Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
August 18, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 2002 at Cinergy Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 1, Cincinnati Reds 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Vizcaino 2b 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Berkman cf 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 1
Ward lf 2 0 0 0
  Biggio ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Blum 3b 4 0 1 0
Everett ss 3 0 0 0
Hernandez p 1 0 0 0
  Munro p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Lane lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 3 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 4 0 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Dunn lf 4 0 0 0
Kearns cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Casey 1b 2 1 1 1
Mateo rf 1 0 0 0
  Chen p 1 0 0 0
  Branyan ph 1 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
Castro 2b 3 0 2 0
LaRue c 3 0 0 0
Haynes p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Houston 000 000 100 0130
Cincinnati 010 000 000 1240
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   2.0 1 1 1 1 2
  Munro   4.2 1 0 0 1 3
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Dotel   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Stone  L (3-3) 0.1 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.1
4
2
2
2
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes   3.0 0 0 0 2 4
  Chen   4.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Williamson   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  White  W (6-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
3
1
1
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2, Cincinnati 1.  PB–LaRue (17).  HR–Houston Bagwell (23,7th inning off Chen 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Kearns (10,2nd inning off Hernandez 0 on, 0 out); Casey (6,10th inning off Stone 0 on, 1 out).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Lance Barksdale, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:36.  A–20,117.
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