Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 23, 1984 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1984 at Astrodome. 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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Cincinnati Reds 1, Houston Astros 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Redus lf 4 0 0 0
Milner cf 4 0 0 0
Cedeno rf 4 0 2 0
Knicely 1b 4 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Esasky 3b 1 1 1 1
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
Van Gorder c 3 0 0 0
Price p 2 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 1 0
  Barnes pr 0 0 0 0
  Hume p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 3 1 2 1
Bass cf 4 0 1 0
Garner 3b 4 0 2 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
  Cabell 1b 0 0 0 0
Puhl rf 3 1 1 1
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Pena ss 3 0 0 0
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 7 2
Cincinnati 010 000 000140
Houston 000 001 10x270
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Price  L (7-13) 7.0 6 2 2 1 6
  Hume   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
7
2
2
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (15-10) 9.0 4 1 1 2 8
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Cedeno (24,off Knepper).  HR–Cincinnati Esasky (10,2nd inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out), Houston Doran (4,6th inning off Price 0 on, 0 out); Puhl (8,7th inning off Price 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Cruz (9,by Hume).  SB–Bass (5,2nd base off Hume/Van Gorder).  CS–Doran (11,2nd base by Price/Van Gorder).  IBB–Hume (9,Cruz).  T–1:58.  A–10,379.
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