Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
July 7, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 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."

"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)
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Cincinnati Reds 1, Houston Astros 7

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Dunn lf 4 1 1 0
Larkin ss 4 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 0 0
Guillen rf 3 0 0 0
Boone 3b 3 0 2 1
Casey 1b 3 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
Stinnett c 3 0 0 0
Olmedo 2b 2 0 0 0
Dempster p 1 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
  Branyan 1b 1 0 1 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 4 1 1 0
Blum 2b 5 1 3 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 1
Berkman lf 4 0 1 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 1 3
Ensberg 3b 4 1 2 1
Ausmus c 3 1 1 0
Bruntlett ss 4 1 1 2
Oswalt p 1 1 0 0
  Matranga ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 11 7
Cincinnati 100 000 000141
Houston 004 200 10x7110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Dempster  L (2-6) 4.0 7 6 6 2 5
  Riedling   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Van Poppel   2.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
7
7
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (5-4) 6.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Stone   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
7

  E–Griffey (1).  2B–Houston Hidalgo (22,off Dempster); Ensberg (7,off Riedling).  HR–Houston Bruntlett (1,4th inning off Dempster 1 on, 0 out); Ensberg (16,7th inning off Van Poppel 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Guillen (8,by Oswalt).  HBP–Oswalt (4,Guillen).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Tony Randazzo, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–2:16.  A–25,339.
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