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Cincinnati Reds @ Houston Astros

1968-04-29 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 10509 · dome, dry · 2:51

Cincinnati Reds defeated Houston Astros 17–2. Cincinnati Reds put up 6 in the 4th. Jim Maloney earned the win and Bob Lee picked up the save. Tony Perez went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CIN	1	1	2	6	1	1	2	0	3	17	22
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10

W: Jim Maloney L: Jim Ray SV: Bob Lee

Umpires — HP: Ken Burkhart · 1B: Harry Wendelstedt · 2B: Bill Jackowski · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	6	4	4	3	0	0
Alex Johnson	4	3	2	2	1	0
Vada Pinson	5	2	3	1	0	0
Tony Perez	5	2	2	5	0	1
Lee May	6	0	3	3	0	2
Johnny Bench	5	2	3	2	1	0
Tommy Helms	6	1	2	1	0	1
Leo Cardenas	6	2	3	0	0	1
Jim Maloney	4	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Lee	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron Davis	3	2	0	0	2	1
Denis Menke	4	0	3	0	1	0
Jim Wynn	5	0	1	1	0	0
Rusty Staub	3	0	1	1	0	0
Norm Miller	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Aspromonte	4	0	1	0	0	0
John Bateman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Hector Torres	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Ray	1	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Dukes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hal King	2	0	1	0	0	0
Don Wilson	0	0	0	0	1	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Maloney	5.0	6	2	4
Bob Lee	4.0	4	2	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Ray	3.0	6	1	3
Danny Coombs	0.2	5	0	0
Tom Dukes	2.2	7	1	1
Don Wilson	2.2	4	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: S8
Alex Johnson: E9/F.1-3;B-2
Vada Pinson: 5/P
Tony Perez: 43.3-H(UR);2-3
Lee May: K

Bot 1

Ron Davis: W
Denis Menke: S1.1-3
Jim Wynn: 9.1-2
Rusty Staub: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Norm Miller: K

Top 2

Johnny Bench: HR/78
Tommy Helms: 43
Leo Cardenas: 53
Jim Maloney: 8

Bot 2

Bob Aspromonte: S7
John Bateman: K
Hector Torres: 5/P
Jim Ray: S9.1-2
Ron Davis: K/C

Top 3

Pete Rose: S4/BG
Alex Johnson: D7.1-H;B-3(THH)
Vada Pinson: 8/SF.3-H
Tony Perez: K/C
Lee May: K

Bot 3

Denis Menke: S8
Jim Wynn: 7
Rusty Staub: S7.1-2
Norm Miller: S9.2-3;1-2
Bob Aspromonte: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Johnny Bench: W
Tommy Helms: S9.1-2
Leo Cardenas: S9.2-3;1-2
Jim Maloney: 42(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Pete Rose: S8.3-H;2-H;1-3
Alex Johnson: 9/SF.3-H
Vada Pinson: S4.1-2
Tony Perez: T9.2-H;1-H
Lee May: S9.3-H
Johnny Bench: S8.1-2
Tommy Helms: K

Bot 4

John Bateman: 6/P
Hector Torres: 2/FL
Tom Dukes: K

Top 5

Leo Cardenas: D8
Jim Maloney: 43.2-3
Pete Rose: 43.3-H
Alex Johnson: E4.B-1
Vada Pinson: 7

Bot 5

Ron Davis: W
Denis Menke: 5/P
Jim Wynn: 8
Rusty Staub: 43

Top 6

Tony Perez: HR/78
Lee May: S7
Johnny Bench: 36(1)/FO
Tommy Helms: 9
Leo Cardenas: S5.1-2
Jim Maloney: 9/L

Bot 6

Norm Miller: 53
Bob Aspromonte: 9
John Bateman: 8

Top 7

Pete Rose: S8
Alex Johnson: W.1-2
Vada Pinson: S5.2-3;1-2
Tony Perez: 9
Lee May: S7.3-H;2-H;1-2
Johnny Bench: 8/8D
Tommy Helms: 8

Bot 7

Hector Torres: S7
Hal King: 6/P
Ron Davis: 46(1)/FO
Denis Menke: W.1-2
Jim Wynn: S7.2-H;1-2
Rusty Staub: 43

Top 8

Leo Cardenas: 53
Bob Lee: 63
Pete Rose: 7

Bot 8

Norm Miller: 7
Bob Aspromonte: 63
Don Wilson: W
Hector Torres: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Alex Johnson: S1
Vada Pinson: S9.1-3;B-2(TH3)
Tony Perez: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Lee May: 9
Johnny Bench: D8.3-H
Tommy Helms: D7.2-H
Leo Cardenas: K

Bot 9

Hal King: S8
Ron Davis: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Denis Menke: S7
Jim Wynn: 13