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

13th

R

127

8th

SO

219

14th

ERA

3.93

14th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
16 8 .667
Cubs Cubs
16 9 .640 0.5
Reds Reds
14 11 .560 2.5
Pirates Pirates
13 13 .500 4.0
Cardinals Cardinals
11 14 .440 5.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8:05 PM
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

Last Game

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CIN Reds

14-11

0

Final

5

PHI Phillies

16-10

Thu 25 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
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
8-0
Wed
4/24
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
3-1
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7:10 PM
Fri
4/26
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7:10 PM