Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
August 15, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1983 at Riverfront Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 9, Cincinnati Reds 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 2 1 1
Puhl rf 5 0 2 2
Thon ss 4 1 1 1
Garner 3b 5 2 2 0
  Reynolds 3b 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 5 2 3 5
Knight 1b 5 0 2 0
  Walling 1b 0 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 4 1 2 0
Mizerock c 3 0 0 0
Knepper p 4 1 1 0
Totals 39 9 14 9
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 0 0 0
  Hayes p 0 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
Redus lf 4 0 2 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Cedeno rf 4 0 2 0
Driessen 1b 4 1 2 0
Esasky 3b 4 0 1 1
Oester 2b 1 0 0 0
  Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Knicely ph 1 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Householder ph,cf 2 0 2 0
Bilardello c 4 0 1 0
Berenyi p 0 0 0 0
  Paris ph,2b 4 0 1 0
Totals 36 1 11 1
Houston 130 000 2309140
Cincinnati 000 000 0011110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (5-11) 9.0 11 1 1 0 9
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
0
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Berenyi  L (6-12) 2.0 5 4 4 1 1
  Gale   2.0 2 0 0 2 3
  Power   3.0 5 2 2 2 2
  Hayes   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
  Scherrer   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
7
7

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Thon (21,off Berenyi); Puhl (17,off Berenyi); Knight (29,off Gale), Cincinnati Paris (5,off Knepper); Householder (8,off Knepper).  3B–Houston Puhl (6,off Gale), Cincinnati Driessen (1,off Knepper).  HR–Houston Cruz 2 (9,7th inning off Power 1 on, 1 out,8th inning off Hayes 2 on, 2 out).  IBB–Mumphrey (1,by Gale).  SB–Thon (28,3rd base off Berenyi/Bilardello).  CS–Cruz (14,2nd base by Power/Bilardello); Doran (10,2nd base by Power/Bilardello).  IBB–Gale (6,Mumphrey).  T–2:39.  A–11,385.
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