Houston Astros 8 – 9 Cincinnati Reds
6 September 1976 · CIN08
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Tony Perez | 1 in 107 games |
| 29 | final score 9–8 | 1 in 159 games | |
| 14 | 3 walks | Greg Gross | 1 in 192 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | 12 | 0 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gross | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Enos Cabell | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Cesar Cedeno | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bob Watson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Jose Cruz | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Ed Herrmann | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rob Andrews | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Metzger | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3B |
| J.R. Richard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Leon Roberts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Wilbur Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Boswell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.R. Richard | 2.2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
| Joe Niekro | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gil Rondon | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gene Pentz | 3.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Cincinnati Reds batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Rose | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ken Griffey | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Morgan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | HR |
| Johnny Bench | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Foster | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mike Lum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tony Perez | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Cesar Geronimo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dave Concepcion | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Santo Alcala | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Manny Sarmiento | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 37 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
Cincinnati Reds pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santo Alcala | 3.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Manny Sarmiento | 3.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Rawly Eastwick | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |