Reds Top Astros 7-3
"And this one belongs to the Reds..."
On Saturday afternoon the Reds picked up right where they'd left off on Friday night. George Foster got the scoring started for the Redlegs when he blasted a leadoff home run in the bottom of the second to tie the ballgame at a run apiece. In the third Tony Perez knocked in Don Gullett and Pete rose, who reached on an error and single respectively, when he laced a 2-out 2 RBI double to left field. Then in the fourth, Cesar Geronimo drove in Dave Concepcion with a triple only to be driven in by pitcher Don Gullett on the next pitch to make the score 5-1 Reds. The Reds would hold onto the lead up until the 8th when it was 7-3 now and turn the game over to Will McEnaney and Rawly Eastwick, who each pitched a scoreless inning to shut it down in the 8th and 9th. Cincinnati improves to 8-4 on the season and will be back in action action against the Astros tomorrow afternoon in the series finale.