Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 22, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 1989 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 4, Cincinnati Reds 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 2 1 0
Gross 1b 3 0 2 0
  Yelding pr 0 1 0 0
  Davis 1b 1 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 3 0 0 0
  Bass ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Puhl rf,lf 4 0 1 2
Doran 2b 3 1 1 1
Ramirez ss 5 0 1 0
Ashby c 2 0 1 0
  Biggio pr,c 0 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 1
Rhoden p 3 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 5 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 3 1 1 0
Daniels lf 3 2 0 0
Davis cf 3 1 1 3
Benzinger 1b 4 1 1 0
O'Neill rf 5 0 1 1
Reed c 3 0 2 1
  Harris pr 0 0 0 0
  Diaz c 0 0 0 0
Oester 2b 2 0 0 0
Rijo p 1 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 5
Houston 001 001 200 0471
Cincinnati 000 103 000 1560
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden   5.1 4 4 4 2 4
  Agosto   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Andersen   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Darwin  L (1-1) 2.1 1 1 1 4 1
Totals
9.1
6
5
5
8
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo   5.0 3 1 1 5 5
  Dibble   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Tekulve   1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Charlton   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Birtsas  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
7
4
4
8
10

  E–Ramirez (4).  2B–Houston Puhl (2,off Rijo), Cincinnati Sabo (6,off Rhoden); Reed (5,off Rhoden); Benzinger (2,off Rhoden).  HR–Cincinnati Davis (4,6th inning off Rhoden 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Puhl (1,off Rijo); Caminiti (1,off Dibble); Davis (2,off Rhoden).  HBP–Biggio (1,by Birtsas); Daniels (1,by Rhoden).  IBB–Davis (3,by Darwin); Benzinger (2,by Darwin).  SB–Young 2 (6,2nd base off Rijo/Reed,2nd base off Tekulve/Reed); Yelding (1,2nd base off Tekulve/Reed); Doran (1,2nd base off Tekulve/Reed); Biggio (1,2nd base off Charlton/Reed); Winningham (3,2nd base off Darwin/Biggio).  CS–Hatcher (2,2nd base by Rijo/Reed); Young (4,2nd base by Rijo/Reed); Sabo (2,2nd base by Andersen/Ashby); Harris (1,2nd base by Darwin/Biggio).  WP–Darwin (2).  BK–Agosto (1), Darwin (2).  HBP–Rhoden (1,Daniels); Birtsas (1,Biggio).  IBB–Darwin 2 (2,Davis,Benzinger).  U-HP–Bob Engel, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Fred Brocklander.  T–3:40.  A–31,073.
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