Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 15, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1989 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 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Winningham lf 4 0 2 0
Quinones 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis cf 2 1 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Benzinger 1b 3 0 0 1
Duncan ss 2 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
Oester 2b 2 0 1 0
Armstrong p 2 0 0 0
  Roesler p 0 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 3 0
Biggio c 5 0 0 0
Bass lf 4 1 1 1
Davis 1b 2 1 1 2
Puhl rf 4 0 2 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Reynolds 2b 3 0 1 0
  Lombardozzi ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0
Rhoden p 2 0 1 0
  Anthony ph 0 1 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Davidson ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
Cincinnati 000 100 000141
Houston 001 000 30x490
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Armstrong  L (2-2) 6.2 6 3 1 3 4
  Roesler   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Birtsas   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
2
4
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  W (2-6) 7.0 2 1 1 4 4
  Andersen   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
5

  E–Duncan (14).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Davis (13,off Rhoden), Houston Young (17,off Armstrong).  HR–Houston Davis (33,7th inning off Roesler 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Benzinger (8,off Rhoden).  SH–Young (6,off Armstrong).  IBB–Davis 2 (12,by Armstrong 2).  SB–Davis (19,2nd base off Rhoden/Biggio).  CS–Duncan (5,2nd base by Rhoden/Biggio).  IBB–Armstrong 2 (4,Davis 2).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Jim Quick, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:41.  A–13,581.
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