Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
May 1, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 1984 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, Cincinnati Reds 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bass rf 5 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 2 0
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 0
Knight 1b 4 0 0 0
Garner 3b 4 1 1 0
Doran 2b 3 0 2 0
Bailey c 4 0 1 1
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  Madden p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Cabell ph 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 0 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 2 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 1 0 0
  Esasky ph 0 0 0 0
Walker lf 3 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 0 0 0 0
Parker rf 5 0 3 1
Driessen 1b 2 0 1 1
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Concepcion 3b 4 0 0 0
Gulden c 3 0 0 0
Foley ss 4 0 2 0
Russell p 3 0 0 0
  Perez 1b 0 0 0 0
  Lawless pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 2
Houston 000 000 001181
Cincinnati 001 000 001260
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   6.0 4 1 0 6 8
  Madden   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Dawley  L (1-2) 0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  DiPino   0.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.1
6
2
1
9
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Russell   7.2 6 0 0 2 4
  Hume   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Franco  W (1-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
4

  E–Doran (3).  2B–Houston Doran (4,off Russell); Garner (2,off Hume), Cincinnati Foley (1,off Ryan).  3B–Cincinnati Foley (3,off Ryan).  SH–Milner (1,off Dawley).  SF–Driessen (1,off Ryan).  IBB–Cedeno (1,by DiPino).  SB–Milner (10,2nd base off Ryan/Bailey); Parker (1,2nd base off Ryan/Bailey).  CS–Foley (1,Home by Ryan/Bailey).  WP–DiPino (1).  BK–Russell (1).  IBB–DiPino (2,Cedeno).  T–2:43.  A–9,067.
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