Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 21, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 1, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 2 1 0 0
Milner cf 3 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 4 0 2 1
O'Neill rf 4 0 1 0
Esasky 1b 4 0 0 0
McClendon lf 4 0 0 0
  Gray p 0 0 0 0
Treadway 2b 4 0 2 0
McGriff c 3 0 0 0
Armstrong p 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy p 0 0 0 0
  Jones lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 2 0 0 1
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Puhl rf 1 0 1 0
  Trevino c 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 1 0 0 0
  Meadows pr 0 1 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 1 1
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,ss 2 1 1 0
Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Andujar p 2 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Bass ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 4 2
Cincinnati 001 000 000151
Houston 000 000 30x340
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Armstrong  L (0-1) 6.1 2 2 2 5 5
  Williams   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Murphy   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Gray   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
7
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Andujar   5.1 3 1 1 2 5
  Andersen  W (2-3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Agosto   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
8

  E–Sabo (8).  2B–Cincinnati Sabo (25,off Andujar), Houston Bell (1,off Armstrong); Doran (7,off Gray).  3B–Cincinnati Treadway (2,off Andujar).  HBP–Larkin 2 (6,by Andujar 2).  SH–Trevino (1,off Gray).  SF–Young (2,off Murphy).  IBB–Ashby (3,by Armstrong).  SB–Larkin 2 (22,2nd base off Andujar/Ashby 2); Young 2 (40,2nd base off Armstrong/McGriff,3rd base off Armstrong/McGriff); Puhl 2 (10,2nd base off Armstrong/McGriff 2); Meadows (1,2nd base off Armstrong/McGriff); Reynolds (3,Home off Murphy/McGriff); Bass (18,2nd base off Murphy/McGriff).  CS–Puhl (2,2nd base by Armstrong/McGriff).  BK–Andujar (1).  HBP–Andujar 2 (3,Larkin 2).  IBB–Armstrong (1,Ashby).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Jim Quick.  T–2:58.  A–18,220.
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