Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 1, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 1, 2005 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 1, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 2b 4 0 1 0
Lopez ss 4 1 1 0
Casey 1b 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 3 0 1 1
Dunn lf 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Kearns rf 3 0 0 0
Valentin c 3 0 0 0
Ortiz p 2 0 0 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 4 2 2 0
Self rf 2 0 0 0
  Lane ph 1 0 1 2
  Ausmus c 0 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 1 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 3 1 1 1
Ensberg 3b 3 0 1 1
Burke lf 4 0 0 0
Everett ss 3 1 1 0
Chavez c 2 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Cincinnati 000 100 000140
Houston 100 100 20x470
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz  L (1-4) 6.2 6 4 4 2 7
  Mercker   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Weathers   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
3
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (6-6) 7.0 4 1 1 1 4
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lidge  SV (12) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
6

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1. F. Lopez-Freel-Casey, Houston 1. Biggio-Everett-Berkman.  2B–Cincinnati F. Lopez (14,off Oswalt); Freel (13,off Oswalt), Houston Lane (11,off Mercker).  HR–Houston Berkman (2,4th inning off Ortiz 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Ensberg (2,off Ortiz).  HBP–Everett (4,by Ortiz).  Team–6.  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Larry Poncino, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–2:23.  A–31,571.
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