Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
June 15, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 15, 1998 at Cinergy Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 13, Cincinnati Reds 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 2 3 1
  Bogar ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 4 3 1 0
Bell rf 5 2 2 3
Bagwell 1b 5 1 2 3
  Scanlan p 0 0 0 0
Alou lf 5 0 2 1
Everett cf 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 2 0 0
Ausmus c 5 1 3 0
Hampton p 1 0 0 0
  Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery ph 1 1 1 0
  Magnante p 1 0 1 1
  Phillips ph,1b 1 1 1 3
Totals 42 13 17 12
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sanders cf 4 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Kroon p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Tarasco ph 1 0 0 0
Stynes 3b 5 1 2 0
Larkin ss 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
Young lf 5 0 0 0
Boone 2b 3 0 1 0
Nieves rf 4 0 1 1
Perez 1b 3 0 0 0
Fordyce c 4 1 2 1
Tomko p 1 0 0 0
  Weathers p 1 0 0 0
  Watkins ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 6 2
Houston 303 003 10313172
Cincinnati 000 110 000261
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton   3.0 2 0 0 3 3
  Nitkowski   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Magnante  W (3-1) 3.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Scanlan   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Tomko  L (5-6) 2.1 5 6 6 2 2
  Weathers   3.2 7 3 1 0 3
  Sullivan   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Kroon   0.1 1 2 2 1 0
  White   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
13
11
4
7

  E–Gutierrez (5), Hampton (2), B Boone (2).  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Houston Biggio 2 (23,off Tomko,off Weathers); Bell 2 (21,off Tomko 2); Spiers (15,off Sullivan), Cincinnati Stynes (5,off Nitkowski).  HR–Houston Bagwell (10,3rd inning off Tomko 1 on, 1 out); Phillips (1,9th inning off White 2 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Fordyce (1,4th inning off Nitkowski 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Hampton (4,off Weathers).  WP–Weathers (5), Sullivan (3).  BK–Hampton (1), Kroon (1).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Rich Rieker, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:56.  A–14,556.
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