The Cincinnati Reds decisively defeated the Houston Astros, 7 to 4, on September 12, 1979.

1979 Cincinnati Reds

Final

HOU

Astros

81-64

4

CIN

Reds

83-63

7

1

1

3

2

0

0

3

0

0

4

0

3

5

3

0

6

0

1

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

4

7

H

11

12

E

0

1

Top 1st

HOU

CIN

Astros

Single by Jose Cruz; Cesar Cedeno scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

HOU

CIN

Reds

Double by Joe Morgan; Dave Collins scored.

1

1

Reds

Double by Dave Concepcion; Joe Morgan scored.

1

2

Reds

Johnny Bench grounded out; Dave Concepcion scored.

1

3

Bottom 4th

HOU

CIN

Reds

Sacrifice fly by Dan Driessen; George Foster scored.

1

4

Reds

Single by Ray Knight; Johnny Bench scored.

1

5

Reds

Single by Dave Collins; Ray Knight scored.

1

6

Top 5th

HOU

CIN

Astros

Sacrifice fly by Terry Puhl; Dave Bergman scored.

2

6

Astros

Double by Jose Cruz; Cesar Cedeno and Craig Reynolds scored.

4

6

Bottom 6th

HOU

CIN

Reds

Cesar Geronimo grounded out; Dan Driessen scored.

4

7

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Cesar Cedeno 1B 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Craig Reynolds SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Terry Puhl CF 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz LF 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 3
Enos Cabell 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Jeffrey Leonard RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
Luis Pujols C 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Denny Walling PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bruce Bochy C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rafael Landestoy 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Joe Niekro P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Niemann P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Bergman PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete Ladd P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bobby Sprowl P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Sexton PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joaquin Andujar P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Sambito P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Heep PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 11 4 0 2 5 1 1 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Joe Niekro (L) 3.1 7 6 5 2 1 0
Randy Niemann 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Pete Ladd 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Bobby Sprowl 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Joaquin Andujar 1.0 3 0 0 2 0 0
Joe Sambito 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 8.0 12 7 6 6 5 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Dave Collins RF 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 3
Hector Cruz PR,RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Morgan 2B 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Dave Concepcion SS 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
George Foster LF 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Johnny Bench C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dan Driessen 1B 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ray Knight 3B 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Cesar Geronimo CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Michael LaCoss P 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Frank Pastore P 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Rick Auerbach PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tom Hume P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 12 5 0 6 5 0 0 15

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Michael LaCoss 4.2 9 4 4 1 1 0
Frank Pastore (W) 3.1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Tom Hume (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 11 4 4 2 5 0

Explore

More Reds Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

RBI

19

Steer

Spencer Steer

AVG

.362

Fraley

Jake Fraley

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Ashcraft

Graham Ashcraft

K

36

Greene

Hunter Greene

ERA

2.12

Lodolo

Nick Lodolo

Team Rankings

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HR

26

15th

R

128

9th

SO

224

17th

ERA

3.87

14th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
17 8 .680
Cubs Cubs
17 9 .654 0.5
Reds Reds
14 12 .538 3.5
Pirates Pirates
13 13 .500 4.5
Cardinals Cardinals
12 14 .462 5.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sun
4/28
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM
Mon
4/29
CIN CIN
@
SDP SDP
9:40 PM
Tue
4/30
CIN CIN
@
SDP SDP
9:40 PM
Wed
5/1
CIN CIN
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM

Last Game

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TEX Rangers

14-13

2

Final

1

CIN Reds

14-12

Fri 26 Apr 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
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1
Thu
4/25
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
4-9

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Fri
4/26
PHI PHI
@
SDP SDP
9:40 PM
Fri
4/26
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Fri
4/26
PIT PIT
@
SFG SFG
10:15 PM
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM