Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
October 4, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 4, 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 2, Houston Astros 1

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 3 0 1 0
Treadway 2b 4 0 0 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 0
  Garcia cf 0 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 2 0 1 0
  Larkin pr,ss 2 1 1 0
Stillwell ss,3b 4 1 1 0
Francona 1b 4 0 2 1
McGriff c 4 0 1 1
Browning p 3 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 5 0 1 0
Doran 2b 1 0 0 0
  Pankovits 2b 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 0
Bass rf 4 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Berra ss 3 0 2 0
  Biancalana pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 1 1
  Reynolds ss 0 0 0 0
Afenir c 4 0 1 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Lopes ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Ashby ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 1 8 1
Cincinnati 000 020 000273
Houston 000 000 010180
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  W (10-13) 8.0 8 1 1 2 8
  Franco  SV (32) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (8-16) 7.0 7 2 2 1 10
  Andersen   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
11

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Afenir (3).  2B–Cincinnati McGriff (3,off Ryan), Houston Davis (35,off Browning).  SB–Bass (21,2nd base off Browning/McGriff).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:38.  A–34,404.
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