Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 15, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 0 2 0
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 2 2 0
Bell 3b 1 0 0 0
  Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 3 2 1 2
Ramirez ss 4 0 2 2
Biggio c 2 0 0 0
  Darwin p 1 1 1 1
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Trevino c 3 0 1 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 5 1 2 2
Sabo 3b 4 1 2 0
Daniels lf 2 1 0 0
Davis cf 4 1 1 2
O'Neill rf 4 1 1 1
Esasky 1b 4 0 2 1
  Harris pr 0 1 0 0
  Concepcion 1b 0 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 1 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 0 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 1 1 0
Charlton p 1 0 0 0
  McClendon c 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 6
Houston 010 103 0005101
Cincinnati 203 100 01x7100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (10-5) 3.0 8 6 6 1 2
  Darwin   5.0 2 1 0 2 6
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
3
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Charlton  W (2-4) 5.2 9 5 5 1 3
  Dibble   2.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Franco  SV (34) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
5

  E–Caminiti (3).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Ramirez (28,off Charlton); Young (20,off Charlton).  HR–Houston Hatcher (6,6th inning off Charlton 1 on, 1 out); Darwin (1,6th inning off Charlton 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Larkin (11,3rd inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Charlton (2,off Forsch); Winningham (3,off Darwin).  IBB–Daniels (10,by Darwin).  CS–Young (24,2nd base by Charlton/Reed).  SB–Sabo 2 (46,3rd base off Forsch/Biggio,2nd base off Forsch/Biggio); Daniels (27,2nd base off Forsch/Biggio); Harris (1,2nd base off Darwin/Trevino); McClendon (4,2nd base off Darwin/Trevino).  IBB–Darwin (7,Daniels).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–2:37.  A–17,610.
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