Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
May 24, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 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 5, Cincinnati Reds 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 0 2 0
Everett ss 4 0 1 0
  Kent ph 1 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 1 0
Berkman lf 5 1 3 3
Ensberg 3b 4 0 0 0
Vizcaino 2b 4 0 1 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Redding p 2 1 1 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 1 1 1
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Lane ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 39 5 12 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 3b 4 0 0 0
Larkin ss 4 2 2 0
Casey 1b 3 3 2 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 1 2 3
Kearns rf 4 1 2 3
Dunn lf 3 0 0 0
Jimenez 2b 2 0 0 0
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 1 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
LaRue c 4 0 1 0
Acevedo p 2 0 0 0
  Castro 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 10 7
Houston 000 010 3015120
Cincinnati 010 102 03x7102
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding   5.1 6 4 4 2 3
  Gallo   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Miceli   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lidge  L (0-3) 0.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Stone   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Acevedo   6.0 9 2 2 0 4
  Riedling  W (3-0) 2.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Graves  SV (21) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
4
1
5

  E–Freel (5), Larkin (1).  DP–Houston 2, Cincinnati 1.  PB–LaRue (5).  2B–Houston Kent (14,off Graves), Cincinnati Griffey (12,off Redding).  3B–Cincinnati Larkin (2,off Lidge).  HR–Houston Palmeiro (2,7th inning off Acevedo 0 on, 0 out); Berkman (10,7th inning off Riedling 1 on, 2 out), Cincinnati Griffey (10,2nd inning off Redding 0 on, 0 out); Casey (6,4th inning off Redding 0 on, 0 out); Kearns (3,8th inning off Lidge 2 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Casey (3,by Lidge).  Team–5.  IBB–Lidge (3,Casey).  U-HP–Terry Craft, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Kevin Kelley.  T–2:49.  A–28,008.
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