Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
May 2, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 2007 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 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Freel 3b 4 0 0 0
Hatteberg 1b 4 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 1 0
Griffey, Jr. rf 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 4 0 1 0
Dunn lf 4 1 1 1
Hamilton cf 3 0 0 0
Valentin c 3 0 0 0
Lohse p 1 0 1 0
  Hopper ph 1 0 0 0
  Santos p 0 0 0 0
  Stanton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 2 1
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Pence cf 4 1 1 1
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 1
Lee lf 4 0 3 0
Loretta 3b,2b 3 0 0 0
Scott rf 3 0 1 0
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 2 1 1 0
Oswalt p 1 0 1 0
  Ensberg ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 10 3
Cincinnati 000 010 000140
Houston 200 001 00x3101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Lohse  L (1-2) 6.0 8 3 3 3 4
  Santos   1.2 2 0 0 2 1
  Stanton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
3
3
5
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (4-2) 8.0 4 1 1 1 2
  Wheeler  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
3

  E–Everett (5).  PB–Valentin (1).  2B–Houston Biggio (7,off Lohse); Oswalt (1,off Lohse).  3B–Houston Pence (1,off Lohse).  HR–Cincinnati Dunn (8,5th inning off Oswalt 0 on 0 out).  SH–Lohse (3,off Oswalt); Oswalt 2 (5,off Lohse 2).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Ausmus (4,by Lohse).  IBB–Scott (1,by Santos).  Team–11.  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Jim Joyce, 2B–Jeff Nelson, 3B–Jim Wolf.  T–2:41.  A–29,468.
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