b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .215
Ashby c               4   2   2   0     0   2   .279      Biittner lf           2   1   1   1     1   0   .367
  Pujols c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Householder pr,rf   1   0   0   0     0   1   .191
Howe 1b               3   1   0   0     1   1   .242      Driessen 1b           4   0   1   0     1   2   .286
Garner 2b             4   2   3   3     0   0   .243      Trevino c             3   0   2   1     0   0   .320
Reynolds ss           3   1   1   1     1   0   .273      Pastore p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Sutton p              2   0   1   1     1   0   .200        Edelen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
  Sambito pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Price p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ruhle p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Barranca ph         1   1   0   0     0   0   .250
  LaCorte p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Smith p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Vail ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
                                                            Hume p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   8  13   8     3   5             Totals               36   7  14   7     2   8

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 17,691
Left on Base: Astros 5, Reds 10
DP: Astros 0, Reds 0
Errors: Sutton
Doubles: Garner (6), Reynolds (1), Cruz (6)
Triples: Ashby (2), Oester (3)
Home Runs: Garner (3)
Stolen Bases: Barranca (1)
Caught Stealing: Puhl 2 (2), Garner (2), Cedeno (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Concepcion (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Biittner (2), Concepcion (3), Trevino (2), Cedeno (3)
Hit by Pitch: Trevino (2,by Sutton)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sutton W(4-1)           5     7   3   2   0   5   0  23   2.82
Ruhle                   0.2   3   2   2   1   1   0   6   5.40
LaCorte                 1.1   4   2   2   1   1   0   9   5.11
Smith SV(4)             2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.95
Totals                  9    14   7   6   2   8   0  44

Reds                   IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pastore L(3-2)          5     9   6   6   2   3   1  24   3.14
Edelen                  0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   6.39
Price                   0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.93
Kern                    1     2   1   1   0   0   0   4   4.24
Hume                    2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   2.84
Totals                  9    13   8   8   3   5   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Sutton (1)
Wild Pitches: Sutton 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Ed Montague, 2B - Randy Marsh, 3B - Lee Weyer


ASTROS 1ST: Walling grounded out (second to first); Puhl singled
to right; Puhl was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Knight singled to right; Cruz singled to center
[Knight to third]; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 0, Reds 0.

REDS 1ST: Milner struck out; Oester flied out to center;
Concepcion singled to center; Cedeno grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Reds 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Howe popped to third in foul territory; Garner
doubled; Reynolds doubled to first [Garner scored]; Sutton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Walling popped to third in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 0.

REDS 2ND: Bench struck out; Biittner flied out to center;
Driessen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Puhl popped to second; Knight flied out to center;
Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds
0.

REDS 3RD: Trevino singled to right; Sutton threw a wild pitch
[Trevino to second]; Sutton threw a wild pitch [Trevino to
third]; Pastore struck out; Milner popped to second; Oester
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Reds 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Ashby struck out; Howe struck out; Garner homered;
Reynolds popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 2, Reds 0.

REDS 4TH: Concepcion grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno
singled to center; Bench singled to right [Cedeno to third];
Biittner hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cedeno scored]; Driessen
singled to center [Bench to second]; Trevino was hit by a pitch
[Bench to third, Driessen to second]; Pastore grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 2, Reds 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Sutton walked; Walling forced Sutton (shortstop to
second); Puhl singled to right [Walling scored]; Puhl was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Knight flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 1.

REDS 5TH: Milner reached on an error by Sutton; Oester tripled
to right [Milner scored (unearned)]; Concepcion hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Oester scored]; Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Bench flied out to
right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Reds 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Cruz doubled to right; Ashby singled to right [Cruz
to third]; Howe walked [Ashby to second]; EDELEN REPLACED
PASTORE (PITCHING); Garner grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Howe to second, Ashby to third, Cruz scored]; Reynolds was
walked intentionally; Sutton singled to left [Reynolds to
second, Howe to third, Ashby scored]; SAMBITO RAN FOR SUTTON;
PRICE REPLACED EDELEN (PITCHING); LOUCKS BATTED FOR WALLING;
Loucks struck out; Puhl singled to right [Sambito to third,
Reynolds scored, Howe scored]; Knight flied out to center; 4 R,
4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 7, Reds 3.

REDS 6TH: LOUCKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); RUHLE REPLACED
SAMBITO (PITCHING); Biittner walked; Driessen struck out;
Trevino singled to pitcher [Biittner to second]; BARRANCA BATTED
FOR PRICE; Barranca forced Trevino (first to shortstop)
[Biittner to third]; Barranca stole second; Milner singled to
right [Barranca scored, Biittner scored]; Oester singled to
right [Milner to third]; LACORTE REPLACED RUHLE (PITCHING);
Concepcion forced Oester (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 7, Reds 5.

ASTROS 7TH: KERN REPLACED BARRANCA (PITCHING); Cruz grounded out
(first to pitcher); Ashby tripled to left; Howe popped to
second; Garner singled to center [Ashby scored]; Garner was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 8, Reds 5.

REDS 7TH: Cedeno flied out to left; Bench singled to left;
Biittner singled to center [Bench to second]; HOUSEHOLDER RAN
FOR BIITTNER; Driessen walked [Bench to third, Householder to
second]; Trevino hit a sacrifice fly to right [Householder to
third, Bench scored]; VAIL BATTED FOR KERN; Vail struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 8, Reds 6.

ASTROS 8TH: MILNER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); HOUSEHOLDER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HUME REPLACED VAIL (PITCHING);
Reynolds flied out to left; LaCorte struck out; Loucks grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 8, Reds
6.

REDS 8TH: Milner singled to right; Oester singled to center
[Milner to second]; SMITH REPLACED LACORTE (PITCHING);
Concepcion out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Oester to
second, Milner to third]; Cedeno hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Milner scored]; Bench grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 8, Reds 7.

ASTROS 9TH: Puhl flied out to center; Knight grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 8, Reds 7.

REDS 9TH: PUJOLS REPLACED ASHBY (PLAYING C ); Householder struck
out; Driessen popped to third; Trevino grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 8, Reds 7.