Astros @ Reds
July 4, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 3 9 0
Reds 1 4 2
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Astros 3 9 0
Reds 1 4 2

George Foster Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .305
OBP .333 .374
At Bats 3 315
Hits 1 96
• Singles 1 59
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 1 61

J.R. Richard Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 9 0
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Riverfront Stadium - July 4, 1978
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Strikeout
J.R. Richard
Luis Pujols
Bob Watson
Art Howe
Enos Cabell
Jimmy Sexton
Denny Walling
Terry Puhl
Jose Cruz
George Foster

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 3 9 0 7
Cincinnati Reds 1 4 2 3
Winning Pitcher J.R. Richard
Losing Pitcher Tom Hume
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jose Cruz
Attendance 31,705
Time of Game 2 hours 17 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Foster strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Driessen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Puhl hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Richard hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Richard for the out.
Top 9 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Ray Knight now playing second base. Sexton hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Collins pinch hits for Dave Tomlin. Collins strikes out.
Bottom 8 Joe Morgan pinch hits for Junior Kennedy. Morgan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pujols hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Watson hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Vic Correll now catching. Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sexton scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Rick Auerbach pinch runs for Johnny Bench. Concepcion hits a popup into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jimmy Sexton now playing shortstop. Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cabell for the out.
Top 7 Walling takes first base on ball four. Bergman moves to second.
Top 7 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Puhl strikes out.
Top 7 Richard bunts towards the mound. Hume settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dave Bergman pinch hits for Mike Fischlin. Bergman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Howe scores. Pujols moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Pujols hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Pujols reaches second base with a double. Howe moves to third.
Top 7 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion misplays the ball. That's an error on Concepcion.
Bottom 6 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 6 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Richard covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cruz strikes out.
Top 6 Hume fires to first and has Cabell trapped. There's the throw to Concepcion who tags Cabell for the out.
Top 6 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hume strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kennedy strikes out.
Top 5 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Richard hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Geronimo strikes out.
Bottom 4 Concepcion hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fischlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Pujols hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Howe hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 3 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Richard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Richard covering, for the out.
Top 3 Watson hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a line drive into right field. Griffey picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Griffey. Here's the throw into the infield and Cabell is out. Walling scores. Cruz moves to third.
Top 3 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Walling moves to second.
Top 3 Walling hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out.
Bottom 2 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fischlin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hume bunts towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Howe covering, for the out. Kennedy moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fischlin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Richard strikes out.
Top 2 Fischlin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hume fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Pujols strikes out.
Top 2 Howe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Concepcion strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 1 Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rose scores. Griffey moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Griffey. The throw from Pujols and he is safe. Griffey steals second.
Bottom 1 Driessen hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rose moves to third.
Bottom 1 Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Cruz. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Cruz steals second.
Top 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kennedy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Puhl scores.
Top 1 Puhl hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geronimo who is chasing the ball. Puhl reaches third base with a triple.