Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 7, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 2004 at Minute Maid Park. 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 7, Houston Astros 9

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel cf 3 1 1 0
Lopez 3b 5 1 1 0
Casey 1b 5 2 2 4
Dunn lf 5 0 1 0
Jimenez 2b 2 1 1 0
Kearns rf 4 1 1 0
LaRue c 3 1 1 3
Machado ss 4 0 0 0
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Padilla p 0 0 0 0
  Bragg ph 1 0 0 0
  Myette p 0 0 0 0
  Valentine p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 0 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio lf 5 1 2 1
  Lane lf 0 0 0 0
Beltran cf 4 2 2 2
  Taveras pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 0 0
Berkman rf 3 1 1 0
Kent 2b 4 2 2 1
  Bruntlett pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 4 2 2 3
Vizcaino ss,2b 3 0 1 0
Chavez c 3 0 1 1
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 9 11 8
Cincinnati 002 000 032780
Houston 023 022 00x9110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson  L (9-6) 5.0 7 7 7 6 3
  Padilla   1.0 2 2 2 1 2
  Myette   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Valentine   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
9
9
8
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (17-9) 7.2 6 4 4 3 9
  Springer   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Gallo   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Lidge   0.2 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
4
11

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Dunn (30,off Oswalt); Jimenez (22,off Oswalt), Houston Berkman (33,off Wilson); Kent (28,off Wilson); Biggio (41,off Padilla); Vizcaino (19,off Myette).  3B–Houston Beltran (2,off Wilson).  HR–Cincinnati Casey 2 (23,3rd inning off Oswalt 1 on, 2 out,9th inning off Lidge 1 on, 2 out); LaRue (14,8th inning off Springer 2 on, 2 out), Houston Lamb (11,3rd inning off Wilson 1 on, 2 out); Beltran (23,6th inning off Padilla 1 on, 0 out).  HBP–LaRue (21,by Oswalt); Beltran (5,by Myette).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Oswalt (12,off Wilson).  SF–Lamb (3,off Wilson).  IBB–Vizcaino (5,by Wilson); Chavez (3,by Wilson).  Team–9.  WP–Wilson (6).  HBP–Myette (1,Beltran); Oswalt (10,LaRue).  IBB–Wilson 2 (5,Vizcaino,Chavez).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Bruce Dreckman, 3B–Greg Gibson.  T–2:44.  A–36,921.
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