June 20, 1998 Cincinnati Reds at Houston Astros Play by Play and Box Score

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ANA 8
TEX 3 BAL 11
TOR 3 CHW 8
MIN 7
(11) NYY 5
@CLE 3 DET 4
KCR 3 OAK 6
@SEA 2 TBD 8
BOS 5 CHC 9
PHI 4 COL 7
LAD 6 HOU 9
CIN 8 PIT 4
@MIL 2 ATL 5
@MON 1 FLA 8
@NYM 3 SFG 5
SDP 2 STL 4
ARI 2

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 24,301

Saturday, June 20, 1998, 12:18
Time of Game: 3:13

Reds

30-45

Lost 7

6th, 16 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Reds            0  1  0   1  0  0   4  0  2    8 10  0
Astros          0  0  4   0  1  0   0  4  X    9 12  0

W: C Nitkowski (3-2), L: R Krivda (2-1), S: B Wagner (18)

Astros

45-28

Won 2

1st

BATTING

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Sanders RF                  4   0   0   1    1   2  .234  .720   18    3   0   
M Frank CF                    4   1   2   2    1   1  .429 1.127   17    4   0   2B
B Larkin SS                   5   1   2   2    0   0  .269  .790   18    0   0   HR
W Greene 3B                   4   0   0   1    0   2  .269  .802   20    2   2   HBP,GDP
D Young LF                    4   1   1   0    0   1  .315  .852   13    1   0   2B
  R Krivda P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  S Sullivan P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .400         0   0   
  J Shaw P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
E Taubensee C                 4   1   1   0    0   2  .314  .820   13    5   0   
B Boone 2B                    4   1   2   1    0   1  .297  .831   19    2   2   
S Casey 1B                    4   1   1   1    0   1  .149  .415   12    7   1   
B Tomko P                     2   0   0   0    0   1  .094  .215   10    0   0   
  D Graves P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  C Stynes PH-LF              1   2   1   0    1   0  .273  .709   10    0   0   
Totals                       36   8  10   8    3  11              150   24   6

BATTING

2B: M Frank (1, off B Wagner); D Young (26, off S Elarton).

HR: B Larkin (6, off S Elarton; 4th inn, 0 on, 0 outs).

HBP: W Greene (3, by C Nitkowski).

TB: B Larkin 5; M Frank 3; B Boone 2; D Young 2; E Taubensee; C Stynes; S Casey.

GIDP: W Greene (3).

RBI: B Larkin 2 (31); M Frank 2 (2); B Boone (42); S Casey (4); R Sanders (28); W Greene (29).

2-out RBI: B Boone; W Greene.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 4 for 8.

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
B Spiers 2B-3B                3   2   1   1    1   0  .277  .807   16    0   2   SB,HBP
B Ausmus C                    4   1   1   0    1   0  .236  .661   15   11   1   
D Bell RF                     5   1   2   1    0   1  .326  .866   28    2   0   
J Bagwell 1B                  4   2   1   3    1   0  .269  .911   20    8   0   HR,IW
C Everett CF                  5   1   2   3    0   0  .348  .994   12    2   0   2B
S Berry 3B                    5   0   2   0    0   1  .235  .737   26    2   1   2B
  B Wagner P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
J Phillips LF                 2   0   1   1    1   0  .171  .567   13    1   0   
  M Alou PH-LF                1   0   0   0    0   1  .324  .995    6    0   0   
T Bogar SS                    3   0   1   0    0   1  .160  .471   11    0   3   
  C Biggio PH-2B              0   1   0   0    0   0  .325  .929    2    0   1   HBP
S Elarton P                   2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000   13    0   0   SH
  M Magnante P                0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 2.000         0   0   
  R Harris P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  C Nitkowski P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  R Gutierrez PH-SS           1   1   1   0    0   0  .305  .756    2    1   1   
Totals                       35   9  12   9    4   5              164   27   9

BATTING

2B: S Berry (7, off B Tomko); C Everett (17, off J Shaw).

