Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
May 4, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1996 at Astrodome. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Houston Astros 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 4 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 3 1 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 1 2 2
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Segui 1b 4 0 2 0
Fletcher c 4 0 0 0
Santangelo cf 1 0 1 0
Andrews 3b 2 0 0 0
Rueter p 1 0 1 0
  Floyd ph 1 0 0 0
  Scott p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 3 0 1 1
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Eusebio c 3 0 1 0
Mouton lf 3 0 1 0
Miller ss 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez 3b 3 1 1 0
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 1 0
  Cangelosi pr 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Montreal 000 000 002260
Houston 000 000 010161
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Rueter   7.0 4 0 0 0 3
  Scott   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Veres  W (3-0) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Rojas  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   8.0 4 0 0 3 7
  Hernandez  L (0-1) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Morman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Young   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
7

  E–Kile (1).  DP–Montreal 1, Houston 2.  2B–Houston Hunter (6,off Rueter).  HR–Montreal Rodriguez (11,9th inning off Hernandez 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Rueter (2,off Kile).  SF–Hunter (3,off Veres).  HBP–Biggio (7,by Rueter).  CS–Santangelo (1,2nd base by Kile/Eusebio); Segui (3,Home by Young/Eusebio); Mouton (3,2nd base by Rueter/Fletcher); Cangelosi (1,2nd base by Veres/Fletcher).  WP–Morman (2).  HBP–Rueter (2,Biggio).  U-HP–Mark Barron, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Angel Hernandez.  T–2:48.  A–22,810.
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