April 18th, 1975 - Game 11 Boxscore

Borbon Preserves Reds 7-5 Win with Two Solid Innings in Relief; Griffey provides key base hit as Morgan, Bench both go deep

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BOXSCORE: 1975 Houston Astros At 1975 Cincinnati Reds               4/18/1975
 
  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Metzger SS        5  0  1  1 .176     P.Rose LF           3  0  0  0 .167  
  R.Andrews 2B        4  1  2  0 .273     D.Concepcion SS     5  1  2  0 .303  
  C.Cedeno CF         5  0  2  0 .237     J.Morgan 2B         5  1  1  2 .237  
  C.Johnson 1B        4  1  1  2 .206     J.Bench C           4  2  2  1 .262  
  B.Watson LF         5  1  2  2 .211     T.Perez 1B          4  1  1  0 .100  
  D.Rader 3B          3  0  1  0 .313     C.Geronimo CF       3  1  0  0 .286  
  E.Cabell RF         3  0  1  0 .136     K.Griffey RF        3  1  1  2 .242  
  S.Jutze C           4  1  0  0 .000     D.Chaney 3B         2  0  0  0 .167  
  T.Griffin P         2  0  0  0 .000     D.Gullett P         4  0  3  2 .333  
  K.Forsch P          0  0  0  0 ----     P.Borbon P          0  0  0  0 .333  
A-W.Howard PH         1  1  1  0 .667                                          
  F.Scherman P        0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-R.Batista PH        1  0  0  0 .500                                          
  W.Granger P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
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         Totals      37  5 11  5                 Totals      33  7 10  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Forsch In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Scherman In 8th Inning
 
Astros.......... 3 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 0  -  5 11  1
Reds............ 2 0 1  0 4 0  0 0    -  7 10  0
 
Astros (5-5)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Griffin LOSS(1-1)       4       8   7   7   7   1   2 115   4.85
K.Forsch                  2       1   0   0   0   1   0  27   1.00
F.Scherman                1       1   0   0   1   0   0  19   0.00
W.Granger                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   1.42
Totals                    8      10   7   7   8   2   2
 
Reds (5-6)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Gullett WIN(3-0)        7      10   5   5   3   6   1 124   2.42
P.Borbon SAVE(1st)        2       1   0   0   0   0   0  20   3.29
Totals                    9      11   5   5   3   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 28,302 DATE- Friday, April 18th 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Harry Wendelstedt, Dutch Rennert, Doug Harvey, Bob Engel
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 9  Reds:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 1  Reds: 1
ERRORS- T.Griffin
DOUBLES- C.Cedeno(3rd), C.Johnson(1st)
TRIPLES- R.Andrews(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.Watson(1st), J.Morgan(3rd), J.Bench(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- C.Geronimo
WALKS- R.Andrews, D.Rader, E.Cabell, P.Rose-2, J.Bench, T.Perez, C.Geronimo,
       K.Griffey, D.Chaney-2
HIT BY PITCH- C.Johnson
STRIKE OUTS- C.Johnson, B.Watson, E.Cabell, S.Jutze-2, T.Griffin, J.Bench,
             D.Gullett
GIDP- E.Cabell, C.Geronimo
 
In a close game the Cincinnati Reds got by the Houston Astros by the score of
7 to 5.
 
Cincinnati came up with 4 runs in the 5th inning with the help of 4 hits.  The
critical plate appearance was by Ken Griffey who excited the crowd when he
laced a one-base hit bringing in two baserunners.  Cincinnati banged out 10
hits on the night.  
 
Don Gullett(3-0) went 7 innings allowing 5 runs for the victory. Gullett got
help from Pedro Borbon who earned his 1st save.  The losing pitcher was Tom
Griffin(1-1).  His biggest problem was control as he allowed 7 walks in 4
innings.  
 
'I always am most impressed when a pitcher finds a way to win even without his
best stuff,' Sparky Anderson said after the game.  'Gullett did not have
command of his pitches most of the night, but he proved he really knew how to
pitch!'

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