The Cincinnati Reds crushed the Houston Astros, 17 to 5, on May 6, 1979.

1979 Cincinnati Reds

Final

HOU

Astros

16-11

5

CIN

Reds

15-11

17

1

4

5

2

0

2

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

1

3

7

0

6

8

0

1

9

0

R

5

17

H

9

17

E

2

0

Top 1st

HOU

CIN

Astros

Single by Enos Cabell; Cesar Cedeno scored.

1

0

Astros

Home run by Bob Watson; Jose Cruz and Enos Cabell scored.

4

0

Bottom 1st

HOU

CIN

Reds

Single by Champ Summers; Dave Concepcion and Joe Morgan scored.

4

2

Reds

Triple by Cesar Geronimo; George Foster, Champ Summers, and Johnny Bench scored.

4

5

Bottom 2nd

HOU

CIN

Reds

Home run by Dave Concepcion.

4

6

Reds

Home run by Joe Morgan.

4

7

Top 6th

HOU

CIN

Astros

Single by Terry Puhl; Alan Ashby scored.

5

7

Bottom 6th

HOU

CIN

Reds

Single by Ken Griffey; Cesar Geronimo scored.

5

8

Reds

Single by Joe Morgan; Pedro Borbon and Ken Griffey scored.

5

10

Bottom 7th

HOU

CIN

Reds

Single by Pedro Borbon; Error by Craig Reynolds; Johnny Bench scored.

5

11

Reds

Single by Ken Griffey; Cesar Geronimo scored.

5

12

Reds

Single by Dave Concepcion; Pedro Borbon scored.

5

13

Reds

Home run by Champ Summers; Ken Griffey and Rick Auerbach scored.

5

16

Bottom 8th

HOU

CIN

Reds

Double by Ken Griffey; Cesar Geronimo scored.

5

17

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Terry Puhl RF,CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Craig Reynolds SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cesar Cedeno CF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Jesus Alou RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz LF 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Denny Walling LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enos Cabell 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Jimmy Sexton 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Watson 1B 3 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4
Art Howe 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Julio Gonzalez 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alan Ashby C 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
J.R. Richard P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rick Williams P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bo McLaughlin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gary Wilson P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeffrey Leonard PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 5 9 5 1 3 3 0 0 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
J.R. Richard (L) 1.1 4 7 3 3 3 2
Rick Williams 3.2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Bo McLaughlin 0.0 3 3 3 1 0 0
Gary Wilson 3.0 8 7 6 1 3 1
Totals 8.0 17 17 12 5 6 3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Ken Griffey RF 6 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
Dave Concepcion SS 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 5
Rick Auerbach PR,SS 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Morgan 2B 4 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
Junior Kennedy 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Foster LF 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Champ Summers 1B 4 2 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 7
Ray Knight 3B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Bench C 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Cesar Geronimo CF 5 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 5
Bill Bonham P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Arturo DeFreitas PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pedro Borbon P 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Totals 42 17 17 16 3 5 6 1 0 29

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Bill Bonham 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 1
Pedro Borbon (W) 6.0 4 1 1 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 9 5 5 3 3 1

Explore

More Reds Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

RBI

25

Steer

Spencer Steer

AVG

.292

Fraley

Jake Fraley

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Ashcraft

Graham Ashcraft

K

53

Greene

Hunter Greene

ERA

2.66

Farmer

Buck Farmer

Team Rankings

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HR

35

20th

R

161

16th

SO

329

10th

ERA

4.06

18th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
22 15 .595
Cubs Cubs
22 16 .579 0.5
Pirates Pirates
17 21 .447 5.5
Reds Reds
16 21 .432 6.0
Cardinals Cardinals
15 22 .405 7.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
CIN CIN
@
SFG SFG
10:15 PM
Sat
5/11
CIN CIN
@
SFG SFG
7:15 PM
Sun
5/12
CIN CIN
@
SFG SFG
4:05 PM
Mon
5/13
CIN CIN
@
ARI ARI
9:40 PM
Tue
5/14
CIN CIN
@
ARI ARI
9:40 PM

Last Game

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CIN Reds

16-21

4

Final

5

Thu 9 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
5/8
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
4-3
Wed
5/8
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
5-4
Wed
5/8
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
2-3
Wed
5/8
SEA SEA
@
MIN MIN
1-11
Wed
5/8
KCR KCR
@
LAA LAA
10-4

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/10
HOU HOU
@
DET DET
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
5/10
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
6:50 PM
Fri
5/10
ARI ARI
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
5/10
MIN MIN
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM