Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
July 1, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1987 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 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 3 0 0 0
  Jackson ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 0 0
Walling 3b 3 0 2 0
  Pankovits ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 1
Bass rf 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 1
Ashby c 4 1 1 1
Reynolds ss 1 0 0 1
  Thon ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 0 0 0 0
  Mathis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Daniels lf 4 1 3 0
  Concepcion pr,1b 1 1 0 0
Francona 1b,lf 4 1 1 1
Jones cf 3 1 1 0
Parker rf 3 1 1 1
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 1 2 1
Oester 2b 4 0 2 2
Larkin ss 3 0 2 0
Power p 0 0 0 0
  Pacillo p 1 0 0 0
  Esasky ph 1 0 0 0
  Scherrer p 0 0 0 0
  O'Neill ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Stillwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 5
Houston 020 100 001461
Cincinnati 000 004 11x6120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (4-5) 5.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Childress   1.1 3 1 1 2 0
  Meads   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Mathis   1.0 2 1 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
5
3
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Power   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Pacillo   3.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Scherrer  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Murphy   2.0 0 0 0 1 4
  Franco  SV (16) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
7

  E–Mathis (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Bass (18,off Power); Cruz (12,off Power); Walling (10,off Pacillo), Cincinnati Daniels 3 (14,off Darwin 2,off Childress).  HR–Houston Ashby (7,4th inning off Pacillo 0 on, 2 out); Davis (14,9th inning off Franco 0 on, 0 out).  SF–C Reynolds (4,off Power).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Dave Pallone.  T–2:31.  A–23,280.
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