Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 23, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1989 at Riverfront Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 5 1 2 0
Doran 2b 5 1 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 2
Ramirez ss 5 0 1 0
Bass rf 3 1 2 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 2 0
Biggio c 2 0 1 2
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph,c 1 0 0 0
Knepper p 3 0 0 0
  Andersen p 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 5 11 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 5 0 1 1
Sabo 3b 4 0 0 0
Daniels lf 1 0 0 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Diaz c 2 1 1 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Reed c 0 0 0 0
Oester 2b 4 0 1 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 1 1 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 1
Houston 002 200 0015112
Cincinnati 000 000 200251
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  W (1-3) 6.1 4 2 1 4 3
  Andersen  SV (1) 2.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
5
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (1-4) 7.0 9 4 4 1 3
  Dibble   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Charlton   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
3
4

  E–Ramirez (5), Knepper (1), Sabo (6).  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Diaz (1).  2B–Houston Bass (5,off Jackson); Doran (8,off Jackson); Caminiti (5,off Jackson); Hatcher (3,off Jackson).  HR–Houston Davis (4,3rd inning off Jackson 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Biggio (2,by Jackson); Davis (1,by Tekulve).  SB–Ramirez (1,2nd base off Dibble/Diaz); Hatcher (3,2nd base off Charlton/Reed); Doran (2,2nd base off Tekulve/Reed).  IBB–Jackson (3,Biggio); Tekulve (3,Davis).  U-HP–Mark Hirschbeck, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–Fred Brocklander, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–3:05.  A–21,967.
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