Arizona Diamondbacks vs Houston Astros
July 3, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1998 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Arizona Diamondbacks 5, Houston Astros 6

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Fox 2b,3b 5 1 3 0
White cf 5 0 2 0
Lee 1b 5 0 2 0
Williams 3b 3 1 2 0
  Batista pr,2b 1 1 1 2
Dellucci lf 5 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 2 2 1
Fabregas c 4 0 1 2
Garcia rf 4 0 1 0
Benes p 2 0 0 0
  Brede ph 1 0 0 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
  Benitez ph 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 5 15 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 0
Spiers 3b 4 3 3 1
Bell rf 3 1 1 2
Bagwell 1b 5 1 1 1
Alou lf 4 0 1 0
Everett cf 3 0 1 0
Eusebio c 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Reynolds p 3 0 0 0
  Bogar ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 6 9 4
Arizona 000 200 0125151
Houston 203 010 00x690
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Benes  L (6-9) 5.0 6 6 5 3 7
  Banks   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Sodowsky   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
5
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (10-5) 7.0 11 2 2 1 8
  Henry   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Wagner  SV (19) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
5
5
1
9

  E–Fox (5).  DP–Houston 2.  PB–Eusebio (2).  2B–Arizona Williams 2 (19,off Reynolds 2); White (21,off Reynolds); Bell (15,off Henry), Houston Biggio (26,off Benes); Bagwell (17,off Benes).  3B–Arizona Bell (4,off Reynolds).  HR–Arizona Batista (3,9th inning off Wagner 1 on, 2 out), Houston Bell (12,1st inning off Benes 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Everett (1,by Benes).  SB–Spiers (5,2nd base off Benes/Fabregas).  WP–Benes 2 (5), Banks (3).  IBB–Benes (3,Everett).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:56.  A–34,382.
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