Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 17, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 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 4, Houston Astros 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 4 0 0 0
  Sabo ph 0 0 0 0
Morris 1b 5 1 1 0
Larkin ss 5 1 1 0
Davis cf 2 2 1 0
Sanders rf 4 0 2 2
Taubensee c 3 0 2 0
Boone 2b 3 0 0 1
Branson 3b 3 0 0 1
Jarvis p 2 0 1 0
  Owens ph 0 0 0 0
  Shaw p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Mottola ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 2 2 1 0
Biggio 2b 3 2 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 2
Bell rf 4 0 1 2
Berry 3b 4 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 0 0 0 0
Hunter cf 4 0 1 0
Wilkins c 4 1 3 1
Miller ss,3b 4 0 2 0
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 1 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Hartgraves p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Cincinnati 010 120 000480
Houston 200 010 20x5100
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Jarvis   5.0 4 3 3 4 4
  Shaw  L (2-3) 1.2 5 2 2 1 0
  Smith   1.1 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
6
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   4.1 7 4 4 3 6
  Wagner   1.2 0 0 0 1 3
  Young  W (3-3) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hartgraves   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Jones  SV (14) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
13

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Bell (20,off Jarvis); Cangelosi (4,off Jarvis); Bagwell (26,off Shaw); Miller (14,off Smith).  HR–Houston Wilkins (6,5th inning off Jarvis 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Boone (5,off Reynolds); Branson (3,off Reynolds).  IBB–Bagwell (13,by Jarvis).  SB–Taubensee 2 (3,2nd base off Reynolds/Wilkins,2nd base off Young/Wilkins); Cangelosi (10,3rd base off Jarvis/Taubensee); Biggio (12,2nd base off Jarvis/Taubensee).  CS–Sanders (4,2nd base by Wagner/Wilkins); Berry (5,3rd base by Smith/Taubensee).  IBB–Jarvis (1,Bagwell).  U-HP–Jerry Meals, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:15.  A–24,977.
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