Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 19, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1996 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 5, Houston Astros 13

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Davis cf 4 2 1 0
Larkin ss 3 1 1 0
  Greene ph,ss 2 0 1 2
Boone 2b 3 0 0 1
Sanders rf 3 0 0 0
  Pugh p 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman ph 0 0 0 0
  Moore p 0 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 4 1 1 1
Morris 1b 4 0 2 0
Kelly lf 4 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 1 1 0
Schourek p 2 0 0 0
  Anthony rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 2 3 0
Biggio 2b 5 4 2 1
Bagwell 1b 4 3 3 3
  Spiers 1b 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 5 1 4 3
Berry 3b 4 1 3 5
Eusebio c 5 0 1 0
Mouton lf 4 1 2 1
Miller ss 1 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 3 1 0 0
Swindell p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 3 0 0 0
  Young p 1 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 13 18 13
Cincinnati 300 000 200571
Houston 202 304 20x13183
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek  L (3-1) 5.0 9 7 5 2 3
  Pugh   1.2 7 6 6 0 1
  Shaw   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Moore   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
18
13
11
2
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Swindell   1.1 2 3 1 1 0
  Brocail  W (1-0) 5.1 3 2 2 1 6
  Young   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Small   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
5
3
3
6

  E–Kelly (1), Berry (8), Gutierrez (2), Swindell (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Davis (3,off Brocail), Houston Biggio (4,off Schourek); Hunter (3,off Pugh Jr); Bagwell (5,off Pugh Jr); Bell (7,off Pugh Jr).  SF–Boone (1,off Swindell); Berry (1,off Schourek); Mouton (1,off Pugh Jr).  SB–Davis (3,2nd base off Swindell/Eusebio); Sanders (5,2nd base off Swindell/Eusebio); Sabo (2,2nd base off Brocail/Eusebio); Biggio (3,3rd base off Schourek/Oliver); Bagwell (3,2nd base off Schourek/Oliver).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:58.  A–22,728.
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