Astros @ Reds
September 11, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 8 10 0
Reds 7 9 3
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Astros 8 10 0
Reds 9 10 3

Ken Griffey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .286
OBP .000 .339
At Bats 0 563
Hits 0 161
• Singles 0 112
• Doubles 0 31
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 47
RBI’s 0 58

Dan Warthen Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Riverfront Stadium - September 11, 1978
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Single
Dan Warthen
Bruce Bochy
Enos Cabell
Julio Gonzalez
Jimmy Sexton
Rafael Landestoy
Wilbur Howard
Terry Puhl
Jose Cruz
Ken Griffey
George Foster
Dan Driessen

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 8 10 0 4
Cincinnati Reds 9 10 3 8
Winning Pitcher Dave Tomlin
Losing Pitcher Joaquin Andujar
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Ken Griffey
Attendance 20,400
Time of Game 2 hours 47 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Ken Griffey pinch hits for Dave Tomlin. Dan Warthen now pitching. Griffey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Driessen scores. Foster scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bench bunts towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out. Driessen moves to third. Foster moves to second.
Bottom 9 Foster takes first base on ball four. Driessen moves to second.
Bottom 9 Wilbur Howard now playing left field. Joaquin Andujar now pitching. Driessen takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Puhl strikes out.
Top 9 Gonzalez takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Landestoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jesus Alou pinch hits for Joe Sambito. Alou hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Bochy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Ray Knight now playing third base. Wilbur Howard pinch hits for Denny Walling. Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rose hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jimmy Sexton now playing third base. Enos Cabell now playing first base. Henderson strikes out.
Top 8 Dave Tomlin now pitching. Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 8 Jimmy Sexton pinch runs for Bob Watson. Cabell hits a fly ball into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ken Henderson now playing right field. Pedro Borbon now pitching. Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Geronimo strikes out.
Bottom 7 Concepcion hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Puhl. Concepcion reaches second base with a double. Summers goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Summers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bench strikes out.
Bottom 7 Foster hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 7 Driessen takes first base on ball four. Henderson moves to third. Rose moves to second.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Sambito now pitching. Rose hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Henderson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Manny Sarmiento. Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Geronimo scores.
Bottom 7 Geronimo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Geronimo reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Puhl hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 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.
Bottom 6 Concepcion 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 takes first base on ball four. Bench moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bench hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Driessen for the out.
Top 6 Ruhle strikes out.
Top 6 Bochy hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Walling hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rose hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Puhl. Rose reaches second base with a double. Collins goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Dave Collins pinch hits for Mario Soto. Collins takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Geronimo hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cruz for the out.
Top 5 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl scores.
Top 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out. Puhl moves to second.
Top 5 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Summers 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 center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Foster hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Driessen takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Landestoy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ruhle takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Bochy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mario Soto now pitching. Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan 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.
Bottom 3 Rose hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Harry Spilman pinch hits for Fred Norman. Spilman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spilman for the out. Geronimo moves to second.
Bottom 3 Geronimo takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Cabell. The throw from Bench and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Top 3 Cabell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Puhl scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Summers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Puhl moves to third.
Top 3 Puhl hits a line drive to right field. Summers throws towards third. Rose fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rose. Summers fumbles the ball. That's an error on Summers. Gonzalez goes all the way around to score. Puhl moves to second.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Norman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Concepcion strikes out.
Bottom 2 Summers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Summers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ruhle 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 2 Bochy strikes out.
Top 2 Walling hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Landestoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Cabell. The slide. Bench applies the tag. Cabell is out.
Top 1 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops it up and throws to first, with Norman covering, for the out. Cabell moves to third.
Top 1 Cabell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Summers. Cabell reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Watson hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Landestoy scores. Puhl moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. Landestoy moves to third.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Concepcion. Landestoy moves to second.
Top 1 Landestoy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.