HR: J Bagwell (12, off B Tomko; 3rd inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep LF Line).

SH: S Elarton (1, off B Tomko).

IBB: J Bagwell (5, by S Sullivan).

HBP: B Spiers (2, by B Tomko); C Biggio (11, by R Krivda).

TB: J Bagwell 4; S Berry 3; C Everett 3; D Bell 2; B Ausmus; R Gutierrez; B Spiers; T Bogar; J Phillips.

RBI: C Everett 3 (39); J Bagwell 3 (36); D Bell (53); J Phillips (6); B Spiers (24).

2-out RBI: C Everett 3; J Phillips.

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 5 for 12.

FIELDING

DP: 1. C Biggio-R Gutierrez-J Bagwell.

BASERUNNING

SB: B Spiers (4, 2nd base off S Sullivan/E Taubensee).

PITCHING

Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Tomko                        4.2   8   5   5    2   2   1   5.26   25   98-64   46· 4·14    4·10· 6· 0     28    -     0.87  -0.32
D Graves                       1.1   1   0   0    1   1   0   3.34    6   22-14    6· 4· 4    2· 1· 1· 0          2-0    0.43   0.04
R Krivda, BS (1), L (2-1)      1     2   3   3    0   2   0   4.18    6   21-13    8· 2· 3    1· 1· 1· 0          0-0    2.51  -0.44
S Sullivan                     0.2   0   1   1    1   0   0   5.43    3   14-7     5· 1· 1    0· 2· 0· 0          2-0    3.11   0.22
J Shaw                         0.1   1   0   0    0   0   0   2.01    2    4-4     3· 1· 0    1· 0· 1· 0          3-3    2.73  -0.33
Totals                         8    12   9   9    4   5   1          42  159-102  68·12·22    8·14· 9· 0          7-3

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Elarton                      6.1   5   4   4    1   9   1   5.68   25   94-61   27·15·19    4· 4· 7· 0     55    -     0.84   0.07
M Magnante                     0     1   2   2    1   0   0   6.15    2    9-3     2· 0· 1    0· 0· 1· 0          2-1    2.60  -0.19
R Harris                       0     0   0   0    1   0   0   4.50    1    5-1     0· 0· 1    0· 0· 0· 0          3-1    4.42  -0.15
C Nitkowski, BS (2), W (3-2)   1.2   1   0   0    0   1   0   3.29    7   25-13   10· 2· 1    2· 2· 1· 0          3-2    2.64  -0.09
B Wagner, S (18)               1     3   2   2    0   1   0   2.17    5   17-14    7· 1· 6    1· 0· 3· 0          0-0    1.91   0.03
Totals                         9    10   8   8    3  11   1          40  150-92   46·18·28    7· 6·12· 0          8-4

R Krivda faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.
M Magnante faced 2 batters in the 7th inning.
R Harris faced 1 batter in the 7th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: S Sullivan (4; J Bagwell).

HBP: R Krivda (1; C Biggio); C Nitkowski (1; W Greene); B Tomko (3; B Spiers).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Ed Rapuano, 1B - Bruce Dreckman, 2B - Frank Pulli, 3B - Charlie Williams.

Time of Game: 3:13.

