Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
April 16, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 1997 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 2, Houston Astros 10

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Santangelo rf 2 0 0 0
  Orsulak rf 1 0 0 0
Lansing 2b 4 0 1 0
White cf 4 0 0 0
Segui 1b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez lf 4 0 0 0
Grudzielanek ss 3 1 1 0
  Stull p 0 0 0 0
  Daal p 0 0 0 0
Fletcher c 3 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 3 0 0 1
Valdes p 1 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  Hermanson p 1 1 1 1
  Stankiewicz ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 3 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 1
Abreu rf 3 0 0 1
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 2
Bell cf 5 1 4 1
Gonzalez lf 3 1 0 0
Johnson 3b 5 1 2 1
Spiers ss 2 2 1 2
  Bogar ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 2 0 0
Reynolds p 4 1 1 2
Totals 33 10 10 10
Montreal 000 020 000230
Houston 006 001 30x10101
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Valdes  L (0-2) 2.2 6 6 6 4 1
  Telford   0.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Hermanson   3.0 2 1 1 2 4
  Stull   0.1 1 3 3 4 1
  Daal   1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
10
10
11
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (2-1) 9.0 3 2 2 0 10
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
0
10

  E–Bell (1).  DP–Montreal 1.  2B–Montreal Grudzielanek (4,off Reynolds); Lansing (3,off Reynolds), Houston Spiers (3,off Valdes); Reynolds (2,off Valdes); Biggio (4,off Telford); Bell (4,off Hermanson); Bagwell (3,off Stull).  HR–Montreal Hermanson (1,5th inning off Reynolds 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Santangelo (1,by Reynolds).  IBB–Ausmus (2,by Valdes).  HBP–Reynolds (2,Santangelo).  IBB–Valdes (1,Ausmus).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Mark Barron, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–3:01.  A–14,046.
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