Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 14, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1996 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 8, Cincinnati Reds 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 1 0
Biggio 2b 4 2 1 1
Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 2
Bell rf 5 1 3 2
Berry 3b 5 0 3 1
Wilkins c 3 1 3 1
  Brocail pr 0 0 0 0
Mouton lf 2 0 0 0
  May ph,lf 1 0 0 1
Gutierrez ss 2 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 0 0
Drabek p 1 0 0 0
  Miller ss 1 2 1 0
Totals 36 8 14 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 2 2 2
Anthony rf 2 0 0 0
Larkin ss 3 1 0 0
Taubensee c 3 2 2 1
Morris 1b 4 2 2 2
Davis cf 3 1 0 1
Greene 3b 5 0 0 0
Branson 2b 3 1 2 1
Smiley p 3 0 3 2
  Pugh p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Owens ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 11 9
Houston 100 002 4108141
Cincinnati 501 001 20x9110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   3.1 5 6 3 7 4
  Morman   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Tabaka   1.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Young  L (0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
9
6
10
10
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley   5.2 8 3 3 4 2
  Pugh   0.1 2 3 3 1 0
  Shaw  W (2-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Carrasco   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Brantley  SV (4) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
7
3

  E–Hunter (3).  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 3.  2B–Houston Bell (6,off Smiley); Berry 2 (7,off Smiley,off Shaw), Cincinnati Taubensee (5,off Tabaka).  3B–Houston Bagwell (1,off Carrasco).  HR–Houston Bagwell (5,6th inning off Smiley 0 on, 0 out); Wilkins (2,6th inning off Smiley 0 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Coleman (1,1st inning off Drabek 0 on, 0 out); Morris (1,3rd inning off Drabek 0 on, 0 out).  SF–May (2,off Shaw); Davis (1,off Drabek); Taubensee (2,off Young).  IBB–Wilkins (3,by Shaw).  SH–Harris (1,off Young).  SB–Mouton (3,2nd base off Pugh Jr/Taubensee); Larkin (2,2nd base off Drabek/Wilkins).  WP–Carrasco (2).  BK–Young (1).  IBB–Shaw (1,Wilkins).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–3:27.  A–21,552.
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