Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros
July 16, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 1999 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Detroit Tigers 1, Houston Astros 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Encarnacion lf 4 0 1 0
Easley 2b 4 0 1 0
Higginson rf 4 0 0 0
Palmer 3b 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 3 1 1 1
  Catalanotto pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Kapler cf 2 0 0 0
Haselman c 3 0 0 0
Cruz ss 3 0 0 0
Thompson p 2 0 0 0
  Polonia ph 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 1 1
Johnson 3b 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 2 0
Hidalgo cf,lf 3 0 0 0
Mieske lf 2 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 1 0
  Cabrera p 0 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 1 1 0
Eusebio c 2 0 2 0
  Barker pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Bogar ss 4 0 1 1
Elarton p 1 0 0 0
  Berkman ph 1 0 0 0
  Knorr c 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
Detroit 000 010 000141
Houston 010 000 001280
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Thompson   7.0 6 1 1 3 3
  Brocail  L (2-3) 1.2 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
8.2
8
2
2
5
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Elarton   7.0 3 1 1 1 8
  Powell   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Cabrera  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
10

  E–D Cruz (7).  DP–Detroit 2.  2B–Detroit Palmer (16,off Elarton), Houston Bagwell (18,off Thompson).  HR–Detroit Clark (9,5th inning off Elarton 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Elarton (1,off Thompson).  SB–Encarnacion (24,2nd base off Powell/Knorr); Barker (12,2nd base off Brocail/Haselman).  U-HP–Charlie Williams, 1B–Greg Bonin, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:48.  A–36,541.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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