Milwaukee Brewers vs Houston Astros
August 17, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Brewers 6, Houston Astros 8

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Belliard 2b 5 2 3 2
Becker rf 4 0 2 0
  Ochoa ph 1 0 0 0
Loretta 3b 4 0 0 0
Nilsson c 4 0 1 1
Jenkins lf 4 0 1 0
Grissom cf 4 0 0 0
Berry 1b 3 1 1 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Coppinger p 0 0 0 0
  Cirillo ph 1 0 0 0
Valentin ss 3 2 1 0
Eldred p 2 0 1 2
  Banks 1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 36 6 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 2 1 2
Barker cf 2 1 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 2 1
Everett rf 3 1 1 1
Caminiti 3b 5 0 1 2
Berkman lf 3 1 1 1
Eusebio c 3 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Elarton p 2 0 1 1
  Johnson ph 1 1 1 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Bogar ss 1 1 1 0
Totals 30 8 9 8
Milwaukee 120 010 0026112
Houston 113 001 02x891
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Eldred  L (1-6) 5.0 5 5 5 5 5
  Weathers   2.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Coppinger   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
8
8
8
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Elarton  W (7-3) 6.0 8 4 4 1 7
  Henry   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Powell   1.2 2 2 2 1 3
  Wagner  SV (29) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
2
11

  E–Valentin 2 (16), Caminiti (9).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Milwaukee Eldred (1,off Elarton), Houston Bagwell (29,off Eldred); Everett (24,off Coppinger).  HR–Houston Biggio (11,8th inning off Coppinger 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Barker (3,off Weathers).  SF–Berkman (1,off Eldred); Everett (7,off Weathers).  SB–Berkman (3,2nd base off Eldred/Nilsson); Barker (14,2nd base off Eldred/Nilsson); Johnson (1,2nd base off Weathers/Nilsson).  CS–Barker (6,2nd base by Coppinger/Nilsson).  WP–Eldred (6), Powell (4).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Brian Gorman, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Phil Cuzzi.  T–2:50.  A–20,558.
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