Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
July 9, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 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 2, Houston Astros 12

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Jimenez 2b,3b 4 0 2 0
Dunn 1b 3 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 1 1
  Taylor cf 1 0 1 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
  Heredia p 0 0 0 0
Larkin ss 3 0 0 0
  Williamson p 0 0 0 0
  Olmedo 2b 1 0 0 0
Branyan lf 4 0 0 0
Stinnett c 4 0 1 0
Graves p 2 0 1 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Castro ss 2 1 1 1
Totals 35 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 4 1 3 0
  Hunter cf 1 0 0 0
Blum 2b,1b 5 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 1
  Merced lf 1 0 0 0
Berkman lf 3 2 2 3
  Saarloos p 1 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 3 3 2
Ensberg 3b 4 1 1 0
Zaun c 3 2 1 2
Everett ss 4 1 2 4
Robertson p 3 0 0 0
  Matranga ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 14 12
Cincinnati 000 001 010280
Houston 600 024 00x12140
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Graves  L (4-9) 5.0 9 8 8 2 0
  Van Poppel   1.0 4 4 4 0 2
  Williamson   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Heredia   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
12
12
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Robertson  W (8-3) 7.0 4 1 1 0 7
  Saarloos   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
8

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Taylor (3,off Saarloos), Houston Biggio (26,off Graves); Hidalgo (23,off Graves).  3B–Houston Berkman (2,off Graves); Biggio (1,off Van Poppel).  HR–Cincinnati Griffey (10,6th inning off Robertson 0 on, 2 out); Castro (5,8th inning off Saarloos 0 on, 0 out), Houston Everett (5,1st inning off Graves 3 on, 2 out); Zaun (1,5th inning off Graves 1 on, 2 out); Berkman (16,6th inning off Van Poppel 1 on, 2 out); Hidalgo (14,6th inning off Van Poppel 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Dunn (7,by Robertson).  SB–Graves (1,2nd base off Robertson/Zaun).  HBP–Robertson (2,Dunn).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–2:26.  A–26,034.
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