Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
April 30, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 2006 at Great American Ball Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Burke 2b 4 1 0 0
Taveras cf 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 3 1 1 2
Ensberg 3b 4 0 1 0
Wilson lf 4 0 1 0
Lane rf 3 1 1 1
Ausmus c 4 0 2 0
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Buchholz p 3 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb ph 1 0 1 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel cf 3 0 0 0
Lopez ss 4 0 0 0
Dunn lf 4 1 1 2
Encarnacion 3b 4 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 0 0
Kearns rf 3 0 2 0
Phillips 2b 1 0 0 0
Valentin c 4 0 0 0
Ramirez p 1 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 1 1 1 0
  Belisle p 0 0 0 0
  Aurilia ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Coffey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 4 2
Houston 200 100 000370
Cincinnati 000 002 000240
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Buchholz  W (2-1) 6.1 3 2 2 4 2
  Qualls   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lidge  SV (8) 1.0 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ramirez  L (1-1) 6.0 6 3 3 2 5
  Belisle   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  White   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Coffey   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1. Burke-Everett-Berkman.  2B–Houston Ensberg (8,off Ramirez).  HR–Houston Berkman (10,1st inning off Ramirez 1 on 1 out); Lane (6,4th inning off Ramirez 0 on 1 out)., Cincinnati Dunn (9,6th inning off Buchholz 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Burke (1,by Ramirez).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  SB–Kearns (2,2nd base off Lidge/Ausmus).  U-HP–Bill Miller, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–2:43.  A–22,814.
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