Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 4, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 2006 at Minute Maid Park. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 2b,3b 5 3 2 3
Lopez ss 5 0 1 1
Griffey, Jr. cf 4 0 1 0
Dunn lf 5 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 0 0
  Phillips pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Kearns rf 4 2 2 2
Valentin c 5 0 1 0
Encarnacion 3b 4 0 1 0
  Mercker p 0 0 0 0
  Coffey p 0 0 0 0
  Ross ph 0 1 0 0
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Ramirez p 2 0 0 0
  McCracken ph 1 0 0 0
  Hammond p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Aurilia ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 8 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 1 1 1
Burke cf,rf 5 0 2 2
Berkman 1b 3 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 4 1 1 1
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
  Taveras cf 1 0 0 0
Wilson lf 5 0 0 0
Ausmus c 5 1 3 0
Lane rf 3 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Munson ph 1 0 0 0
Bruntlett ss 4 0 0 0
Nieve p 1 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Lamb ph,3b 2 1 1 0
Totals 37 4 8 4
Cincinnati 001 101 000 12680
Houston 010 010 010 10481
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ramirez   6.0 3 2 2 2 4
  Hammond   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Weathers   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Mercker   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Coffey  W (3-0) 1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Yan  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
8
4
4
3
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Nieve   5.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Miller   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Qualls   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Lidge   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Wheeler  L (0-4) 1.1 1 2 2 3 2
  Springer   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
11.0
8
6
6
4
10

  E–Bruntlett (4).  DP–Cincinnati 2. Encarnacion-Freel-Hatteberg, Freel-Phillips-Aurilia.  2B–Cincinnati Encarnacion (19,off Nieve); Lopez (10,off Wheeler), Houston Biggio (21,off Coffey); Burke (8,off Coffey).  3B–Houston Ausmus (1,off Ramirez).  HR–Cincinnati Freel 2 (3,3rd inning off Nieve 0 on 1 out,11th inning off Springer 1 on 2 out); Kearns 2 (12,4th inning off Nieve 0 on 1 out,6th inning off Miller 0 on 2 out), Houston Ensberg (18,2nd inning off Ramirez 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Kearns (5,by Nieve); Lane (1,by Ramirez).  IBB–Griffey (2,by Wheeler); Berkman (3,by Coffey).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Biggio (1,off Weathers).  SF–Biggio (3,off Ramirez).  Team–6.  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Laz Diaz, 2B–Rick Reed, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:39.  A–37,532.
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