Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
May 21, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 2004 at Great American Ballpark. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 4, Cincinnati Reds 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Palmeiro cf 4 1 1 0
Everett ss 4 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 2
Kent 2b 4 1 1 1
Berkman lf 3 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 2 0 0 0
  Ensberg ph,3b 2 0 2 1
Hidalgo rf 3 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Biggio ph 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0
Pettitte p 2 0 1 0
  Backe p 0 0 0 0
  Lane rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 3b 4 2 1 1
  Castro 3b 0 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 1 1 1
Casey 1b 4 1 2 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 1 2 2
Kearns rf 4 0 2 2
Dunn lf 3 0 0 0
Jimenez 2b 3 0 1 1
LaRue c 3 1 0 0
Van Poppel p 2 0 0 0
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 1 1 0
  Riedling p 1 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Houston 200 002 000481
Cincinnati 200 005 00x7100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte   5.0 4 2 1 4 9
  Backe   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Miceli  L (1-2) 0.2 3 3 3 2 0
  Stone   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
6
10
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Van Poppel   5.2 6 4 4 0 5
  Matthews   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wagner  W (2-1) 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Riedling   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Graves  SV (19) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
0
8

  E–Lamb (5).  DP–Houston 1, Cincinnati 1.  2B–Houston Everett (7,off Van Poppel); Kent (12,off Van Poppel), Cincinnati Cruz (3,off Backe); Griffey 2 (10,off Miceli,off Stone).  HR–Houston Bagwell (6,6th inning off Van Poppel 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Bagwell (2,off Van Poppel).  HBP–Berkman (3,by Matthews); LaRue (5,by Stone).  Team LOB–4.  IBB–Casey (2,by Miceli); Dunn (8,by Miceli).  Team–10.  WP–Miceli (1).  HBP–Stone (3,LaRue); Matthews (1,Berkman).  IBB–Miceli 2 (4,Casey,Dunn).  U-HP–Dan Iassogna, 1B–Charlie Reliford, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–2:59.  A–31,832.
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