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June 27, 1978

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Reds 4 8 0
Astros 7 10 0
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Reds 4 8 0
Astros 7 10 0

Ken Griffey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .316
OBP .250 .359
At Bats 4 294
Hits 1 93
• Singles 1 67
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 1 24

Joe Sambito Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 5
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Astrodome - June 27, 1978
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Out
Joe Sambito
Joe Ferguson
Dave Bergman
Julio Gonzalez
Enos Cabell
Mike Fischlin
Denny Walling
Terry Puhl
Jose Cruz
Ken Griffey
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Knight strikes out.
Bottom 8 Puhl strikes out.
Bottom 8 The umpire calls a balk on Sarmiento Gonzalez scores.
Bottom 8 Sambito hits a ball on the ground towards first. Driessen scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sambito for the out. Gonzalez moves to third.
Bottom 8 Fischlin bunts towards third. Knight fields it and throws to first for the out. Gonzalez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mike Lum now playing center field. Vic Correll now catching. Manny Sarmiento now pitching. Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Dave Collins pinch hits for Dave Tomlin. Collins strikes out.
Top 8 Mike Lum pinch runs for Johnny Bench. Vic Correll pinch hits for Don Werner. Correll strikes out.
Top 8 Johnny Bench pinch hits for Cesar Geronimo. Bench hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Concepcion moves to second.
Top 8 Concepcion hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Dave Bergman now playing first base. Joe Sambito now pitching. Driessen strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dave Bergman pinch runs for Bob Watson. Ferguson hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cruz 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 7 Ray Knight now playing third base. Dave Tomlin now pitching. Cabell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Foster hits a popup, foul, towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Knight scores. Griffey moves to third.
Top 7 Ray Knight pinch runs for Pete Rose. Griffey hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hume scores. Knight moves to third.
Top 7 Tom Hume pinch runs for Ken Henderson. Rose hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werner scores. Hume moves to third.
Top 7 Ken Henderson pinch hits for Pedro Borbon. Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Werner moves to third.
Top 7 Werner hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Fischlin fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Geronimo strikes out.
Top 7 Concepcion hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Walling hits a fly ball into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Puhl hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Niekro hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fischlin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rose fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Driessen hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Foster strikes out.
Top 6 Morgan is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Griffey hits a fly ball into left field. Walling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gonzalez 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 5 Ferguson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Pedro Borbon now pitching. Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Geronimo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rose for the out.
Top 5 Rick Auerbach pinch hits for Bill Bonham. Auerbach hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ferguson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Werner strikes out.
Bottom 4 Cruz 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 4 Cabell hits a line drive into left field. Foster settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Walling. The throw from Werner and he is safe. Walling steals second.
Bottom 4 Walling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Puhl scores.
Bottom 4 Puhl hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Geronimo, who is chasing the ball. Puhl reaches third base with a triple. Niekro goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Niekro hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Fischlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Geronimo hits a popup towards first. Watson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Concepcion hits a fly ball into center field. Puhl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Driessen hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Niekro covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Gonzalez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Ferguson hits a line drive towards short. Concepcion reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bonham fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Foster hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fischlin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Morgan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rose scores.
Top 3 Griffey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Griffey for the out. Rose moves to second.
Top 3 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Bonham takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 2 Cabell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Griffey. Cabell reaches second base with a double. Niekro scores. Walling goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Walling takes first base on ball four. Niekro moves to second.
Bottom 2 Puhl hits a popup towards short. Concepcion settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Niekro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Fischlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Concepcion scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Werner hits a popup towards short. Fischlin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Geronimo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Concepcion takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Driessen strikes out.
Bottom 1 Gonzalez 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 1 Ferguson takes first base on ball four. Watson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cabell scores.
Bottom 1 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Cabell. The throw from Werner and he is safe. Cabell steals second.
Bottom 1 Cabell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Puhl scores.
Bottom 1 Walling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Puhl moves to third.
Bottom 1 There goes Puhl. The throw from Werner and he is safe. Puhl steals second.
Bottom 1 Puhl takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Foster hits a fly ball into right field. Cruz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Griffey hits a popup towards short. Fischlin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rose hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gonzalez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.