Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 12, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1990 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 3, Cincinnati Reds 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss,lf 6 1 0 0
Candaele lf,2b 6 0 0 0
Rhodes cf 3 2 1 0
Davis 1b 5 0 1 0
  Young pr 0 0 0 0
  Simms 1b 1 0 1 1
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 1
Anthony rf 3 0 1 0
  Davidson ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Biggio c 4 0 1 0
Rohde 2b 5 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 44 3 7 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 4 1 2 1
Larkin ss 4 0 0 0
Morris 1b 4 0 1 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
  Benzinger 1b 0 0 0 0
Davis lf 5 0 2 0
O'Neill rf 5 0 2 0
  Layana p 0 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 4 0 1 0
Reed c 4 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
Winningham cf 4 0 0 0
  Quinones ph 1 0 0 0
Rijo p 3 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
  Braggs rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 41 1 9 1
Houston 000 000 001 000 2371
Cincinnati 100 000 000 000 0190
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin   7.0 5 1 1 0 2
  Osuna   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Smith   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Agosto  W (7-7) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Meyer  SV (1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
9
1
1
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo   9.0 4 1 1 4 11
  Dibble   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Myers   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Layana  L (5-3) 1.0 2 2 2 2 2
Totals
13.0
7
3
3
6
15

  E–Davis (4).  DP–Houston 5.  2B–Houston Rhodes (4,off Rijo); Anthony (8,off Rijo); Davis (13,off Dibble).  HR–Cincinnati Doran (7,1st inning off Darwin 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Caminiti (3,off Myers); Dibble (3,off Smith).  IBB–Rhodes (2,by Layana); Doran (2,by Smith).  SB–Rhodes 2 (4,2nd base off Rijo/Reed 2); Caminiti 2 (7,2nd base off Myers/Reed,2nd base off Layana/Reed); Yelding (56,2nd base off Layana/Reed).  WP–Layana (5).  IBB–Smith (4,Doran); Layana (4,Rhodes).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–3:42.  A–17,083.
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