Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
August 6, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 6, 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 7, Houston Astros 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 5 1 1 0
Lansing 2b 3 2 1 0
Floyd lf 4 0 2 1
Alou rf 4 0 1 2
Rodriguez 1b 5 1 1 0
Santangelo cf 4 2 2 0
Andrews 3b 3 1 1 2
Webster c 3 0 2 2
  Spehr pr,c 0 0 0 0
Fassero p 3 0 0 0
  Manuel p 0 0 0 0
  Veres p 1 0 0 0
  Daal p 0 0 0 0
  Rojas p 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 3 1 2 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 1 2
Bell rf 5 2 2 1
Berry 3b 5 0 2 0
Mouton lf 4 1 1 1
Miller ss 4 0 1 1
Manwaring c 4 0 1 0
Kile p 1 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 5
Montreal 102 120 0107120
Houston 000 220 1005120
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Fassero  W (12-7) 5.0 8 4 4 2 5
  Manuel   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Veres   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Daal   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Rojas  SV (21) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  L (9-6) 4.0 7 4 4 4 5
  Small   0.2 2 2 2 2 1
  Morman   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
  Darwin   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Clark   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
8
10

  E–None.  2B–Montreal Andrews (15,off Kile); Webster (6,off Small); Lansing (32,off Darwin), Houston Mouton (11,off Fassero); Miller (16,off Fassero); Bagwell (33,off Fassero); Bell (32,off Veres).  3B–Montreal Floyd (4,off Kile).  HR–Houston Bell (13,4th inning off Fassero 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Alou (6,off Darwin); Mouton (3,off Veres).  HBP–Grudzielanek (7,by Kile); Biggio (22,by Manuel).  IBB–Webster (1,by Kile).  CS–Grudzielanek (5,2nd base by Kile/Manwaring).  SB–Hunter (21,2nd base off Fassero/Webster).  WP–Small (1).  BK–Small (1).  HBP–Manuel (5,Biggio); Kile (12,Grudzielanek).  IBB–Kile (7,Webster).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:30.  A–17,658.
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