Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
April 9, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1990 at Astrodome. 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Reds 8, Houston Astros 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Sabo 3b 5 1 1 0
Hatcher lf 6 0 2 0
Larkin ss 6 1 2 3
Davis cf 6 0 1 1
O'Neill rf 5 1 1 0
Benzinger 1b 4 0 0 0
  Myers p 0 0 0 0
Oliver c 4 2 2 0
  Roomes pr 0 1 0 0
  Reed c 0 0 0 0
Duncan 2b 4 1 2 3
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Morris 1b 1 1 1 0
Browning p 1 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 0 0 0 1
  Layana p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Oester 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 8 12 8
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 6 0 1 1
Biggio c 6 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Davis 1b 1 1 0 0
Wilson rf 6 1 1 0
Anthony lf 1 1 0 0
  Stubbs lf 4 0 3 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 1
Ramirez ss 5 1 4 1
Scott p 1 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Lombardozzi ph 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Rohde ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Kerfeld p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 4 10 3
Cincinnati 020 011 000 048120
Houston 040 000 000 004101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Browning   4.0 5 4 4 1 2
  Layana   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Charlton   2.2 3 0 0 1 4
  Dibble   1.2 2 0 0 2 3
  Myers  W (1-0) 1.2 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
11.0
10
4
4
6
13
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott   5.2 7 4 4 2 1
  Schatzeder   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Andersen   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Smith   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kerfeld  L (0-1) 0.2 3 4 4 2 1
  Agosto   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
12
8
8
4
5

  E–Ramirez (1).  2B–Cincinnati Oliver (1,off Scott), Houston Wilson (1,off Browning); Young (1,off Browning); Stubbs (1,off Charlton).  3B–Cincinnati Larkin (1,off Kerfeld).  HR–Cincinnati Duncan (1,2nd inning off Scott 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Oester (1,off Kerfeld); Scott (1,off Browning); Caminiti (1,off Charlton).  SF–Griffey (1,off Scott).  IBB–Sabo (1,by Kerfeld); Davis (1,by Dibble).  HBP–Davis 3 (3,by Browning 2,by Myers).  SB–Stubbs (1,2nd base off Dibble/Oliver); Ramirez (1,2nd base off Myers/Oliver).  WP–Browning (1).  BK–Dibble (1).  HBP–Browning 2 (2,Davis 2); Myers (1,Davis).  IBB–Dibble (1,Davis); Kerfeld (1,Sabo).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–3:38.  A–40,957.
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