Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 8, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 1998 at Astrodome. 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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Cincinnati Reds 7, Houston Astros 13

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Stynes 2b 3 3 1 0
Casey 1b 5 2 3 2
Larkin ss 3 0 1 1
  Perez ph 1 0 1 1
  Sanders pr 0 1 0 0
Young lf 1 0 0 0
  Watkins lf 4 0 1 1
Hammonds cf 5 0 0 1
Petagine rf 4 1 1 1
Boone 3b 3 0 1 0
Taubensee c 3 0 0 0
  Fordyce ph,c 1 0 0 0
Bere p 1 0 0 0
  Krivda p 1 0 0 0
  Glauber p 1 0 0 0
  Nieves ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 3 1 0
  Bogar 2b 2 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 3 2 1
Bell rf 6 1 3 1
Bagwell 1b 3 3 3 6
  Phillips ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Alou lf 2 0 1 2
  Clark ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Everett cf 3 0 2 1
Berry 3b 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 2 1
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Bergman p 3 1 1 0
  Meluskey c 1 1 1 0
Totals 39 13 16 12
Cincinnati 102 001 003792
Houston 244 020 01x13161
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Bere  L (1-1) 1.1 6 6 6 4 1
  Krivda   3.0 6 6 6 4 1
  Glauber   3.2 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.0
16
13
13
9
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bergman  W (12-7) 7.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Miller   2.0 2 3 1 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
5
4
6

  E–Young 2 (12), Phillips (3).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Casey (18,off Bergman); Watkins (6,off Miller), Houston Biggio (46,off Bere); Alou (29,off Bere); Bagwell (27,off Krivda); Meluskey (1,off Glauber).  HR–Cincinnati Casey (5,3rd inning off Bergman 1 on, 0 out); Petagine (2,6th inning off Bergman 0 on, 1 out), Houston Bagwell (31,3rd inning off Krivda 3 on, 2 out).  HBP–Stynes (4,by Bergman); Everett (3,by Krivda).  SH–Bergman (8,off Krivda).  WP–Krivda (1), Glauber 2 (2), Bergman (8).  HBP–Krivda (3,Everett); Bergman (5,Stynes).  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Jeff Nelson.  T–3:13.  A–16,574.
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