Houston Astros vs Arizona Diamondbacks
September 4, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1998 at Bank One Ballpark. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Houston Astros 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 1, Arizona Diamondbacks 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 3 1 2 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 2 0
Alou lf 4 0 0 0
Everett cf 4 0 1 0
Berry 3b 3 0 2 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Lima p 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Fox rf 4 0 1 1
Bell ss 4 0 1 0
White cf 4 0 2 0
Lee 1b 3 1 1 0
Williams 3b 4 0 1 0
Dellucci lf 4 1 1 0
Batista 2b 2 0 0 1
Stinnett c 2 1 1 1
Telemaco p 1 0 0 0
  Brede ph 1 0 0 0
  Banks p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 8 3
Houston 000 100 000171
Arizona 011 100 00x380
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  L (14-7) 7.0 7 3 3 1 3
  Magnante   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
1
4
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Telemaco  W (6-8) 7.0 6 1 1 0 6
  Banks   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Olson  SV (26) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
6

  E–Bagwell (6).  DP–Houston 1, Arizona 1.  3B–Houston Gutierrez (3,off Telemaco), Arizona Fox (5,off Lima).  SH–Telemaco (1,off Lima).  SF–Batista (3,off Lima).  HBP–Stinnett (6,by Lima).  SB–Berry (3,2nd base off Telemaco/Stinnett); Gutierrez (12,2nd base off Telemaco/Stinnett); White (20,3rd base off Magnante/Ausmus).  CS–Dellucci (5,2nd base by Lima/Ausmus).  HBP–Lima (7,Stinnett).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Rich Rieker, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:27.  A–41,396.
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