Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 25, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 25, 1987 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 3, Houston Astros 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Jones lf 3 0 0 1
Stillwell ss 5 0 1 2
Parker rf 5 0 2 0
Davis cf 5 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 3 0 1 0
  Garcia pr 0 1 0 0
  Butera c 0 0 0 0
Francona 1b 2 0 0 0
Oester 2b 3 1 1 0
Power p 3 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Daniels ph 0 0 0 0
  Browning pr 0 1 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0
Walling 3b 3 0 0 0
  Garner ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 0 0
Puhl lf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 2 0
  Waller pr 0 0 0 0
  Bailey c 0 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 2 0
Cincinnati 000 000 000 3361
Houston 000 000 000 0020
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Power   7.1 2 0 0 1 3
  Franco  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
2
0
0
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   8.0 3 0 0 2 11
  Meads   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Andersen  L (2-1) 1.0 1 3 3 2 1
  Smith   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
6
3
3
4
14

  E–Stillwell (2).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Bell (7,off Ryan).  SH–Francona (1,off Andersen).  SF–Jones (1,off Smith).  HBP–Diaz (1,by Ryan).  IBB–Oester (3,by Andersen).  SB–Parker (1,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Jones (3,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  CS–Jones (1,2nd base by Ryan/Ashby).  WP–Ryan (1).  HBP–Ryan (1,Diaz).  IBB–Andersen (1,Oester).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Frank Pulli.  T–2:46.  A–43,445.
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