Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
September 16, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 16, 2009 at Great American Ball 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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Houston Astros 5, Cincinnati Reds 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 0 2 0
Matsui 2b 3 1 1 1
Pence rf 5 0 2 0
Lee lf 5 1 1 1
Blum 1b 4 1 1 1
Keppinger 3b,ss 4 2 3 2
Towles c 4 0 1 0
  Fulchino p 0 0 0 0
Manzella ss 3 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson 3b 0 0 0 0
Bazardo p 2 0 0 0
  Maysonet ph 1 0 1 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Coste c 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 12 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Stubbs cf 5 1 2 2
Janish ss 5 0 0 0
Votto 1b 2 2 2 0
Phillips 2b 4 0 3 0
Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1
Gomes rf 3 1 1 1
  Burton p 0 0 0 0
  Francisco ph 0 0 0 0
  Masset p 0 0 0 0
  Cordero p 0 0 0 0
Balentien lf 4 2 2 0
Tatum c 2 0 0 0
  Barker ph 1 0 0 0
  Hanigan c 0 0 0 0
Lehr p 1 0 0 1
  Viola p 0 0 0 0
  Bruce rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 11 5
Houston 003 020 0005121
Cincinnati 012 101 10x6110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bazardo   5.0 7 4 4 2 2
  Lopez   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Wright  L(3-3) 0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Fulchino   2.0 0 0 0 1 6
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
3
9
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Lehr   5.0 11 5 5 1 6
  Viola   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Burton  W(1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Masset   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Cordero  SV(37) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
10

  E–Bazardo (2).  DP–Houston 1. Manzella-Matsui-Blum.  2B–Houston Pence (24,off Lehr), Cincinnati Balentien (7,off Bazardo).  HR–Houston Matsui (7,3rd inning off Lehr 0 on 0 out); Lee (26,3rd inning off Lehr 0 on 1 out); Keppinger 2 (7,3rd inning off Lehr 0 on 2 out,5th inning off Lehr 0 on 1 out); Blum (10,5th inning off Lehr 0 on 1 out), Cincinnati Gomes (20,2nd inning off Bazardo 0 on 0 out); Stubbs (7,3rd inning off Bazardo 0 on 0 out).  SH–Bourn (5,off Viola); Lehr (5,off Bazardo); Tatum (1,off Lopez).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Rolen (2,off Bazardo).  Team–8.  SB–Bourn (57,2nd base off Lehr/Tatum).  U-HP–Jim Reynolds, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–Bill Welke, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:57.  A–10,662.
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