Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 2003 at Enron Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 3, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 4 1 1 0
Boone 2b 4 0 1 1
Dunn lf 4 0 0 0
Kearns rf 3 0 0 0
Casey 1b 4 0 3 0
Larson 3b 3 0 0 0
  Manzanillo p 0 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
  Guillen ph 0 0 0 0
Taylor cf 3 0 1 0
  Mateo ph 0 0 0 0
LaRue c 3 1 0 0
Anderson p 1 1 0 0
  Lopez 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 1 2 0
Vizcaino ss 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Berkman lf 2 1 0 0
Kent 2b 3 0 1 1
Hidalgo rf 4 1 1 0
Ausmus c 3 1 1 1
Ensberg 3b 1 0 0 1
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Miller p 2 0 1 0
  Zaun ph 1 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 8 3
Cincinnati 000 030 000361
Houston 000 300 10x481
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   5.0 5 3 3 4 1
  Manzanillo  L (0-2) 1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  White   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Riedling   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
4
4
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   6.0 6 3 1 1 6
  Lidge  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Wagner  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
1
3
8

  E–Dunn (2), Miller (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Casey (2,off Miller).  3B–Houston Ausmus (1,off Anderson).  HBP–LaRue (2,by Miller); Larkin (1,by Miller); Kearns (1,by Lidge).  SF–Ensberg (1,off Anderson); Kent (1,off Riedling).  SB–Berkman (1,2nd base off Anderson/LaRue).  HBP–Miller 2 (2,LaRue,Larkin); Lidge (2,Kearns).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–Ron Kulpa.  T–2:34.  A–20,794.
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