Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 19, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 19, 1996 at Astrodome. 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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Cincinnati Reds 10, Houston Astros 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Owens lf 5 1 1 0
Boone 2b 5 2 2 1
Larkin ss 4 1 3 4
Sanders rf 5 0 0 0
Davis cf 2 2 2 0
  Howard cf 0 0 0 0
Sabo 3b 3 2 1 3
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Morris 1b 4 1 1 0
Oliver c 4 0 0 1
Portugal p 3 1 1 1
  Mottola ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruffin p 0 0 0 0
  Carrasco p 0 0 0 0
  Branson ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 11 10
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 5 1 3 0
Bagwell 1b 3 2 3 3
Bell rf 4 1 0 0
May lf 2 1 1 1
  Cangelosi ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Miller ss 4 1 1 3
Hunter cf 4 0 1 0
Wilkins c 1 0 0 0
  Hartgraves p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
Hampton p 1 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio c 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 7 10 7
Cincinnati 001 504 00010110
Houston 400 000 3007102
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal  W (2-5) 6.0 7 4 4 3 7
  Ruffin   0.1 3 3 3 0 1
  Carrasco   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Brantley  SV (17) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
3
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L (5-4) 4.0 6 6 5 3 1
  Young   2.0 5 4 4 2 0
  Hartgraves   1.2 0 0 0 2 4
  Wagner   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Morman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
10
9
7
6

  E–Spiers (2), Hunter (8).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Larkin (10,off Hampton); Boone (9,off Hampton).  HR–Cincinnati Sabo (3,6th inning off Young 2 on, 2 out), Houston Miller (5,1st inning off Portugal 2 on, 2 out); Bagwell (20,7th inning off Ruffin 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Oliver (1,off Hampton).  IBB–Morris (2,by Young).  SB–Owens (12,2nd base off Young/Wilkins); Larkin (13,2nd base off Hartgraves/Eusebio); Bagwell (10,2nd base off Portugal/Oliver); Hunter (17,2nd base off Portugal/Oliver).  CS–Boone (1,2nd base by Young/Wilkins); Wilkins (1,2nd base by Portugal/Oliver).  IBB–Young (4,Morris).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Jerry Meals, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:03.  A–38,218.
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