Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 8, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 8, 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 2, Houston Astros 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel cf 3 1 2 0
Castro 3b 5 1 1 0
Casey 1b 2 0 0 1
Dunn lf 2 0 0 0
Jimenez 2b 4 0 2 1
Kearns rf 4 0 0 0
Lopez ss 4 0 1 0
Valentin c 4 0 1 0
Acevedo p 0 0 0 0
  Riedling p 1 0 0 0
  Norton p 0 0 0 0
  Bragg ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Matthews p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Graves p 0 0 0 0
  Larkin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio lf 5 1 1 1
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Palmeiro rf 4 0 1 0
  Taveras cf 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 3 1
Berkman cf,rf 4 1 1 1
Kent 2b 3 1 0 0
Lamb 3b 4 1 3 2
Bruntlett ss 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 2 0
Clemens p 3 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Beltran ph 1 0 0 0
  Lane lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Cincinnati 100 000 010270
Houston 500 000 00x5110
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Acevedo  L (5-11) 1.0 5 5 5 1 1
  Riedling   2.0 2 0 0 1 3
  Norton   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Wagner   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Matthews   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Van Poppel   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Graves   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
4
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clemens  W (16-4) 7.0 4 1 1 2 6
  Qualls   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Gallo   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Springer   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Lidge  SV (21) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Lopez (13,off Lidge), Houston Lamb (13,off Riedling).  HR–Houston Biggio (21,1st inning off Acevedo 0 on, 0 out); Bagwell (24,1st inning off Acevedo 0 on, 1 out); Berkman (27,1st inning off Acevedo 0 on, 1 out); Lamb (12,1st inning off Acevedo 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Casey (4,off Clemens).  HBP–Freel (11,by Clemens); Casey (8,by Gallo).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Ausmus (10,by Riedling).  Team–9.  SB–Freel (30,2nd base off Clemens/Ausmus).  CS–Freel (9,2nd base by Clemens/Ausmus).  HBP–Clemens (6,Freel); Gallo (5,Casey).  IBB–Riedling (5,Ausmus).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–3:01.  A–35,445.
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