Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
July 4, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, Cincinnati Reds 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 4 0 1 0
Puhl rf 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 1 1
Howe 1b 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Gonzalez 2b 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 3 0 1 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Ryan p 1 0 0 0
  Pujols c 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 3 1 2 0
  Mejias rf 1 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0
Griffey rf 2 2 0 0
  Cruz lf 1 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 2 2 2
Knight 3b 2 1 0 1
Geronimo cf 3 1 1 1
Kennedy 2b 2 1 2 2
Nolan c 4 0 0 0
Leibrandt p 4 0 1 2
Totals 31 8 8 8
Houston 000 000 100142
Cincinnati 021 032 00x880
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (5-6) 4.1 5 6 6 7 6
  Niemann   2.2 3 2 2 1 3
  Sambito   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
8
8
8
11
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Leibrandt  W (8-4) 9.0 4 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
6

  E–Ashby (2), Ryan (5).  2B–Cincinnati Kennedy 2 (13,off Ryan,off Niemann).  3B–Houston Cabell (4,off Leibrandt).  HR–Houston Cedeno (6,7th inning off Leibrandt 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Driessen (9,3rd inning off Ryan 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Knight (2,off Niemann).  SB–Landestoy (8,2nd base off Leibrandt/Nolan); Collins 2 (37,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby,2nd base off Niemann/Pujols); Geronimo (2,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  WP–Ryan (5).  U-HP–Jim Quick, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:42.  A–37,047.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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