Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
July 29, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1983 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cincinnati Reds 1, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 1 0
Redus lf 3 0 2 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Cedeno rf 3 0 0 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 1 0
Esasky 3b 4 0 1 0
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
Bilardello c 3 0 1 0
Price p 0 0 0 0
  Hayes p 0 0 0 0
  Knicely ph 1 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Householder ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bass rf 4 0 1 1
  Moreno cf 0 0 0 0
Puhl cf,rf 3 1 0 0
Thon ss 3 0 1 0
Garner 3b 3 0 1 1
Cruz lf 3 1 1 0
Knight 1b 3 1 2 1
Doran 2b 4 0 2 1
Bjorkman c 2 1 1 0
Madden p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 4 9 4
Cincinnati 000 000 100160
Houston 100 210 00x491
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Price  L (10-6) 4.2 8 4 4 5 0
  Hayes   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Power   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Hume   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
7
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Madden  W (4-0) 7.0 6 1 1 1 2
  Smith  SV (4) 2.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
3

  E–Thon (17).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 4.  2B–Cincinnati Driessen (6,off Madden).  HR–Houston Knight (6,4th inning off Price 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Price (3,off Madden); Madden 2 (3,off Price 2).  CS–Redus (8,2nd base by Madden/Bjorkman); Doran (6,2nd base by Price/Bilardello); Garner (8,2nd base by Power/Bilardello).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:18.  A–18,063.
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