Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 20, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1983 at Astrodome. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Cedeno rf 3 1 1 2
Milner cf 5 0 2 1
Concepcion ss 5 0 0 0
Bench 3b 3 0 0 0
  Krenchicki 3b 1 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 2 1 0 1
Oester 2b 3 1 0 0
Walker lf 2 1 1 1
  Jones ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Bilardello c 4 1 2 0
Gale p 2 1 0 1
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  Hayes p 0 0 0 0
  Power p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 6 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 0 0
Walling rf 4 0 1 0
  Madden p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 5 1 1 0
Cruz lf 3 2 2 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Knight 1b 5 1 2 3
Ashby c 5 0 4 1
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
LaCoss p 2 0 0 0
  Ruhle p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Bass ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 12 4
Cincinnati 000 060 000660
Houston 020 000 2004122
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (2-0) 5.0 7 2 2 4 2
  Scherrer   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Hayes   0.1 4 2 2 0 0
  Power  SV (1) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
5
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
LaCoss  L (0-1) 4.0 3 6 5 2 5
  Ruhle   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  DiPino   1.2 1 0 0 3 2
  Madden   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  LaCorte   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
5
5
7

  E–Ashby 2 (4).  2B–Cincinnati Walker (1,off LaCoss); Cedeno (3,off LaCoss); Bilardello (2,off DiPino), Houston Knight (1,off Gale); Ashby 2 (3,off Gale 2); Thon (4,off Gale).  HBP–Cedeno (2,by LaCoss).  IBB–Bench (1,by DiPino); Doran (1,by Gale).  SB–Milner 2 (5,2nd base off LaCoss/Ashby,2nd base off Ruhle/Ashby); Doran (3,2nd base off Gale/Bilardello).  CS–Cedeno (3,2nd base by LaCoss/Ashby).  WP–LaCoss (1).  HBP–LaCoss (1,Cedeno).  IBB–Gale (1,Doran); DiPino (1,Bench).  U–Joe West, Ed Vargo, Dick Stello.  T–3:11.  A–8,476.
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