Astros @ Reds
September 12, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 3 9 0
Reds 3 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 3 9 1
Reds 4 10 0

Rick Auerbach Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .340
OBP 1.000 .426
At Bats 2 47
Hits 2 16
• Singles 1 8
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 4

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 7 10
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Riverfront Stadium - September 12, 1978
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Joe Sambito
Bruce Bochy
Bob Watson
Keith Drumright
Enos Cabell
Rafael Landestoy
Denny Walling
Terry Puhl
Jose Cruz
Rick Auerbach
Ken Henderson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 3 9 1 7
Cincinnati Reds 4 10 0 6
Winning Pitcher Doug Bair
Losing Pitcher Joe Sambito
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 20,801
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Auerbach bunts and there's an error on the play. Henderson goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Cesar Geronimo. Henderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Joe Sambito now pitching. Summers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Sambito covering, for the out.
Top 9 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.
Top 9 Reggie Baldwin pinch hits for Floyd Bannister. Baldwin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bochy strikes out.
Top 9 Doug Bair now pitching. Vic Correll now catching. Walling hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dave Collins pinch runs for Johnny Bench. There goes Collins. The throw from Bochy and he is out, Landestoy applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 8 Keith Drumright now playing second base. Driessen hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl scores. Cruz scores.
Top 8 Cruz hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Geronimo. Cruz reaches second base with a double. Puhl moves to third.
Top 8 Puhl bunts towards the mound. Moskau fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Jim Obradovich pinch hits for Julio Gonzalez. Obradovich strikes out.
Bottom 7 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Auerbach moves to third.
Bottom 7 Moskau bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 7 There goes Auerbach. The throw from Bochy and he is safe. Auerbach steals second.
Bottom 7 Floyd Bannister now pitching. Auerbach hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Landestoy hits a popup, foul, towards short. Auerbach settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Joe Cannon pinch hits for Mark Lemongello. Cannon hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bochy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Summers hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes Foster. The throw from Bochy and he is out, Gonzalez applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Watson strikes out.
Top 6 Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Moskau Cruz moves to second.
Top 6 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Driessen hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it and throws to second for the out. Moskau moves to third.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moskau moves to second.
Bottom 5 Moskau hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemongello fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Auerbach hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Puhl. Auerbach reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Auerbach scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Gonzalez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Driessen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Geronimo hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Summers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lemongello hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bochy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Bochy reaches second base with a double. Watson moves to third.
Top 4 Walling strikes out.
Top 4 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cabell hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Morgan for the out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Moskau, and towards Auerbach, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Puhl hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Foster. Puhl reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Landestoy strikes out.
Bottom 2 Rose strikes out.
Bottom 2 Moskau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Summers scores.
Bottom 2 Auerbach bunts towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out. Summers moves to third. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 2 Geronimo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Summers moves to second.
Bottom 2 Summers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Lemongello strikes out.
Top 2 Bochy is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Walling hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Geronimo. Walling reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Watson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Cabell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Cruz bunts towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 1 Foster hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walling. Foster reaches second base with a double. Morgan scores.
Bottom 1 Driessen hits a popup towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Puhl. Morgan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Puhl 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 1 Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landestoy for the out.