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Cincinnati Reds @ Houston Astros

1968-09-22 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 6700 · 2:14

Houston Astros defeated Cincinnati Reds 6–1. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 1st. Mike Cuellar earned the win. Jim Wynn went 2-for-3 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mike Cuellar L: Gerry Arrigo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Bill Williams · 2B: Frank Dezelan · 3B: Lee Weyer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	SO
Pete Rose	4	0	1	0
Vada Pinson	4	0	2	2
Alex Johnson	4	1	2	0
Johnny Bench	4	0	1	0
Tony Perez	4	0	0	0
Lee May	4	0	1	1
Chico Ruiz	4	0	0	1
Leo Cardenas	4	0	1	1
Gerry Arrigo	2	0	0	2
Don Pavletich	1	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Herrera	5	1	3	0	0	1
Hector Torres	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jim Wynn	3	2	2	3	1	0
Rusty Staub	3	2	1	0	1	0
Denis Menke	1	0	1	2	1	0
Bob Aspromonte	4	0	2	1	0	1
Nate Colbert	4	0	0	0	0	3
Dave Adlesh	4	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Cuellar	3	0	0	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerry Arrigo	5.0	7	2	4
Bill Kelso	0.2	1	0	1
Dan McGinn	0.1	0	0	0
Ted Abernathy	2.0	2	1	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Cuellar	9.0	8	0	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: 9
Vada Pinson: S8
Alex Johnson: 54(1)/FO
Johnny Bench: 3/G

Bot 1

Jose Herrera: S7
Hector Torres: K
Jim Wynn: W.1-2
Rusty Staub: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Denis Menke: SB2
Denis Menke: D7.3-H;2-H
Bob Aspromonte: S9.2XH(92)

Top 2

Tony Perez: 13
Lee May: S7
Chico Ruiz: WP.1-2#
Chico Ruiz: K
Leo Cardenas: 63

Bot 2

Nate Colbert: 7
Dave Adlesh: 8
Mike Cuellar: K/C

Top 3

Gerry Arrigo: K
Pete Rose: S7
Vada Pinson: S9.1-2
Alex Johnson: 63.2-3;1-2
Johnny Bench: 5/L

Bot 3

Jose Herrera: S8
Hector Torres: CS2(26)
Hector Torres: 53
Jim Wynn: 7

Top 4

Tony Perez: 63
Lee May: 53
Chico Ruiz: 9/L

Bot 4

Rusty Staub: W
Denis Menke: HP.1-2
Bob Aspromonte: POCS2(243)#
Bob Aspromonte: K
Nate Colbert: K

Top 5

Leo Cardenas: S8
Gerry Arrigo: K/BF
Pete Rose: 6(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Dave Adlesh: 8
Mike Cuellar: 2/FL
Jose Herrera: S7
Hector Torres: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Vada Pinson: K
Alex Johnson: S7
Johnny Bench: S7.1-2
Tony Perez: 9.2-3
Lee May: K

Bot 6

Jim Wynn: HR/78
Rusty Staub: D9
Denis Menke: FC/SH.2-3;B-1
Bob Aspromonte: S8.3-H;1-3
Nate Colbert: K
Dave Adlesh: FC1/BG.3XH(12);1-2;B-1
Mike Cuellar: HP.2-3;1-2
Jose Herrera: 9

Top 7

Chico Ruiz: 3/L
Leo Cardenas: 3/P
Don Pavletich: K

Bot 7

Hector Torres: S8
Jim Wynn: HR/8.1-H
Rusty Staub: 41
Denis Menke: W
Bob Aspromonte: 46(1)/FO
Nate Colbert: K

Top 8

Pete Rose: 6/P
Vada Pinson: K/C
Alex Johnson: D8
Johnny Bench: E7/F.2-H(NR)(UR);B-3
Tony Perez: 7

Bot 8

Dave Adlesh: 13
Mike Cuellar: 43
Jose Herrera: K/C

Top 9

Lee May: 63
Chico Ruiz: 9
Leo Cardenas: K