Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
August 28, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 2008 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 2, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Dickerson lf 4 0 1 0
Keppinger ss 4 0 1 0
Votto 1b 4 0 0 0
Phillips 2b 4 1 1 0
Bruce rf 4 1 1 1
Rosales 3b 2 0 0 0
Patterson cf 3 0 1 1
Hanigan c 3 0 1 0
Harang p 2 0 0 0
  Encarnacion ph 1 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Erstad cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Wigginton lf 4 2 2 2
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 0
Blum 3b 3 0 2 0
Pence rf 3 0 0 0
Newhan 2b 3 0 1 0
Quintero c 2 1 1 1
Backe p 2 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Bourn cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Cincinnati 000 000 200260
Houston 100 011 00x380
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harang  L(4-14) 7.0 7 3 3 0 9
  Weathers   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  W(9-12) 6.2 6 2 2 1 6
  Brocail   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Valverde  SV(35) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
3

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1. Votto-Keppinger-Votto, Houston 1. Berkman-Tejada-Berkman.  2B–Houston Berkman (41,off Harang).  3B–Cincinnati Bruce (1,off Backe).  HR–Houston Wigginton 2 (19,1st inning off Harang 0 on 1 out,6th inning off Harang 0 on 0 out); Quintero (2,5th inning off Harang 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Quintero (5,off Harang).  Team–4.  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Lance Barksdale, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–2:23.  A–30,028.
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