Attendance: 24,301.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Cincinnati Reds               Houston Astros                       
1. R Sanders            RF    1. B Spiers             2B 
2. M Frank              CF    2. B Ausmus             C  
3. B Larkin             SS    3. D Bell               RF 
4. W Greene             3B    4. J Bagwell            1B 
5. D Young              LF    5. C Everett            CF 
6. E Taubensee          C     6. S Berry              3B 
7. B Boone              2B    7. J Phillips           LF 
8. S Casey              1B    8. T Bogar              SS 
9. B Tomko              P     9. S Elarton            P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 8   2  6-6  123  2   34%  97% C Everett       J Shaw          Double to RF (Line Drive); Gutierrez Scores; Spiers Scores; Bagwell Scores
   b 8   0  6-5  12-  3   31%  85% B Spiers        R Krivda        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Biggio Scores; Gutierrez to 3B
   b 3   1  1-1  1-3  4   20%  83% J Bagwell       B Tomko         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Ausmus Scores; Bell Scores
   t 7   2  5-5  123  5  -18%  28% W Greene        C Nitkowski     Hit By Pitch; Stynes Scores; Sanders to 3B; Frank to 2B
   t 9   1  9-8  1--  3   17% 100% W Greene        B Wagner        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Scott Elarton facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  2   52%  R Sanders       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  3   54%  M Frank         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  7   55%  B Larkin        Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Brett Tomko facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   53%  B Spiers        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   51%  B Ausmus        Foul Popfly: 1B
   O      ---  6   50%  D Bell          Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Scott Elarton facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   52%  W Greene        Strikeout Looking
          ---  5   48%  D Young         Double to 2B (Line Drive)
   O      -2-  4   52%  E Taubensee     Strikeout Swinging
   R      -2-  5   41%  B Boone         Single to 1B (Ground Ball to Deep 2B-1B); Young Scores; Boone to 2B/Adv on throw
   O      -2-  6   44%  S Casey         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 1, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Brett Tomko facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  7   42%  J Bagwell       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  1   40%  C Everett       Flyball: RF (Deep RF)
          ---  7   42%  S Berry         Double to CF (Line Drive)
          -2-  5   43%  J Phillips      Walk
   O      12-  5   39%  T Bogar         Groundout: 1B unassisted (Weak 2B)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 1, Astros 0.

Top of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Ahead 1-0, Scott Elarton facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   41%  B Tomko         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   42%  R Sanders       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   43%  M Frank         Lineout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Brett Tomko facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  5   41%  S Elarton       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  7   44%  B Spiers        Walk
          1--  1   54%  B Ausmus        Single to CF (Fly Ball); Spiers to 3B; Ausmus to 2B/Adv on throw
   R      -23  2   63%  D Bell          Single to 2B (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Spiers Scores; Ausmus to 3B
   RRR    1-3  4   83%  J Bagwell       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Ausmus Scores; Bell Scores
   O      ---  2   82%  C Everett       Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   82%  S Berry         Foul Popfly: 1B (1B Foul)
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 1, Astros 4.

Top of the 4th, Reds Batting, Behind 1-4, Scott Elarton facing 3-4-5
   R      ---  2   73%  B Larkin        Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  2   76%  W Greene        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      78%  D Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   79%  E Taubensee     Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-2, Brett Tomko facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  3   77%  J Phillips      Popfly: 3B
          ---  2   79%  T Bogar         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru Weak SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   78%  S Elarton       Bunt Groundout: 1B-2B/Sacrifice (Weak 1B); Bogar to 2B
          -2-  2   78%  B Spiers        Hit By Pitch
   O      12-  2   75%  B Ausmus        Groundout: 3B-1B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 4.

Top of the 5th, Reds Batting, Behind 2-4, Scott Elarton facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  5   78%  B Boone         Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
   O      ---  1   80%  S Casey         Lineout: 3B (SS-3B Hole)
   O      ---  5   81%  B Tomko         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-2, Brett Tomko facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  4   80%  D Bell          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   79%  J Bagwell       Flyball: CF
          ---  6   80%  C Everett       Single to 2B (Line Drive)
          1--  8   81%  S Berry         Single to SS (Line Drive to Deep SS); Everett to 2B
   R      12-  5   89%  J Phillips      Single to 1B (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Everett Scores; Berry to 3B
                  Danny Graves replaces Brett Tomko pitching and batting 9th
   O      1-3  4   87%  T Bogar         Strikeout Swinging
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 5.

