July 2nd, 1975 - Game 79 Boxscore

Rose Powers Reds Past Astros, 8-2; Carroll, Eastwick combine for strong effort

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1975 Houston Astros At 1975 Cincinnati Reds                7/2/1975
 
  Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  W.Howard LF         5  1  3  0 .431     P.Rose 3B           5  1  3  2 .338  
  G.Gross RF          3  0  0  0 .278     K.Griffey RF        5  1  1  2 .346  
  C.Cedeno CF         4  1  2  1 .298     J.Morgan 2B         5  1  1  2 .300  
  B.Watson 1B         3  0  2  1 .303     D.Driessen 1B       3  1  2  1 .330  
  C.Johnson C         4  0  3  0 .292     G.Foster LF         3  0  1  0 .301  
  D.Rader 3B          4  0  0  0 .228     C.Geronimo CF       4  1  2  0 .276  
  R.Andrews 2B        4  0  1  0 .310     D.Chaney SS         3  0  0  0 .219  
  L.Milbourne SS      4  0  0  0 .203     B.Plummer C         2  2  0  1 .148  
  L.Dierker P         2  0  0  0 .049     T.Carroll P         2  1  0  0 .167  
A-E.Cabell PH         1  0  0  0 .255     W.McEnaney P        0  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Stanton P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-R.Metzger PH        1  0  0  0 .216                                          
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         Totals      35  2 11  2                 Totals      32  8 10  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Dierker In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Stanton In 9th Inning
 
Astros.......... 2 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  2 11  2
Reds............ 2 1 1  2 1 0  0 1    -  8 10  0
 
Astros (42-40)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
L.Dierker LOSS(9-8)       6       9   7   7   2   2   3 124   4.12
M.Stanton                 2       1   1   1   2   0   0  39   4.50
Totals                    8      10   8   8   4   2   3
 
Reds (51-28)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
T.Carroll WIN(3-0)        7       9   2   2   1   1   0 104   3.57
W.McEnaney                2       2   0   0   0   2   0  25   4.24
Totals                    9      11   2   2   1   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 24,593 DATE- Wednesday, July 2nd 1975 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 8  Reds: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 1  Reds: 1
ERRORS- C.Johnson, L.Milbourne
DOUBLES- C.Johnson(4th)
HOME RUNS- K.Griffey(3rd), J.Morgan(11th), D.Driessen(6th)
STOLEN BASES- W.Howard(9th), C.Cedeno(34th), D.Driessen(4th), C.Geronimo(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Gross, D.Chaney, T.Carroll, W.McEnaney
WALKS- B.Watson, D.Driessen, G.Foster, B.Plummer-2
STRIKE OUTS- W.Howard, D.Rader, L.Dierker, P.Rose, T.Carroll
GIDP- L.Milbourne, G.Foster
WILD PITCHES- M.Stanton
 
Third baseman Pete Rose had 3 base hits and 2 RBI as the Cincinnati Reds
outscored the Houston Astros 8 to 2.
 
Cincinnati went ahead for good in the bottom of the 2nd inning scoring a
single run.  That early scoring was all that Tom Carroll(3-0) needed.
Cincinnati dominated offensively as they scored in 6 different innings.
 
Larry Dierker(9-8) was hit with the loss.  He was touched for 3 homeruns in
his 6 innings of work.

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