Notching his first victory of the season, Paul Moskau allowed six hits over eight innings as the Reds edged the Astros, 2-1. Both of the Reds' runs came in the second inning on singles by George Foster and Dan Driessen, a sacrifice fly by Johnny Bench and a double by Cesar Geronimo.

The Astros' lone tally came in the sixth stanza on doubles by Enos Cabell and Jose Cruz. A bunt single by Pete Rose in the seventh extended his hitting streak to 21 games. [The Sporting News]

Cincinnati Reds 2, Houston Astros 1

Game Played on Wednesday, July 5, 1978 (Night game) at Riverfront Stadium

Astros 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 Reds 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 7 1 Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Reds AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Puhl cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .314 Rose 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Walling lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Griffey rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Cabell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .299 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Cruz rf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .271 Foster lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .307 Watson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Driessen 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .292 Howe 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Bench c 3 0 0 1 0 1 .227 Pujols c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Geronimo cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .234 Fischlin ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .130 Kennedy 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .215 Bergman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .146 Moskau p 2 0 0 0 1 1 .211 Sexton ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .164 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Howard ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Niekro p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .227 Totals 33 1 7 1 2 5 Totals 30 2 7 2 3 4 Time of Game: 2:26 Attendance: 30,320 Left on Base: Astros 7, Reds 8 DP: Astros 0, Reds 1 Errors: Watson, Bench Doubles: Cabell 2 (15), Cruz (14), Geronimo (10) Stolen Bases: Driessen 2 (19), Geronimo (5) Caught Stealing: Driessen (4) Sacrifice Flies: Bench (2) GIDP: Howard (1) Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Niekro L(5-6) 8 7 2 2 3 4 0 34 5.69 Totals 8 7 2 2 3 4 0 34 Reds IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Moskau W(1-2) 8 6 1 1 2 5 0 32 4.26 Bair SV(13) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.88 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 5 0 35 Wild Pitches: Niekro (3) Umpires: HP - Dick Stello, 1B - Bruce Froemming, 2B - Eric Gregg, 3B - Bill Williams ASTROS 1ST: Puhl walked; Walling flied out to center; Cabell forced Puhl (shortstop to second); Cruz walked [Cabell to second]; Watson popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 0. REDS 1ST: Rose grounded out (first to pitcher); Griffey grounded out (shortstop to first); Concepcion grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 0. ASTROS 2ND: Howe grounded out (second to first); Pujols grounded out (shortstop to first); Fischlin singled to left; Niekro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 0. REDS 2ND: Foster singled to shortstop; Driessen singled to right [Foster to third]; Driessen stole second; Bench hit a sacrifice fly to left [Foster scored]; Geronimo doubled to left [Driessen scored]; Geronimo stole third; Kennedy struck out; Moskau struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 2. ASTROS 3RD: Puhl struck out; Walling grounded out (second to first); Cabell doubled to left; Cabell was picked off second but was safe on an error by Bench [Cabell to third]; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 2. REDS 3RD: Rose grounded out (second to first); Griffey grounded out (second to first); Concepcion flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 2. ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (third to first); Howe flied out to right; Pujols grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 2. REDS 4TH: Foster walked; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Foster to second]; Driessen flied out to center; Bench struck out; Geronimo grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 2. ASTROS 5TH: Fischlin grounded out (second to first); Niekro struck out; Puhl popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 2. REDS 5TH: Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); Moskau walked; Rose flied out to left; Griffey flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Reds 2. ASTROS 6TH: Walling flied out to left; Cabell doubled to left; Cruz doubled to right [Cabell scored]; Watson grounded out (third to first); Howe flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2. REDS 6TH: Concepcion grounded out (third to first); Foster singled to left; Driessen walked [Foster to second]; Bench reached on an error by Watson [Foster to third, Driessen to second, Bench to first]; Geronimo struck out; Kennedy lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2. ASTROS 7TH: Pujols grounded out (first unassisted); BERGMAN BATTED FOR FISCHLIN; Bergman struck out; Niekro flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2. REDS 7TH: SEXTON REPLACED BERGMAN (PLAYING SS); Moskau popped to first in foul territory; On a bunt Rose singled; Griffey singled to pitcher [Rose to second]; Concepcion grounded out (third to first) [Rose to third, Griffey to second]; Foster flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2. ASTROS 8TH: Puhl flied out to left; Walling flied out to center; Cabell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2. REDS 8TH: Driessen singled to right; Driessen stole second; Bench flied out to center [Driessen to third]; Driessen was caught stealing home (catcher to third); missed squeeze; Geronimo grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2. ASTROS 9TH: Cruz singled to right; Watson singled to second [Cruz to second]; BAIR REPLACED MOSKAU (PITCHING); Howe singled to center [Cruz to third, Watson to second]; Pujols forced Cruz (third to catcher) [Watson to third, Howe to second]; HOWARD BATTED FOR SEXTON; Howard grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pujols out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 1, Reds 2.

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