Milwaukee Brewers vs Houston Astros
September 9, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1998 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 2, Houston Astros 6

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 0 1 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Grissom cf 4 1 1 1
Nilsson c 3 1 1 1
  de los Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta 2b 1 0 1 0
Cirillo 3b 4 0 1 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 0 0
Hamelin 1b 4 0 2 0
Valentin ss 3 0 0 0
  Newfield ph 1 0 0 0
Jenkins lf 3 0 1 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Woodard p 1 0 0 0
  Jaha ph 1 0 0 0
  Matheny c 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 2 4 1
Everett cf 5 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 1 2 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 2 2
Alou lf 4 1 1 1
Berry 3b 4 0 2 1
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 1
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Lima p 4 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 14 6
Milwaukee 100 000 001280
Houston 401 000 01x6140
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Woodard  L (9-11) 5.0 11 5 5 1 2
  de los Santos   2.2 2 0 0 0 3
  Reyes   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
6
6
1
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  W (15-7) 8.0 7 2 2 0 7
  Wagner  SV (28) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
9

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Milwaukee Hamelin (5,off Lima), Houston Bagwell (28,off Woodard); Berry (16,off Woodard).  HR–Milwaukee Nilsson (12,1st inning off Lima 0 on, 2 out); Grissom (8,9th inning off Lima 0 on, 0 out), Houston Bagwell (32,3rd inning off Woodard 0 on, 0 out); Biggio (20,8th inning off Reyes 0 on, 2 out).  WP–De Los Santos (1).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Gary Darling, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:29.  A–24,462.
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