Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
June 20, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1999 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 3, Houston Astros 11

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
McGuire 1b,lf 4 1 0 0
Cabrera ss 5 0 1 1
Merced lf 3 0 2 0
  Mouton ph 1 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Mota p 0 0 0 0
  Mordecai 2b 1 0 0 0
Guerrero V. rf 4 0 0 1
Vidro 2b,1b 4 1 3 0
Barrett c 4 0 1 0
Andrews 3b 3 0 1 0
Martinez cf 4 1 2 1
Smith p 2 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Guerrero W. ph,2b 2 0 1 0
  Urbina p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 11 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 3 3 1
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 5 0 2 1
Bagwell 1b 4 2 0 0
Everett cf 4 3 2 6
Hidalgo lf 4 0 0 0
Bako c 4 0 0 0
Diaz rf 3 0 1 2
  Barker rf 0 0 0 0
Bogar ss 4 2 1 1
Holt p 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,2b 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 11 9 11
Montreal 100 000 1103113
Houston 111 001 34x1190
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Smith  L (1-1) 5.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Kline   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Ayala   0.2 1 3 0 1 0
  Mota   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Urbina   1.0 2 4 4 2 2
Totals
8.0
9
11
8
5
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Holt  W (1-6) 6.2 9 2 2 1 5
  Miller   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Powell   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
7

  E–Cabrera 2 (5), W Guerrero (8).  DP–Montreal 1, Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Vidro 2 (20,off Holt,off T Miller); Cabrera (17,off Holt), Houston Biggio (31,off Smith).  HR–Houston Everett 2 (7,3rd inning off Smith 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Urbina 3 on, 1 out); Bogar (3,6th inning off Kline 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Holt (1,off Smith).  HBP–Everett (5,by Smith); Biggio (6,by Ayala).  CS–Spiers (4,2nd base by Smith/Barrett).  WP–Smith (1).  HBP–Smith (1,Everett); Ayala (2,Biggio).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Hunter Wendelstedt, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–2:49.  A–33,882.
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