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Cincinnati Reds @ Houston Astros

1970-05-21 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 9508 · night · 1:56

Cincinnati Reds defeated Houston Astros 3–0. Jim McGlothlin earned the win. Johnny Bench went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jim McGlothlin L: Denny Lemaster SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Doug Harvey · 1B: Frank Dezelan · 2B: Shag Crawford · 3B: Stan Landes · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Pete Rose	4	1	2	0	1	0
Bobby Tolan	4	0	1	0	1	1
Tony Perez	5	0	0	0	0	3
Johnny Bench	4	1	3	1	1	0
Lee May	5	1	2	1	0	0
Hal McRae	2	0	0	0	1	1
Tommy Helms	3	0	1	1	1	0
Dave Concepcion	2	0	0	0	1	0
Jim McGlothlin	3	0	0	0	1	2
Jimmy Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB
Joe Morgan	4	1	0
Jesus Alou	3	1	0
Jim Wynn	2	0	1
Norm Miller	3	0	0
Denis Menke	2	0	1
Joe Pepitone	3	0	0
Doug Rader	3	0	0
Johnny Edwards	3	0	0
Denny Lemaster	2	0	0
Keith Lampard	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim McGlothlin	9.0	2	2	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Denny Lemaster	9.0	9	7	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Pete Rose: S8
Bobby Tolan: 4/P
Tony Perez: K
Johnny Bench: W.1-2
Lee May: 54(1)/FO

Bot 1

Joe Morgan: S9
Jesus Alou: 4/P
Jim Wynn: CS2(24)
Jim Wynn: W
Norm Miller: 43

Top 2

Hal McRae: W
Tommy Helms: 8
Dave Concepcion: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Denis Menke: 4/P
Joe Pepitone: 4/P
Doug Rader: 53

Top 3

Jim McGlothlin: W
Pete Rose: 54(1)3/GDP
Bobby Tolan: S8
Tony Perez: SB2
Tony Perez: 53

Bot 3

Johnny Edwards: 43
Denny Lemaster: 53
Joe Morgan: 8

Top 4

Johnny Bench: HR/7
Lee May: 8
Hal McRae: 3/P
Tommy Helms: 63

Bot 4

Jesus Alou: S9
Jim Wynn: 54(1)/FO
Norm Miller: 4(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 5

Dave Concepcion: 8
Jim McGlothlin: E6.B-1
Pete Rose: 9
Bobby Tolan: W.1-2
Tony Perez: K

Bot 5

Denis Menke: W
Joe Pepitone: 3/P
Doug Rader: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Johnny Bench: D7
Lee May: S8.2XH(82);B-2(THH)
Hal McRae: WP.2-3#
Hal McRae: K
Tommy Helms: S7.3-H
Dave Concepcion: W.1-2
Jim McGlothlin: K

Bot 6

Johnny Edwards: 31
Denny Lemaster: 3/G
Joe Morgan: 13

Top 7

Pete Rose: S9
Bobby Tolan: 2/P
Tony Perez: K
Johnny Bench: S9.1-2
Lee May: S8.2-H;1-2
Jimmy Stewart: K

Bot 7

Jesus Alou: 9
Jim Wynn: 53
Norm Miller: 13

Top 8

Tommy Helms: W
Dave Concepcion: 14/SH.1-2
Jim McGlothlin: K
Pete Rose: IW
Bobby Tolan: K

Bot 8

Denis Menke: 3/G
Joe Pepitone: 43
Doug Rader: 8

Top 9

Tony Perez: 4/P
Johnny Bench: 53
Lee May: 6/P

Bot 9

Johnny Edwards: 8
Keith Lampard: 63
Joe Morgan: 9