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Top 7	R	H	E
Reds	6	7	0
Astros	1	3	0

Top 7	R	H	E
Reds	7	8	0
Astros	1	3	0

George Foster Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.242
OBP	.667	.342
At Bats	2	66
Hits	1	16
• Singles	1	12
• Doubles	0	2
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	1	10
RBI’s	1	7

Jerry Johnson Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	0	0

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Astrodome - May 19, 1974

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Double

Jerry Johnson

Cliff Johnson

Lee May

Tommy Helms

Doug Rader

Roger Metzger

Bob Watson

Cesar Cedeno

Ollie Brown

George Foster

Darrel Chaney

Count: - , 2 Outs

Foster hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Foster reaches second base with a double. Chaney scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 7 Concepcion hits a line drive towards short. Metzger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Darrel Chaney pinch runs for Tony Perez. Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Perez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Perez reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 6 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gullett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Johnny Bench now catching. Cesar Geronimo now playing center field. George Foster now playing right field. Dan Driessen now playing third base. Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Jerry Johnson now pitching. Bench hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Metzger fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 6 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Driessen moves to third. Gullett moves to second.

Top 6 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Gullett bunts towards the mound. Nagy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Foster scores. Driessen moves to second.

Top 6 Dan Driessen pinch hits for Bill Plummer. Driessen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rettenmund scores. Foster moves to third.

Top 6 Foster takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nagy fields it and throws to first for the out. Rettenmund moves to second.

Top 6 Mike Nagy now pitching. Rettenmund is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 5 Metzger hits a fly ball into right field. Rettenmund settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Denis Menke pinch hits for Dave Roberts. Menke hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Helms hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Rader strikes out.

Top 5 Perez strikes out.

Top 5 There goes Bench. The throw from Johnson and he is out, Helms applying the tag.

Top 5 Bench takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Johnson strikes out.

Bottom 4 May hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 4 Watson strikes out.

Bottom 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bench fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Gullett hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Plummer hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Brown is called out on strikes.

Bottom 3 Metzger hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Plummer fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Rettenmund hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Perez hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 2 Helms hits a popup, foul, towards first. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Rader takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 2 Johnson strikes out.

Bottom 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Bench hits a popup, foul, towards first. May settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Morgan takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Gullett strikes out.

Bottom 1 Watson strikes out.

Bottom 1 Cedeno strikes out.

Bottom 1 Brown hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Metzger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Plummer hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Foster hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Perez scores. Rettenmund moves to third.

Top 1 Concepcion is called out on strikes.

Top 1 Rettenmund takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 The ball gets by Johnson for a passed ball. Bench scores. Perez moves to second.

Top 1 Perez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bench moves to third.

Top 1 Bench hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Bench reaches second base with a double. Morgan goes all the way around to score.

Top 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Foster hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown. Foster reaches second base with a double. Chaney scores.

Reds @ Astros
May 19, 1974