Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
August 18, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1985 at Astrodome. 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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Cincinnati Reds 8, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 5 1 1 1
Rose 1b 4 2 2 1
Parker rf 4 2 1 1
Bell 3b 3 0 1 1
Esasky lf 4 0 2 2
  Redus pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 1
Diaz c 4 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 0 0 0
Tibbs p 1 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 1 1 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 9 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 2 2 0
Puhl rf 5 1 1 0
Walling 3b 2 0 1 1
  Garner ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 0 2 1
Mumphrey cf 3 0 0 1
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 4 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
  Calhoun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Cincinnati 000 004 040891
Houston 000 020 100374
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Tibbs  W (6-13) 5.0 5 2 0 3 4
  Price   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Franco  SV (5) 3.0 2 1 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
1
5
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (8-11) 7.1 7 7 7 4 7
  Smith   0.2 1 1 0 1 0
  Calhoun   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
8
7
5
7

  E–Oester (9), Doran (10), Cruz (5), Davis (4), Bailey (10).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Puhl (12,off Tibbs); Cruz (24,off Tibbs).  3B–Cincinnati Parker (4,off Ryan), Houston Doran (2,off Tibbs).  IBB–Parker (16,by Ryan); Oester (6,by Smith); Cruz (7,by Tibbs); Mumphrey (5,by Tibbs).  SF–Walling (3,off Tibbs).  SB–Venable (9,2nd base off Ryan/Bailey); Redus (41,2nd base off Smith/Bailey).  IBB–Tibbs 2 (10,Cruz,Mumphrey); Ryan (7,Parker); Smith (4,Oester).  T–2:43.  A–14,216.
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