Milwaukee Brewers vs Houston Astros
April 9, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1999 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 3

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Vina 2b 4 1 2 1
Grissom cf 4 0 1 1
Cirillo 3b 4 0 1 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 0 0
Berry 1b 3 0 1 0
  Collier pr 0 0 0 0
Nilsson c 3 0 0 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 0 0
Valentin ss 2 1 0 0
Jenkins lf 3 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Karl p 1 0 0 0
  Fox p 0 0 0 0
  Becker ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 1 0 0
Bell rf 3 0 2 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 2 0 1 0
Hidalgo lf 2 1 1 0
Everett cf 3 0 1 0
Eusebio c 4 0 0 0
Bogar ss 3 0 1 1
Bergman p 2 1 1 1
  Spiers ph 1 0 0 0
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
  Howell ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 7 2
Milwaukee 002 000 000250
Houston 001 010 01x371
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Karl   5.1 5 2 2 6 2
  Fox   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
  Wickman  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
8
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bergman   7.0 4 2 2 2 3
  Elarton  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wagner  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5

  E–Caminiti (1).  DP–Milwaukee 3, Houston 2.  2B–Milwaukee Grissom (3,off Bergman); Cirillo (2,off Bergman), Houston Hidalgo (2,off Karl).  HR–Houston Bergman (1,5th inning off Karl 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Karl (1,off Bergman); Everett (1,off Karl).  SB–Biggio (1,Home off Karl/Nilsson); Caminiti 2 (2,2nd base off Karl/Nilsson,2nd base off Wickman/Nilsson); Bell (2,2nd base off Fox/Nilsson).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:43.  A–29,063.
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