Cincinnati Reds vs Montreal Expos
May 28, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 2004 at Stade Olympique. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Montreal Expos and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 7, Montreal Expos 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 3b 3 1 1 0
  Castro 3b 0 0 0 0
Larkin ss 5 2 2 1
Casey 1b 5 2 4 3
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 1 2 2
Kearns rf 5 1 2 0
Dunn lf 3 0 0 0
Jimenez 2b 5 0 2 0
Valentin c 3 0 0 0
Lidle p 4 0 1 1
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
  Riedling p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 7
Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Wilkerson rf,lf 4 2 2 1
Chavez cf 3 0 0 0
Vidro 2b 4 0 0 1
Batista 3b 3 1 1 1
Cabrera ss 4 1 1 0
Everett lf 4 1 2 1
  Carroll pr 0 0 0 0
  Rivera rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Schneider c 2 0 0 1
Vargas p 1 0 0 0
  Fikac p 0 0 0 0
  Fox ph 1 0 0 0
  Tucker p 0 0 0 0
  Bentz p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Cepicky ph 1 1 1 1
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
  Sledge ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 7 6
Cincinnati 003 030 1007140
Montreal 200 001 300670
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Lidle  W (4-4) 6.2 5 5 5 1 2
  Matthews   0.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Riedling   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Graves  SV (22) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
6
2
2
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Vargas  L (3-3) 4.0 9 6 6 1 6
  Fikac   1.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Tucker   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Bentz   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Ayala   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Cordero   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
5
12

  E–None.  DP–Montreal 3.  2B–Cincinnati Casey 2 (19,off Vargas 2); Larkin (8,off Vargas), Montreal Wilkerson (8,off Lidle); Cabrera (7,off Lidle); Everett (4,off Lidle).  3B–Cincinnati Jimenez (1,off Fikac).  HR–Cincinnati Casey (7,3rd inning off Vargas 1 on, 0 out); Griffey (12,5th inning off Vargas 1 on, 0 out), Montreal Batista (4,1st inning off Lidle 0 on, 2 out); Wilkerson (5,6th inning off Lidle 0 on, 0 out); Cepicky (1,7th inning off Matthews 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Griffey (2,by Vargas); Freel (7,by Ayala); Batista (1,by Riedling).  IBB–Valentin 2 (2,by Fikac,by Bentz).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Chavez (1,off Lidle).  SF–Schneider (1,off Lidle).  Team–4.  SB–Wilkerson (5,2nd base off Riedling/Valentin).  HBP–Riedling (1,Batista); Vargas (1,Griffey); Ayala (3,Freel).  IBB–Fikac (3,Valentin); Bentz (3,Valentin).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Mike Reilly, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–CB Bucknor.  T–3:00.  A–7,058.
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