Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
July 5, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1997 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 1, Houston Astros 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders lf 3 0 1 0
Goodwin cf 3 0 0 0
Greene rf 3 1 1 1
Taubensee 1b 3 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 1 0
  Tomko pr 0 0 0 0
Branson 3b,ss 2 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph 0 0 0 0
Boone 2b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 2 0 0 0
  Harris ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Mercker p 2 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 1 0 0
Mouton lf 3 0 1 1
  Gonzalez ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 2 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 0 1 1
Berry 3b 3 0 1 0
  Spiers 3b 0 0 0 0
Eusebio c 4 0 0 0
Bogar ss 3 0 0 0
Carr cf 3 1 1 0
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 2 4 2
Cincinnati 000 000 001130
Houston 001 001 00x242
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Mercker  L (6-6) 7.0 4 2 2 3 3
  Belinda   1.0 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
8.0
4
2
2
6
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (10-3) 8.0 2 1 1 4 12
  Wagner  SV (15) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
5
12

  E–Bell (5), Kile (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1, Houston 2.  2B–Houston Berry (12,off Mercker); Carr (2,off Mercker); Mouton (8,off Mercker).  HR–Cincinnati Greene (13,9th inning off Kile 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Goodwin (6,off Kile); Kile (3,off Mercker).  IBB–Bagwell (18,by Mercker).  SB–D Sanders (40,3rd base off Kile/Eusebio); Bagwell 3 (14,3rd base off Mercker/Oliver,2nd base off Belinda/Oliver,3rd base off Belinda/Oliver).  BK–Mercker (1).  IBB–Mercker (4,Bagwell).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Bruce Dreckman.  T–2:26.  A–24,022.
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