Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 19, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1986 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 4, Cincinnati Reds 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 5 1 2 0
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 0
Garner 3b 4 1 2 2
Davis 1b 3 0 0 1
Bass rf 3 1 2 1
Thon ss 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 4 0 1 0
Walker cf 4 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 1 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf,lf 4 1 2 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Esasky lf,1b 4 1 0 0
Perez 1b 3 0 1 1
  Milner pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 2 1
Oester 2b 3 0 1 0
Browning p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 1 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Terry p 0 0 0 0
  Venable ph 1 0 0 0
  Price p 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Daniels ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Houston 400 000 0004101
Cincinnati 000 000 021380
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (3-0) 5.1 4 0 0 2 4
  Kerfeld   2.2 2 2 0 1 2
  Smith  SV (5) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
3
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  L (0-1) 0.1 5 4 4 0 0
  Robinson   4.2 0 0 0 0 4
  Terry   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Price   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Franco   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
6

  E–Thon (3).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Garner (3,off Browning), Cincinnati Diaz (1,off Knepper); Oester (2,off Kerfeld).  HR–Houston Bass (2,1st inning off Browning 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Diaz (2,9th inning off Smith 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Davis (2,off Browning).  SB–Bass (2,2nd base off Terry/Diaz); Davis 2 (6,2nd base off Knepper/Ashby,2nd base off Kerfeld/Ashby).  CS–Garner (1,2nd base by Terry/Diaz).  WP–Kerfeld (2).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:26.  A–17,564.
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