Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
October 2, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 2, 1990 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 2, Cincinnati Reds 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding ss 4 0 0 0
Young cf 3 1 0 0
Biggio c 4 1 1 0
Davis 1b 3 0 1 2
Stubbs lf 4 0 0 0
Anthony rf 3 0 1 0
Candaele 2b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez 3b 3 0 1 0
Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 0 0 0 0
  Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 4 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 2 2 0
Larkin ss 2 0 1 0
Morris 1b 3 0 1 1
O'Neill rf 3 0 1 2
Sabo 3b 3 0 0 0
  Mahler p 0 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Bates ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Benzinger lf 4 0 1 0
Reed c 3 0 0 0
Oester 2b 1 0 0 0
Armstrong p 0 0 0 0
  Scudder p 0 1 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Quinones 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 6 3
Houston 000 000 200240
Cincinnati 102 000 00x360
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (2-1) 5.0 5 3 3 5 0
  Clancy   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Meyer   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
6
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Armstrong   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Scudder  W (5-5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Charlton   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Mahler   2.0 4 2 2 2 1
  Dibble   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Myers  SV (31) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Gonzalez (2,off Mahler); Biggio (24,off Mahler), Cincinnati Hatcher (28,off Hernandez).  SH–Larkin 2 (7,off Hernandez 2).  IBB–Morris (4,by Hernandez).  CS–Davis (3,2nd base by Mahler/Reed).  SB–Larkin (30,2nd base off Hernandez/Biggio).  IBB–Hernandez (5,Morris).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:16.  A–11,202.
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