1967 NL Game: Cin. @ Hous.

 April 21, 1967

   Mike Cuellar led the way to the Houston Astro's 3-2 walk off victory over the Cincinnati Reds tonight.

Cuellar struck out a 1967 MLB season high 14 batters in the game and played a big part in scoring the winning run. With the game tied at 2 in the bottom of the 9th, Chuck Harrison led off with a base hit and soon moved to 2nd after a balk was called on Red's reliever Gerry Arrigo. Cuellar came to the plate and laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt, moving Harrison to 3rd.  After another out couldn't advance the runner, Sonny Jackson came up and laced a base hit scoring the winning run. Cuellar went the distance for his 2nd Win, allowing only 1 earned run while striking out 14 batters.

BOXSCORE: 1967 Cincinnati Reds At 1967 Houston Astros               4/21/1967
 
  Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG     Astros             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Harper RF         5  0  0  0 .233     A.Pointer LF        4  0  1  0 .100  
  V.Pinson CF         3  0  0  0 .325     S.Jackson SS        3  0  1  1 .225  
  P.Rose LF           4  0  1  0 .325     J.Landis RF         4  0  2  0 .353  
  T.Perez 3B          4  0  1  0 .514     J.Wynn CF           4  0  0  0 .235  
  L.May 1B            4  1  0  0 .071     B.Aspromonte 3B     4  1  2  0 .313  
  T.Helms 2B          4  1  1  0 .205     J.Morgan 2B         4  1  1  1 .324  
  L.Cardenas SS       4  0  2  1 .306     J.Bateman C         4  0  1  0 .226  
  D.Pavletich C       4  0  1  0 .250     C.Harrison 1B       2  1  2  1 .750  
  B.McCool P          2  0  0  0 .000     M.Cuellar P         3  0  0  0 .125  
A-D.Simpson PH        1  0  1  1 .200                                          
  D.Nottebart P       0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-D.Johnson PH        0  0  0  0 .171                                          
  G.Arrigo P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  2  7  2                 Totals      32  3 10  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For McCool In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Nottebart In 9th Inning
 
Reds............ 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  2  7  0
Astros.......... 0 0 0  1 0 1  0 0 1  -  3 10  1
 
Reds (5-5)               IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.McCool                  6       7   2   2   4   7   0   9.00
D.Nottebart               2       1   0   0   0   1   0   1.29
G.Arrigo LOSS(0-1)        0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   0   7.11
Totals                    8 2/3  10   3   3   4   8   0
 
Astros (5-4)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Cuellar WIN(2-0)        9       7   2   1   2  14   0   1.88
Totals                    9       7   2   1   2  14   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 15,935 DATE- Friday, April 21st 1967 TIME- Night 
T- 3:00
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 8  Astros: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 1  Astros: 0
ERRORS- J.Morgan
DOUBLES- P.Rose(1st), J.Landis(2nd), B.Aspromonte(2nd)
RBIs- L.Cardenas(4th), D.Simpson(1st), S.Jackson(5th), J.Morgan(4th),
      C.Harrison(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- S.Jackson(3rd), J.Morgan-2(4th)
CAUGHT STEALING- S.Jackson
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Cuellar
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Harrison
WALKS- V.Pinson, D.Johnson, A.Pointer, S.Jackson-2, C.Harrison
STRIKE OUTS- T.Harper-3, V.Pinson-3, T.Perez, L.May-2, T.Helms, L.Cardenas,
             D.Pavletich, B.McCool-2, J.Wynn-4, J.Morgan, J.Bateman,
             M.Cuellar-2
GIDP- J.Landis
BALKS- G.Arrigo
2-out RBI- S.Jackson
RLISP 2-out- J.Wynn-2, V.Pinson-2, J.Landis-2, T.Helms, M.Cuellar, T.Perez
TEAM RISP- Reds: 2 for 12  Astros: 3 for 11
 
Chuck Harrison had 2 base hits and Mike Cuellar dominated striking out 14
Cincinnati batters at The Astrodome as the Houston Astros won a thriller over
the Cincinnati Reds in, 3 to 2.
 
The game was decided in the 9th inning. Harrison stroked a single.  A balk was
called.  Cuellar then laid down a sacrifice bunt.  One out later, Sonny
Jackson came to bat and delivered a one-base hit resulting in a mighty
exciting win for Houston and the 15,935 home town fans in attendance.
Houston totaled 10 hits on the night.  
 
Cuellar(2-0), allowing 2 runs for the game, picked up the victory. Gerry
Arrigo(0-1) was tagged with the loss in relief.  
 
Cuellar was pleased with his performance.  He noted, 'I had good zip on my
pitches.  Just as important, my location was right on.  The fans really got
into the game too - that always helps me.  Now, if I can only do that again
in my next outing.'