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Houston Astros @ Cincinnati Reds

1980-09-17 · Night game · Cinergy Field · Att: 25092 · night · 2:37

Cincinnati Reds defeated Houston Astros 7–0. Cincinnati Reds put up 4 in the 4th. Mario Soto earned the win. Ray Knight went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Mario Soto L: Joe Niekro SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Runge · 1B: Bob Engel · 2B: Jim Quick · 3B: Jerry Dale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Joe Morgan	4	1	1	0
Enos Cabell	4	0	0	0
Terry Puhl	4	1	0	1
Jose Cruz	3	1	1	1
Cesar Cedeno	4	1	0	1
Denny Walling	2	0	2	0
Alan Ashby	4	0	0	1
Craig Reynolds	4	1	0	1
Joe Niekro	1	0	0	0
Dave Bergman	1	0	0	1
Danny Heep	1	0	0	1
Rafael Landestoy	1	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dave Collins	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Griffey	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Concepcion	4	2	2	0	0	0
George Foster	2	2	2	2	2	0
Dan Driessen	3	1	0	0	1	0
Johnny Bench	3	1	0	0	1	1
Ray Knight	4	1	3	5	0	0
Ron Oester	4	0	1	0	0	0
Mario Soto	3	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Niekro	4.0	5	2	2
Randy Niemann	2.0	1	1	2
Bert Roberge	1.0	2	1	0
Gordie Pladson	1.0	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mario Soto	9.0	5	4	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Morgan: W
Enos Cabell: SB2#
Enos Cabell: 8
Terry Puhl: K
Jose Cruz: W
Cesar Cedeno: K

Bot 1

Dave Collins: K/C
Ken Griffey: 8
Dave Concepcion: 63

Top 2

Denny Walling: 5/FL
Alan Ashby: 63
Craig Reynolds: K/C

Bot 2

George Foster: HR/89
Dan Driessen: 8
Johnny Bench: 53
Ray Knight: S8
Ron Oester: CS2(26)

Top 3

Joe Niekro: 53
Joe Morgan: 9/9D
Enos Cabell: 9/L

Bot 3

Ron Oester: 3/FL
Mario Soto: K
Dave Collins: 3/G

Top 4

Terry Puhl: 63
Jose Cruz: S8
Cesar Cedeno: E4.1-2;B-1
Denny Walling: 7
Alan Ashby: 3/G

Bot 4

Ken Griffey: 8
Dave Concepcion: S8
George Foster: SB2
George Foster: W
Dan Driessen: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Johnny Bench: W.1-2
Ray Knight: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Ron Oester: S7
Mario Soto: 6(1)/FO

Top 5

Craig Reynolds: 8
Dave Bergman: K
Joe Morgan: 7

Bot 5

Dave Collins: D8/78
Ken Griffey: SB3#
Ken Griffey: K
Dave Concepcion: 4/G
George Foster: IW
Dan Driessen: 9

Top 6

Enos Cabell: 53
Terry Puhl: S5/BG
Jose Cruz: BK.1-2#
Jose Cruz: K
Cesar Cedeno: 5/FL

Bot 6

Johnny Bench: K
Ray Knight: 2/FL
Ron Oester: 8

Top 7

Denny Walling: W
Alan Ashby: K
Craig Reynolds: S7.1-2
Danny Heep: K/C
Joe Morgan: S1.2-3;1-2
Enos Cabell: 6/P

Bot 7

Mario Soto: 3/BP
Dave Collins: 43
Ken Griffey: 9

Top 8

Terry Puhl: 43
Jose Cruz: 6/P
Cesar Cedeno: S9
Denny Walling: W.1-2
Alan Ashby: 3/G

Bot 8

Dave Concepcion: D7
George Foster: D7.2-H
Dan Driessen: W
Johnny Bench: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Ray Knight: S8.3-H
Ron Oester: 43

Top 9

Craig Reynolds: 3/G
Rafael Landestoy: 1/L
Joe Morgan: 5/FL