Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
April 17, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1998 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 3, Houston Astros 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Grudzielanek ss 5 0 0 0
Santangelo cf 3 1 0 0
White lf 4 1 2 1
Fullmer 1b 3 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 1 1 0
Mordecai 2b 4 0 1 1
Stovall rf 3 0 1 0
  Guerrero ph 1 0 0 0
  McGuire rf 0 0 0 0
Widger c 3 0 1 0
Hermanson p 1 0 0 0
  Vidro ph 1 0 1 0
  DeHart p 0 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  Hubbard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 2 2 2
Bell rf 3 1 0 1
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 0
Berry 3b 4 0 2 1
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Everett cf 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Bogar ss 2 1 1 0
Halama p 2 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 6 4
Montreal 000 200 010373
Houston 101 020 10x560
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Hermanson  L (1-2) 6.0 5 4 3 3 7
  DeHart   1.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Telford   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
5
3
3
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Halama  W (1-1) 7.0 5 2 2 1 5
  Magnante   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Wagner  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
7

  E–Grudzielanek (3), Andrews 2 (2).  2B–Houston Biggio (7,off Hermanson); Berry (2,off DeHart).  3B–Montreal White (1,off Magnante).  HR–Houston Biggio (2,3rd inning off Hermanson 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hermanson (1,off Halama); Halama (1,off Hermanson).  HBP–Fullmer (2,by Halama); Santangelo (3,by Magnante).  SF–Bell (3,off Hermanson).  IBB–Bogar (1,by Hermanson).  CS–Bagwell (3,2nd base by Hermanson/Widger).  WP–Hermanson (1), Halama (2).  HBP–Halama (1,Fullmer); Magnante (2,Santangelo).  IBB–Hermanson (1,Bogar).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:31.  A–26,485.
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