Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 28, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1985 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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Houston Astros 2, Cincinnati Reds 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 3 0 0 0
  Madden p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera ph 1 0 0 0
  Solano p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Pankovits rf 4 0 0 0
Bass cf 3 1 2 0
Cruz lf 2 0 0 0
  Tolman lf 2 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
Garner 3b,2b 3 0 3 1
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Thon ss 3 1 1 1
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Deshaies p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph,3b 2 0 1 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 5 0 0 0
Venable lf 3 1 1 0
  Davis ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Rose 1b 2 1 1 0
Parker rf 4 1 1 1
Bell 3b 4 1 1 3
Concepcion ss 4 1 1 0
Van Gorder c 4 0 3 1
  Power p 0 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 0 0 0
Browning p 2 0 2 0
  Diaz c 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Houston 000 010 010280
Cincinnati 014 000 00x5100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  L (18-8) 2.1 7 5 5 2 1
  Deshaies   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Madden   2.0 2 0 0 2 3
  Solano   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  W (20-9) 7.1 7 2 2 4 6
  Power  SV (26) 1.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 2.  2B–Houston Garner (21,off Browning); Pena (2,off Browning), Cincinnati Parker (42,off Scott); Van Gorder (6,off Scott).  3B–Cincinnati Concepcion (2,off Scott).  HR–Houston Thon (6,5th inning off Browning 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Bell (6,3rd inning off Scott 2 on, 0 out).  IBB–Thon (3,by Browning).  SB–Bass (19,2nd base off Browning/Van Gorder); Thon (7,2nd base off Browning/Van Gorder).  WP–Solano (2).  IBB–Browning (8,Thon).  T–2:16.  A–19,088.
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