Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
June 17, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1986 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 3 1 1 1
Hatcher cf 5 0 1 1
Garner 3b 4 1 1 1
Davis 1b 3 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 1 2 0
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Bailey c 2 0 0 0
  Puhl pr 0 1 0 0
Pena ss 4 0 2 0
Hernandez p 1 0 0 1
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Milner cf 4 0 0 0
Rose 1b 4 0 1 1
Venable lf 4 0 1 0
Davis rf 4 2 1 0
Rowdon 3b 3 0 0 1
Concepcion ss 3 0 1 1
Diaz c 4 1 3 0
Oester 2b 3 2 2 0
Welsh p 2 0 1 2
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Houston 110 000 101492
Cincinnati 010 013 00x5100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (1-2) 6.0 9 5 2 1 1
  Andersen   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
2
2
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Welsh  W (2-1) 6.2 7 3 3 3 3
  Power   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Franco  SV (11) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3

  E–Garner (12), Pena (2).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Rose (4,off Hernandez); Oester (8,off Hernandez).  HR–Houston Garner (6,1st inning off Welsh 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Hernandez (1,off Welsh); Welsh (2,off Hernandez); Rowdon (1,off Hernandez).  SF–Doran (2,off Franco).  HBP–Davis (3,by Welsh).  IBB–Oester (3,by Hernandez).  SB–Doran (19,2nd base off Welsh/Diaz); Hatcher (16,2nd base off Power/Diaz); Davis 2 (20,2nd base off Hernandez/Bailey,3rd base off Hernandez/Bailey).  CS–Bass (7,2nd base by Welsh/Diaz).  WP–Hernandez (1).  HBP–Welsh (2,Davis).  IBB–Hernandez (1,Oester).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:33.  A–16,824.
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