Houston Astros 9 – 11 Cincinnati Reds
6 April 1978 · CIN08
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | Triple Play | Dan Driessen | 1 in 497 games |
| 40 | final score 11–9 | 1 in 650 games | |
| 24 | 5 RBI | Joe Morgan | 1 in 492 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 2 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 11 | 16 | 0 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry Puhl | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Enos Cabell | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cesar Cedeno | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Jose Cruz | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bob Watson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | HR |
| Art Howe | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Roger Metzger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Bergman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.R. Richard | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Denny Walling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Howard | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 38 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 7 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.R. Richard | 4.2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Gene Pentz | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Tom Dixon | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Sambito | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Cincinnati Reds batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Rose | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Ken Griffey | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Joe Morgan | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | HR, 2 2B |
| George Foster | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Dan Driessen | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Johnny Bench | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dave Concepcion | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cesar Geronimo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Tom Seaver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Collins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dale Murray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 37 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 11 |
Cincinnati Reds pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Seaver | 3.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Pedro Borbon | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dale Murray | 3.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Doug Bair | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Tomlin | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |