Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
April 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 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 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Santangelo cf,rf 4 0 1 0
Grudzielanek ss 4 1 1 0
Vidro 2b 3 0 1 0
Fullmer 1b 4 1 2 2
White lf,cf 4 0 1 0
McGuire rf 4 0 1 0
  Batista p 0 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 1 1 1
Hubbard c 2 0 0 0
  Livingstone ph 1 0 1 0
  Widger c 1 0 0 0
Valdes p 2 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Stovall ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  May lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 2 2 0
Bell rf 4 1 3 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Spiers 3b 1 0 1 2
  Berry ph,3b 2 1 1 1
Alou lf 2 0 0 0
Hidalgo cf 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
  Everett ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Lima p 3 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph,c 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 8 3
Montreal 200 100 000390
Houston 101 010 001481
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Valdes   4.2 5 3 3 5 2
  Bennett   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Kline   1.2 2 0 0 3 3
  Batista  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
8
4
4
8
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima   7.0 8 3 3 1 7
  Nitkowski   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Henry  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
7

  E–Gutierrez (1).  PB–Ausmus (1).  2B–Montreal McGuire (2,off Lima); Livingstone (2,off Lima); Vidro (1,off Lima), Houston Spiers (5,off Valdes).  HR–Montreal Fullmer (1,1st inning off Lima 1 on, 2 out); Andrews (3,4th inning off Lima 0 on, 1 out), Houston Berry (3,9th inning off Batista 0 on, 2 out).  IBB–Gutierrez (1,by Kline).  CS–Vidro (1,Home by Nitkowski/Ausmus); Bell (2,3rd base by Kline/Widger).  SB–Bell 3 (6,2nd base off Valdes/Hubbard 3); Biggio 2 (7,2nd base off Valdes/Hubbard 2).  WP–Valdes (2).  IBB–Kline (1,Gutierrez).  U-HP–Rich Rieker, 1B–Sam Holbrook, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:55.  A–29,362.
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