Houston Astros vs Detroit Tigers
June 9, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1998 at Tiger Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 5, Detroit Tigers 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 2 3 2
Spiers 3b 5 0 2 1
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Alou dh 4 1 1 1
Everett cf 4 0 2 0
Clark lf 3 0 0 0
  Montgomery lf 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 0 0 0 0
  Bogar pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 1 1
Hampton p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 1 1
Randa 3b 5 0 1 1
Higginson rf 4 0 1 1
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Easley dh 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
Ripken 2b 3 1 1 0
Cruz ss 3 1 3 0
  Bartee pr 0 0 0 0
Moehler p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Houston 000 010 0045102
Detroit 000 030 000390
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  W (8-3) 8.0 9 3 3 3 2
  Wagner  SV (16) 1.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
5
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   8.0 8 2 2 1 7
  Jones  L (0-3) 0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Brocail   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
2
8

  E–Clark (3), Gutierrez (4).  DP–Houston 2, Detroit 1.  2B–Houston Everett (13,off Moehler).  3B–Houston Biggio (2,off Moehler).  HR–Houston Alou (13,9th inning off Moehler 0 on, 0 out); Biggio (9,9th inning off Jones 1 on, 2 out).  CS–Cruz (2,2nd base by Hampton/Ausmus).  WP–Moehler (2), Jones (2).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Mark Johnson.  T–2:43.  A–10,871.
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