Milwaukee Brewers vs Cincinnati Reds
August 31, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2002 at Cinergy Stadium. The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 11, Cincinnati Reds 2

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Sanchez cf 5 2 2 1
Belliard 2b 6 3 2 1
Harris 3b 5 1 3 1
Sexson 1b 5 0 1 1
Stairs lf 5 2 3 2
Hernandez ss 4 0 2 0
Thompson rf 4 1 2 3
Fabregas c 5 2 2 2
Sheets p 3 0 0 0
  Nance p 1 0 0 0
  Durocher p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 11 17 11
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Walker 2b 4 0 2 0
Larkin ss 3 0 2 0
  Castro ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Dunn rf,lf 3 0 0 0
Casey 1b 3 0 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Branyan lf 3 0 1 0
  Chen p 0 0 0 0
  Hamilton p 0 0 0 0
  Larson ph 1 0 0 0
Stinnett c 4 0 0 0
Taylor cf 4 2 2 1
Reitsma p 1 0 0 0
  Rijo p 0 0 0 0
  Guillen ph 1 0 1 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Mateo rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 8 1
Milwaukee 120 211 04011171
Cincinnati 001 000 010280
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Sheets  W (9-15) 7.1 8 2 1 0 6
  Nance   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Durocher   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
1
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Reitsma  L (5-10) 4.1 10 6 6 2 2
  Rijo   1.2 2 1 1 1 4
  Sullivan   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Chen   0.1 3 4 4 1 1
  Hamilton   1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
17
11
11
4
12

  E–Hernandez (17).  DP–Milwaukee 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Milwaukee Hernandez (21,off Sullivan); Belliard (11,off Chen); Thompson (9,off Hamilton), Cincinnati Larkin (30,off Sheets).  3B–Milwaukee Harris (2,off Rijo).  HR–Milwaukee Fabregas 2 (2,2nd inning off Reitsma 0 on, 0 out,4th inning off Reitsma 0 on, 0 out); Sanchez (1,2nd inning off Reitsma 0 on, 1 out); Thompson (6,4th inning off Reitsma 0 on, 0 out); Stairs (13,5th inning off Reitsma 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Taylor (8,3rd inning off Sheets 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Dunn (9,by Sheets).  SB–Sanchez (37,2nd base off Reitsma/Stinnett).  CS–Boone (7,2nd base by Sheets/Fabregas).  HBP–Sheets (9,Dunn).  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Greg Gibson, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Gerry Davis.  T–2:52.  A–21,288.
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