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May 5, 1979

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Bottom 7 R H E
Astros 2 7 1
Reds 6 8 0
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Astros 2 7 1
Reds 6 8 0

Johnny Bench Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .209
OBP 1.000 .345
At Bats 1 67
Hits 1 14
• Singles 1 11
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 2 15
RBI’s 2 12

Rick Williams Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Riverfront Stadium - May 5, 1979
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Out
Rick Williams
Alan Ashby
Bob Watson
Art Howe
Enos Cabell
Craig Reynolds
Jose Cruz
Cesar Cedeno
Terry Puhl
Johnny Bench
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Bench hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Knight strikes out.
Top 7 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Summers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Foster hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cruz hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bench settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Reynolds hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Puhl hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Concepcion hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rick Williams now pitching. Hume hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Julio Gonzalez pinch hits for Gary Wilson. Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hume fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Howe strikes out.
Bottom 4 Geronimo hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bench takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Knight hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Summers hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reynolds moves to second.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Puhl tags and scores.
Top 4 Reynolds bunts towards the mound. Hume fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Puhl moves to third.
Top 4 Puhl hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Puhl reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Foster strikes out.
Bottom 3 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 3 Concepcion hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cedeno. Concepcion reaches second base with a double. Griffey moves to third.
Bottom 3 Griffey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gary Wilson now pitching. Hume hits a fly ball into right field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jimmy Sexton pinch hits for Joaquin Andujar. Sexton hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ashby hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Summers, and towards Morgan, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Top 3 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bench hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Summers scores. Knight moves to third.
Bottom 2 Knight hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Ashby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Morgan moves to third. Summers moves to second.
Bottom 2 Summers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Andujar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Morgan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Puhl. Morgan reaches second base with a double. Griffey scores. Concepcion scores.
Bottom 2 Concepcion hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Puhl. Concepcion reaches second base with a double. Griffey moves to third.
Bottom 2 Griffey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hume hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Watson hits a fly ball towards right. Griffey catches it and throws to second to double up Cabell.
Top 2 Cabell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cruz hits a fly ball into right field. Griffey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bench takes first base on ball four. Foster moves to third. Summers moves to second.
Bottom 1 Knight hits a fly ball into left field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Summers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Reynolds. Morgan scores. Foster moves to second.
Bottom 1 Foster hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Concepcion scores. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Concepcion moves to second.
Bottom 1 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Griffey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cabell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hume fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Puhl hits a ball on the ground towards first. Summers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Puhl for the out.