Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
April 19, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 1998 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 5, Houston Astros 4

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Santangelo cf 5 2 1 1
Grudzielanek ss 4 1 1 1
Vidro 2b 2 1 1 2
Fullmer 1b 4 0 2 0
White lf 3 0 1 1
McGuire rf 3 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Andrews 3b 4 0 1 0
Widger c 4 0 2 0
Vazquez p 2 1 1 0
  Stovall rf 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 3 0
Bell rf 5 0 2 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 2 1 0 0
Alou lf 3 1 1 0
Everett cf 4 1 1 2
Eusebio c 3 0 0 0
  Howell ph 1 0 0 0
  Ausmus c 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 3 1
Reynolds p 2 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Montreal 102 010 0105110
Houston 100 102 0004101
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Vazquez   5.1 7 4 4 2 6
  Telford  W (2-0) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Urbina  SV (4) 2.0 1 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
13
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   7.0 8 4 3 0 9
  Magnante  L (0-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Henry   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
1
11

  E–Reynolds (1).  2B–Montreal White (6,off Reynolds); Vazquez (1,off Reynolds); Santangelo (5,off Reynolds); Fullmer (8,off Reynolds); Widger (4,off Reynolds), Houston Biggio 2 (9,off Vazquez,off Urbina).  3B–Houston Alou (2,off Vazquez).  HR–Montreal Grudzielanek (2,1st inning off Reynolds 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Grudzielanek (3,off Reynolds).  SF–Vidro (2,off Reynolds); White (1,off Henry).  SB–White (2,3rd base off Reynolds/Eusebio).  CS–Bell (3,3rd base by Vazquez/Widger).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Rich Rieker.  T–2:57.  A–18,484.
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