Houston Astros vs Cincinnati Reds
August 3, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1989 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 2, Cincinnati Reds 18

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 0
Young cf 2 0 0 0
  Anthony rf 2 0 0 0
Doran 2b 3 0 1 0
  Puhl 1b 1 0 0 0
Davis 1b 2 1 1 1
  Spilman 1b,c 2 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 2 1 1 0
  Reynolds 3b,2b 2 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 1 1
  Yelding ss 2 0 0 0
Davidson rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Trevino c,3b 4 0 1 0
Clancy p 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 3 0 1 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Duncan ss 4 2 1 1
  Richardson ss 1 0 0 0
Quinones 3b 6 3 3 0
Davis cf 4 2 3 2
  Winningham cf 2 0 0 0
Griffey lf 5 2 3 4
  Collins lf 1 0 0 0
Roomes rf 6 3 4 1
Benzinger 1b 6 3 4 3
Reed c 5 2 4 3
  Oliver c 0 0 0 0
Oester 2b 5 1 3 2
Browning p 5 0 1 0
Totals 50 18 26 16
Houston 010 100 000281
Cincinnati 1400 000 31x18260
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy  L (5-9) 0.0 6 7 7 1 0
  Forsch   7.0 18 10 10 0 3
  Agosto   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
26
18
18
1
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning  W (9-10) 9.0 8 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
0
1

  E–Forsch (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Cincinnati Oester 2 (7,off Forsch 2); Duncan (9,off Forsch); Benzinger (17,off Forsch); Davis (9,off Forsch).  3B–Houston Ramirez (2,off Browning).  HR–Houston Davis (24,2nd inning off Browning 0 on, 0 out), Cincinnati Griffey (7,1st inning off Clancy 2 on, 0 out); Roomes (7,7th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out); Reed (3,7th inning off Forsch 1 on, 0 out).  SB–Duncan (5,2nd base off Clancy/Trevino).  WP–Forsch (4), Agosto 2 (3).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Paul Runge, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:16.  A–20,179.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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