Arizona Diamondbacks vs Houston Astros
July 5, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 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 2, Houston Astros 5

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Fox 3b 5 2 2 0
Bell ss 3 0 1 0
Dellucci lf 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 3 1
White cf 4 0 0 1
Garcia rf 4 0 0 0
Fabregas c 3 0 1 0
Klassen 2b 3 0 0 0
  Embree p 0 0 0 0
Blair p 3 0 1 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  Brede ph 1 0 0 0
  Batista 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 1
Spiers 3b 3 0 0 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Bogar ph 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Alou lf 5 1 1 1
Everett cf 4 2 3 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 2 3
Bergman p 1 0 0 0
  Berry ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Bell rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
Arizona 100 010 000281
Houston 001 200 20x5100
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Blair  L (3-12) 6.1 8 5 5 4 2
  Small   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Embree   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bergman  W (8-4) 5.0 5 2 2 5 5
  Magnante   1.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Henry   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Wagner  SV (20) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
7
11

  E–Klassen (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Arizona Fabregas (4,off Bergman), Houston Everett (20,off Blair); Ausmus (5,off Blair).  HR–Houston Biggio (12,3rd inning off Blair 0 on, 2 out); Alou (20,7th inning off Blair 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Bergman (4,off Blair).  HBP–Bogar (1,by Embree).  SB–Everett (10,2nd base off Blair/Fabregas).  HBP–Embree (1,Bogar).  U-HP–C.B. Bucknor, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:22.  A–23,607.
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