Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
June 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1988 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 2 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 1 1 1
Davis 1b 3 1 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 2 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 1
Pankovits 3b 2 1 2 1
  Walling ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 1 0
Trevino c 4 0 0 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 9 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 4 1 3 1
Collins lf 3 0 0 1
Sabo 3b 4 1 3 1
Davis cf 3 1 1 2
Esasky 1b 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 4 0 0 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 1 0
Concepcion 2b 4 1 1 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Browning p 1 1 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Treadway 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Houston 001 200 000391
Cincinnati 020 020 10x590
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (4-4) 6.0 7 4 3 1 3
  Andersen   2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
1
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  W (5-3) 5.0 7 3 3 1 2
  Williams   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Murphy   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Franco  SV (7) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
4

  E–Pankovits (9).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Houston Young (11,off Browning), Cincinnati Sabo 2 (21,off Deshaies 2).  HR–Houston Pankovits (1,3rd inning off Browning 0 on, 0 out); Doran (1,4th inning off Browning 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Davis (9,5th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Bass (4,by Browning).  SH–Browning (4,off Deshaies).  SF–Collins (2,off Deshaies).  CS–Bass (1,2nd base by Browning/Diaz).  SB–Sabo (17,2nd base off Andersen/Trevino).  HBP–Browning (4,Bass).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–2:30.  A–23,461.
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