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Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
August 16, 1985 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 16, 1985 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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"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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| Game played on Friday, August 16, 1985 at Astrodome |
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| Cincinnati |
0 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| Houston |
0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 3 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | 8 | 1 |
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| Cincinnati Reds |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Soto |
6.0 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
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Franco |
2.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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Power L (4-3) |
0.1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
8.1 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
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| Houston Astros |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Knepper |
6.1 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
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Smith W (6-4) |
2.2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
E–Power (1), Walling (10). DP–Houston 4. 2B–Cincinnati Diaz (6,off Knepper); Concepcion (15,off Knepper), Houston Mumphrey (18,off Soto); Bailey (9,off Power). HR–Cincinnati Esasky (12,9th inning off Smith 0 on, 2 out), Houston Bailey (9,5th inning off Soto 0 on, 0 out); Walling (5,6th inning off Soto 0 on, 0 out); Bass (11,6th inning off Soto 1 on, 2 out). SH–Doran (2,off Power). IBB–Bailey (7,by Soto); Puhl (4,by Power). CS–Cedeno (5,2nd base by Knepper/Bailey). SB–Cruz 2 (12,2nd base off Soto/Diaz,3rd base off Soto/Diaz); Mumphrey (4,2nd base off Soto/Diaz); Doran (20,2nd base off Franco/Diaz). IBB–Soto (3,Bailey); Power (5,Puhl). T–2:29. A–17,483. |
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| Game played on Friday, August 16, 1985 at Astrodome |
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