Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
May 8, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1999 at Astrodome. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 6, Houston Astros 5

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Martinez cf 5 1 1 0
Vidro 2b 3 1 1 2
  Mordecai 2b 1 0 0 0
White lf 5 0 2 1
Guerrero V. rf 4 1 2 0
Merced 1b 4 1 2 0
Andrews 3b 3 1 1 3
Widger c 3 0 0 0
  Barrett c 0 0 0 0
Cabrera ss 4 1 2 0
Hermanson p 3 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrero W. ph 1 0 1 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 12 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Bell rf 5 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 5 1 2 1
Caminiti 3b 3 0 1 1
  Barker pr 0 0 0 0
Everett cf 4 0 0 0
Hidalgo lf 3 1 0 0
Eusebio c 4 0 0 0
Bogar ss 4 1 2 1
Reynolds p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 1 1 1
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 1 1
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Howell ph 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Montreal 060 000 0006122
Houston 101 012 000590
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Hermanson  W (3-3) 5.1 8 5 5 3 3
  Kline   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ayala   2.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Urbina  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (5-2) 3.0 8 6 6 1 3
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Henry   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Powell   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
2
7

  E–Andrews (4), Barrett (6).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Vidro (8,off Reynolds), Houston Biggio (14,off Hermanson); Bagwell 2 (8,off Hermanson 2); Bogar (6,off Hermanson).  HR–Montreal Andrews (2,2nd inning off Reynolds 2 on, 0 out), Houston Diaz (1,3rd inning off Hermanson 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Widger (2,by Reynolds).  SB–Merced (1,2nd base off Williams/Eusebio); Bogar (1,3rd base off Kline/Widger); Spiers (2,3rd base off Ayala/Widger); Biggio 2 (8,2nd base off Ayala/Widger,2nd base off Urbina/Barrett); Barker (3,2nd base off Urbina/Barrett).  CS–Merced (1,2nd base by Henry/Eusebio).  BK–Hermanson (1).  HBP–Reynolds (1,Widger).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:07.  A–33,216.
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