Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
September 18, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 2006 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 3, Houston Astros 5

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel cf 4 0 1 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 0 0
Dunn lf 3 1 2 0
Aurilia ss 4 0 1 1
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 1 0
Encarnacion 3b 4 0 0 0
Ross c 3 0 1 0
Denorfia rf 3 0 1 0
  Hollandsworth ph 1 1 1 1
Lohse p 2 0 0 0
  Olmedo ph 1 1 1 1
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Valentin ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 1
  Lane rf 0 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 4 0 1 1
Berkman 1b 3 1 1 0
Scott lf 4 0 1 1
Huff rf 4 1 1 0
  Jimerson rf,cf 0 0 0 0
Burke cf,2b 3 1 1 0
Everett ss 2 1 1 0
Ausmus c 4 1 2 2
Oswalt p 1 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 9 5
Cincinnati 000 001 101390
Houston 040 000 10x590
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Lohse  L (2-4) 6.0 6 4 4 3 3
  Cormier   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Weathers   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (14-8) 6.2 8 2 2 0 8
  Qualls   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Wheeler  SV (6) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
10

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1. Denorfia-Aurilia, Houston 1. Everett-Biggio-Berkman.  2B–Cincinnati Dunn 2 (23,off Oswalt 2); Aurilia (25,off Oswalt).  3B–Houston Scott (4,off Cormier).  HR–Cincinnati Olmedo (1,7th inning off Oswalt 0 on 2 out); Hollandsworth (1,9th inning off Wheeler 0 on 2 out)..  HBP–D. Ross (3,by Oswalt).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Oswalt 2 (18,off Lohse 2); Everett (10,off Weathers)..  Team–6.  CS–Freel (11,2nd base by Qualls/Ausmus).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Ed Hickox, 3B–Larry Poncino.  T–2:23.  A–28,711.
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