Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 29, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 2006 at Great American Ball Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 3, Cincinnati Reds 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 0
Taveras cf 4 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 1
Ensberg 3b 3 0 1 0
Wilson lf 3 1 1 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
Lane rf 4 1 1 2
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Everett ss 2 0 0 0
Pettitte p 2 0 0 0
  Burke lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel cf 4 0 2 0
Lopez ss 5 0 0 0
Aurilia 1b 4 1 1 1
Dunn lf 3 2 1 0
Kearns rf 3 1 2 0
Encarnacion 3b 4 1 2 1
Phillips 2b 3 1 1 2
LaRue c 4 0 2 0
Harang p 3 0 1 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 1 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 4
Houston 020 000 010371
Cincinnati 000 420 00x6121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  L (1-4) 5.0 11 6 6 3 6
  Borkowski   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Springer   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
4
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harang  W (4-1) 7.2 5 3 3 2 7
  Mercker   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Weathers  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
8

  E–Pettitte (1), Lopez (5).  DP–Houston 2. Biggio-Everett-Berkman, Ausmus-Berkman, Cincinnati 1. LaRue-Lopez.  2B–Houston Biggio (10,off Harang); Ensberg (7,off Mercker), Cincinnati Encarnacion (10,off Pettitte); Dunn (2,off Pettitte)..  3B–Cincinnati Encarnacion (1,off Borkowski).  HR–Houston Lane (5,2nd inning off Harang 1 on 1 out), Cincinnati Aurilia (4,5th inning off Pettitte 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  CS–Taveras (3,2nd base by Harang/LaRue).  SB–Phillips (3,3rd base off Pettitte/Ausmus).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Bill Miller, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–2:46.  A–24,873.
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