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September 22, 1979

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Reds 1 5 1
Astros 4 9 0
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Reds 1 5 1
Astros 4 9 0

Junior Kennedy Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .263
OBP .000 .345
At Bats 0 209
Hits 0 55
• Singles 0 48
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 17

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 6 19
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Astrodome - September 22, 1979
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Out
Joe Sambito
Luis Pujols
Dave Bergman
Rafael Landestoy
Enos Cabell
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Terry Puhl
Jeffrey Leonard
Junior Kennedy
Paul Blair
Johnny Bench
George Foster

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 1 5 1 8
Houston Astros 4 9 0 9
Winning Pitcher Joe Niekro
Losing Pitcher Mike LaCoss
Save Joe Sambito
Game Winning RBI Cesar Cedeno
Attendance 46,037
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Junior Kennedy pinch hits for Dave Tomlin. Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Rick Auerbach pinch hits for Cesar Geronimo. Auerbach strikes out.
Top 9 Joe Sambito now pitching. Paul Blair pinch runs for Ray Knight. Hector Cruz pinch hits for Harry Spilman. Cruz strikes out.
Top 9 Knight hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Foster moves to third. Bench moves to second.
Top 9 Bench takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to second.
Top 9 Dave Bergman now playing first base. Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spilman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out.
Bottom 8 Niekro hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Landestoy is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Mario Soto now pitching. Pujols bunts in front of the plate. Bench fields it and throws to first for the out. Cabell moves to third. Leonard moves to second.
Bottom 8 Leonard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 There goes Cabell. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 8 Cabell strikes out. There goes Cruz. He's safe.
Bottom 8 Doug Bair now pitching. Cruz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Geronimo who is chasing the ball. Cruz reaches third base with a triple.
Top 8 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morgan for the out. Collins moves to third.
Top 8 Collins hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cruz. Collins reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Rafael Santo Domingo pinch hits for Mike LaCoss. Santo Domingo is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Cedeno strikes out. There goes Puhl. The throw from Bench to Concepcion, and Puhl is out.
Bottom 7 Reynolds bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Spilman hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Knight strikes out.
Bottom 6 Niekro strikes out.
Bottom 6 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Spilman scoops it up and throws to first, with LaCoss covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Pujols strikes out.
Top 6 Bench hits a popup towards first. Cedeno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Leonard hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cedeno scores. There goes Cruz trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 5 Cruz is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reynolds scores. Cedeno moves to second.
Bottom 5 Reynolds hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Collins. Reynolds reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Puhl hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Collins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 LaCoss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Geronimo hits a popup towards first. Cedeno settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Niekro hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Leonard scores. Pujols moves to second.
Bottom 4 Pujols hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Leonard moves to third.
Bottom 4 Leonard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spilman hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Knight hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Reynolds bunts towards first. Spilman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Reynolds for the out. Puhl moves to second.
Bottom 3 Puhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Concepcion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cedeno scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out.
Bottom 2 Niekro hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Landestoy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Pujols hits a popup, foul, towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Leonard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 LaCoss strikes out.
Top 2 Geronimo is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Spilman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion misplays the ball. That's an error on Concepcion.
Bottom 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Reynolds moves to second.
Bottom 1 Reynolds takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Puhl hits a line drive towards third. Knight reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Knight hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it and throws to second for the out. Collins scores. Morgan moves to third.
Top 1 Foster takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There goes Morgan. The throw from Pujols and he is safe. Morgan steals second.
Top 1 Concepcion hits a fly ball into right field. Leonard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Collins moves to third.
Top 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Collins moves to second.
Top 1 Collins is hit by the pitch.