Monday, June 8, 2009

Astros Dump Reds to even series








Houston wins their first game at home in six tries versus the division leaders in a romp at the Dome. Bob Watson (left) goes 4 for 4 for the young upstart Astros.



Strat-O-Matic Report








BOXSCORE: 1970 Cincinnati Reds At 1970 Houston Astros 6/27/1970



Reds AB R H RBI AVG Astros AB R H RBI AVG

P.Rose RF 4 1 2 0 .330 J.Alou LF 5 4 4 1 .293

B.Tolan CF 3 2 1 1 .322 J.Morgan 2B 4 0 1 1 .237

T.Perez 3B 4 2 2 3 .325 J.Wynn CF 4 2 1 2 .282

J.Bench C 5 1 1 1 .262 B.Watson 1B 4 2 4 1 .397

L.May 1B 5 1 1 0 .276 D.Menke SS 3 1 0 1 .326

B.Carbo LF 3 0 2 1 .279 C.Cedeno RF 3 0 2 2 .345

T.Helms 2B 3 0 0 1 .282 J.Ray P 2 0 0 0 .000

D.Concepcion SS 3 0 2 0 .223 R.Cook P 0 0 0 0 .111

J.Merritt P 2 0 0 0 .275 D.Rader 3B 3 0 0 0 .256

A-A.Bravo PH 1 0 0 0 .262 J.Edwards C 4 0 1 2 .233

C.Carroll P 0 0 0 0 .000 T.Griffin P 2 0 0 0 .000

R.Washburn P 0 0 0 0 .429 B-J.Pepitone RF 2 2 2 1 .256

C-T.Cline PH 1 0 0 0 .333

W.Granger P 0 0 0 0 .000

-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---

Totals 34 7 11 7 Totals 36 11 15 11



A-Pinch Hit For Merritt In 6th Inning

B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Griffin In 6th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Washburn In 8th Inning



Reds............ 1 1 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 7 11 2

Astros.......... 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 2 - 11 15 1



Reds (47-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET

J.Merritt LOSS(12-5) 5 8 6 5 2 4 0 101 3.74 A1 C7

C.Carroll 0 2/3 4 3 3 0 1 0 16 3.92 C8 D4

R.Washburn 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 7.11 D5 D8

W.Granger 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 19 2.81 D9

Totals 8 15 11 10 3 7 1



Astros (35-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET

T.Griffin WIN(4-8) 5 2/3 7 4 4 5 4 2 106 6.26 A1 C8

J.Ray HOLD(1st) 2 1/3 4 3 3 1 2 0 37 4.22 C9 E2

R.Cook 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 6.26 E3

Totals 9 11 7 7 6 8 2



ATTENDANCE- 32,670 DATE- Saturday, June 27th 1970 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good

T- 2:54

LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Astros: 7

DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0 Astros: 0

ERRORS- B.Carbo, D.Concepcion, J.Edwards

DOUBLES- J.Bench(16th), L.May(25th), J.Alou-2(7th), J.Wynn(17th),

B.Watson-2(8th), C.Cedeno(3rd), J.Edwards(14th)

TRIPLES- T.Perez(5th), J.Morgan(8th)

HOME RUNS- B.Tolan(7th), T.Perez(19th), J.Pepitone(18th)

STOLEN BASES- B.Tolan(22nd), D.Concepcion(2nd)

CAUGHT STEALING- T.Perez

SACRIFICE HITS- J.Morgan, D.Rader

SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Helms, D.Menke

WALKS- P.Rose, B.Tolan-2, T.Perez, B.Carbo, D.Concepcion, J.Wynn, B.Watson,

D.Menke

STRIKE OUTS- B.Tolan-2, T.Perez-2, J.Bench, J.Merritt-2, A.Bravo, J.Morgan,

D.Menke, J.Ray, D.Rader, J.Edwards-2, T.Griffin

WILD PITCHES- T.Griffin

WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Lee May robbed Tom Griffin of a base hit.



Jay Alou had 4 hits and scored 4 times as the Houston Astros topped the

Cincinnati Reds by a score of 11 to 7 at Houston The Astrodome.



Tom Griffin(4-8) struggled but was good enough to win with the help of some

fine defensive plays. He gave up 7 hits and 5 walks in 5 and 2/3 innings and

surrendered 2 'long-bombs'. Houston finished with 15 hits while Cincinnati

ended up with 11.



Jim Merritt(12-5) was given the loss. He was knocked around by Houston,

allowing 8 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings. With this win, Houston has a 35-38

record. They have been 7-3 lately. With the loss, the Cincinnati ballclub's

record is 47-25.



SCORESHEET: 1970 Cincinnati Reds at 1970 Houston Astros

P.Rose-A1 A1:F/9 *3*:Si *5*:W>b1 *7*:G/43 E1:Si





B.Tolan-A1 A2:HR>b# B2:K C2:PkOff/ D2:W>b1 E2:K

13>1o W>b

1

T.Perez-A1 A3:W>b1 B3:HR>1# C3:SB+E/2 D3:Tr>1# *9*:K

b# >13 K



J.Bench-A1 A4:CS/24> B4:G/31 C4:F/8 D4:Do>3# E4:K

1o G/13



L.May-A1 *2*:Do B5:P/4 *6*:F/7 D5:F/9 E5:L/6





B.Carbo-A1 A6:L/4 *4*:Si C6:W>b1 D6:Si>2#





T.Helms-A1 A7:WP>23 B7:PkOff/ C7:F/9 D7:G/13

SF/8>3# 13>1o G/6

3

D.Concep-A1 A8:W>b1 B8:Si C8:Si>13 *8*:G/31





J.Merrit-A1 A9:SB>12 B9:K C9:K D9:G/43

A.Bravo-C9 K

C.Carrol-D1+



J.Alou-A1 A1:L/6 *3*:Do *5*:Si D1:Do>2# E1:Si





J.Morgan-A1 A2:K B2:G/3>23 C2:Sac/14 D2:L/6 E2:Tr>1#

>12



J.Wynn-A1 A3:G/53 B3:G/3>3# C3:W>b1 D3:Do>2# E3:F/9





B.Watson-A1 *2*:Do B4:Do C4:Si>23 D4:Si>2# E4:IW>b1

12



D.Menke-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:K C5:SF+E/7 D5:G/43 E5:F/9

>3# 23 12

bo

C.Cedeno-A1 A6:F/7 *4*:Si C6:Do>3# *7*:F/8 E6:K

J.Ray-C8 2#

R.Cook-E7

D.Rader-A1 A7:G/3>23 B7:Sac/34 C7:L/4 D7:K

12 >12



J.Edward-A1 A8:Do>3# B8:K *6*:K D8:G/3

2#



T.Griffi-A1 A9:K B9:G/31 C9:Si+E/6 *8*:HR>b#

J.Pepito-C8
















No comments: