Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
July 8, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 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 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 5 0 2 1
Guillen rf,lf 5 0 0 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 1 1
Dunn lf,1b 4 1 1 1
Boone 3b 3 0 1 0
Casey 1b 2 0 0 0
  Kearns rf 2 0 0 0
Jimenez 2b 3 1 1 0
  Reith p 0 0 0 0
Stinnett c 3 0 1 0
Haynes p 2 0 0 0
  Sullivan p 0 0 0 0
  Branyan ph 1 0 0 0
  Reitsma p 0 0 0 0
  Castro 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 4 1 1 1
Blum 2b,3b 5 0 1 1
Bagwell 1b 1 1 0 0
Berkman lf 4 0 1 1
Hidalgo rf 4 1 1 0
Ensberg 3b 3 1 1 2
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Everett ss 2 1 0 0
Redding p 2 0 0 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 1 1 1
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Munro p 0 0 0 0
  Bruntlett 2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 6 7 6
Cincinnati 010 010 010372
Houston 020 013 00x670
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Haynes  L (1-9) 5.2 6 6 3 5 6
  Sullivan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Reitsma   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Reith   1.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
6
3
7
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding  W (5-8) 5.2 4 2 2 1 4
  Gallo   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Dotel   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Munro   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Wagner  SV (23) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
7

  E–Larkin (6), Stinnett (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Stinnett (10,off Dotel), Houston Berkman (16,off Haynes); Merced (14,off Haynes); Bruntlett (1,off Reith).  HR–Cincinnati Dunn (25,2nd inning off Redding 0 on, 0 out); Griffey (9,8th inning off Munro 0 on, 0 out), Houston Ensberg (17,2nd inning off Haynes 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–Stinnett (1,by Redding); Griffey (5,by Redding); Boone (5,by Munro).  IBB–Everett (4,by Haynes); Biggio (3,by Reith).  SB–Bagwell (5,2nd base off Haynes/Stinnett); Ausmus (3,2nd base off Haynes/Stinnett).  WP–Redding (1).  HBP–Redding 2 (5,Stinnett,Griffey); Munro (4,Boone).  IBB–Haynes (3,Everett); Reith (3,Biggio).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:03.  A–29,091.
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