Cincinnati Reds vs Houston Astros
June 2, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 2, 2006 at Minute Maid 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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Cincinnati Reds 14, Houston Astros 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Phillips 2b 6 2 2 1
Lopez ss 4 2 1 0
Griffey, Jr. cf 5 2 2 1
  Hammond p 0 0 0 0
  Weathers p 0 0 0 0
  Ross ph 1 1 1 3
  Yan p 0 0 0 0
Aurilia 1b 5 3 2 1
Dunn lf 1 3 0 0
  McCracken ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Kearns rf 4 0 3 4
Encarnacion 3b 4 0 3 4
LaRue c 5 0 0 0
Harang p 3 0 0 0
  Freel ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 41 14 15 14
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 5 0 1 1
Biggio 2b 3 0 1 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Everett ph 1 0 0 0
Lamb 3b 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 1 1
Wilson lf 4 1 2 1
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Lane rf 2 1 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bruntlett ss 3 0 1 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Sampson p 2 0 0 0
  Burke rf,2b 2 0 1 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Cincinnati 531 002 00314150
Houston 001 100 010383
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Harang  W (6-4) 6.0 5 2 2 2 5
  Hammond   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Weathers   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Yan   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (6-3) 1.1 6 8 7 5 1
  Sampson   5.1 6 3 3 1 4
  Miller   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Borkowski   1.0 2 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
15
14
13
7
9

  E–Taveras (3), Munson (1), Bruntlett (3), Taveras (3), Munson (1), Bruntlett (3).  2B–Cincinnati Aurilia 2 (8,off Rodriguez,off Sampson); Encarnacion 2 (17,off Rodriguez,off Sampson); Kearns (15,off Miller); Freel (9,off Borkowski)..  HR–Cincinnati Phillips (5,3rd inning off Sampson 0 on 1 out); D. Ross (5,9th inning off Borkowski 2 on 2 out), Houston Berkman (15,4th inning off Harang 0 on 0 out); Wilson (6,8th inning off Weathers 0 on 1 out)..  SF–Encarnacion (1,off Sampson).  IBB–Dunn (5,by Sampson).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Phillips (11,2nd base off Rodriguez/Munson); Taveras (9,2nd base off Harang/LaRue).  CS–Lopez (5,3rd base by Rodriguez/Munson).  U-HP–Rick Reed, 1B–Tim Tschida, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Laz Diaz.  T–3:01.  A–37,086.
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