Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
August 23, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 23, 1991 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Houston Astros 9

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
DeShields 2b 5 0 0 0
Grissom cf 4 1 1 0
Martinez D. lf 3 0 3 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 0 1
Walker rf 4 1 1 0
Galarraga 1b 4 0 0 0
Reyes c 3 0 0 0
  Foley ph 1 0 0 0
Owen ss 1 0 0 1
Martinez D. p 2 0 1 0
  Bullock ph 1 0 0 0
  Sampen p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
  Barberie ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf,rf 5 1 2 2
Biggio c 4 2 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 3 3
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 1
Caminiti 3b 3 1 0 0
Simms rf 2 0 0 1
  Young pr,cf 1 2 1 0
Cedeno ss 4 1 1 0
Candaele 2b 4 0 1 2
Bowen p 3 0 1 0
  Tolentino ph 1 0 0 0
  Schilling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 11 9
Montreal 000 001 001261
Houston 000 005 22x9111
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez  L (12-8) 6.0 6 5 5 3 5
  Sampen   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Rojas   1.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
3
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bowen  W (3-2) 8.0 5 1 1 3 4
  Schilling   1.0 1 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
4
4

  E–Galarraga (7), Candaele (9).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Dave Martinez (16,off Bowen); Grissom (17,off Bowen); Walker (22,off Schilling), Houston Bowen (1,off Dennis Martinez); Biggio (17,off Sampen).  3B–Houston Finley (9,off Rojas).  HR–Houston Bagwell (12,7th inning off Sampen 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Owen (3,off Schilling).  IBB–Caminiti (6,by Dennis Martinez).  SB–Grissom (54,3rd base off Bowen/Biggio).  WP–Bowen (6).  IBB–Dennis Martinez (3,Caminiti).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:48.  A–15,052.
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