Milwaukee Brewers vs Houston Astros
April 17, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2004 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 5, Houston Astros 14

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Podsednik cf 4 2 2 2
Hall ss 4 0 0 0
Ginter 2b 4 1 1 1
Jenkins lf 4 0 1 0
Overbay 1b 4 1 2 0
Helms 3b 2 0 0 0
  Durrington ph,3b,p 2 0 1 0
Clark rf 3 1 1 2
Bennett c 4 0 0 0
Kinney p 1 0 0 0
  Kieschnick p 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Grieve ph 1 0 0 0
  Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino p 0 0 0 0
  Counsell 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 2 2 3
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Everett ss 5 2 2 0
Bagwell 1b 2 3 1 1
Kent 2b 3 1 0 1
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Berkman lf 3 1 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 1 2 4
Lamb 3b 5 2 2 3
Ausmus c 5 1 2 0
Duckworth p 0 0 0 0
  Ensberg ph 0 1 0 0
  Backe p 1 0 0 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 14 11 12
Milwaukee 120 001 010584
Houston 400 312 04x14110
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Kinney  L (0-2) 3.0 5 7 6 5 1
  Kieschnick   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Hernandez   2.0 3 3 2 1 2
  Burba   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino   0.2 3 4 1 2 0
  Durrington   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
14
9
10
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Duckworth   4.0 4 3 3 0 1
  Backe  W (1-0) 1.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Gallo   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Harville   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Lidge   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Dotel   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
5

  E–Hall (2), Helms (2), Durrington (2), G Bennett (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Houston 1.  PB–G Bennett (1).  2B–Milwaukee Overbay (3,off Gallo), Houston Biggio (8,off Kinney); Hidalgo 2 (5,off Kinney,off Hernandez); Ausmus (1,off Kinney); Lamb (1,off Hernandez).  3B–Milwaukee Jenkins (3,off Duckworth).  HR–Milwaukee Podsednik 2 (3,1st inning off Duckworth 0 on, 0 out,6th inning off Backe 0 on, 0 out); Clark (3,2nd inning off Duckworth 1 on, 1 out); Ginter (2,8th inning off Lidge 0 on, 2 out), Houston Biggio (2,4th inning off Kinney 2 on, 0 out); Bagwell (4,8th inning off Vizcaino 0 on, 1 out); Lamb (1,8th inning off Vizcaino 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Kent (2,off Kinney).  Team–8.  CS–Bagwell (1,2nd base by Kieschnick/G Bennett); Lamb (1,Home by Hernandez/G Bennett).  WP–Kinney (1), Hernandez (1), Dotel (2).  U-HP–Alfonso Marquez, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–3:16.  A–40,030.
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