Top of the 6th, Reds Batting, Behind 2-5, Scott Elarton facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   89%  R Sanders       Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  5   86%  M Frank         Walk
   O      1--  4   89%  B Larkin        Lineout: RF (Short RF)
   O      1--  6   91%  W Greene        Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 5-2, Danny Graves facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  4   91%  S Elarton       Flyball: LF (Short LF-CF)
   O      ---  1   90%  B Spiers        Groundout: 2B-1B (Weak 2B)
          ---  6   90%  B Ausmus        Walk
          1--  3   91%  D Bell          Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Ausmus to 2B
   O      12-  4   90%  J Bagwell       Lineout: 3B-2B (SS-3B Hole)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Reds 2, Astros 5.

Top of the 7th, Reds Batting, Behind 2-5, Scott Elarton facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  2   92%  D Young         Lineout: LF
          ---  2   89%  E Taubensee     Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF-RF)
          1--  5   85%  B Boone         Single to LF (Line Drive); Taubensee to 2B
                  Mike Magnante replaces Scott Elarton pitching and batting 9th
   R      12-  4   72%  S Casey         Single to LF (Line Drive); Taubensee Scores; Boone to 3B
                  Chris Stynes pinch hits for Danny Graves batting 9th
          1-3  5   65%  C Stynes        Walk; Casey to 2B
                  Reggie Harris replaces Mike Magnante pitching and batting 9th
   R      123  5   51%  R Sanders       Walk; Boone Scores; Casey to 3B; Stynes to 2B
                  C.J. Nitkowski replaces Reggie Harris pitching and batting 9th
   R      123  4   34%  M Frank         Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Casey Scores; Stynes to 3B; Sanders to 2B
   O      123  2   47%  B Larkin        Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   R      123  5   28%  W Greene        Hit By Pitch; Stynes Scores; Sanders to 3B; Frank to 2B
   O      123  6   36%  D Young         Groundout: SS-1B (SS-2B)
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Reds 6, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 5-6, Rick Krivda facing 5-6-7
                  Rick Krivda replaces Dmitri Young pitching and batting 5th; Chris Stynes moves to LF
   O      ---  1   31%  C Everett       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  7   28%  S Berry         Strikeout Swinging
                  Moises Alou pinch hits for J.R. Phillips batting 7th
   O      ---  6   25%  M Alou          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Astros 5.

Top of the 8th, Reds Batting, Ahead 6-5, C.J. Nitkowski facing 6-7-8
                  Moises Alou moves to LF
   O      ---  3   28%  E Taubensee     Foul Popfly: C
   O      ---  4   29%  B Boone         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   30%  S Casey         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 6, Astros 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Behind 5-6, Rick Krivda facing 8-9-1
                  Craig Biggio pinch hits for Tim Bogar batting 8th
          ---  2   40%  C Biggio        Hit By Pitch
                  Ricky Gutierrez pinch hits for C.J. Nitkowski batting 9th
          1--  2   54%  R Gutierrez     Single to LF (Fly Ball to Short LF-CF); Biggio to 2B
   R      12-  3   85%  B Spiers        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Biggio Scores; Gutierrez to 3B
                  Scott Sullivan replaces Rick Krivda pitching and batting 5th
   O      1-3  2   75%  B Ausmus        Flyball: CF (Short CF-RF)
          1-3      78%  D Bell          Spiers Steals 2B
   O      -23  8   61%  " "             Flyball: RF (Short RF Line)
          -23  4   63%  J Bagwell       Intentional Walk
                  Jeff Shaw replaces Scott Sullivan pitching and batting 5th
   RRR    123  2   97%  C Everett       Double to RF (Line Drive); Gutierrez Scores; Spiers Scores; Bagwell Scores
   O      -2-  2   97%  S Berry         Groundout: P-1B
                  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Reds 6, Astros 9.

Top of the 9th, Reds Batting, Behind 6-9, Billy Wagner facing 9-1-2
                  Billy Wagner replaces Sean Berry pitching and batting 6th; Craig Biggio moves to 2B; Bill Spiers moves to 3B; Ricky Gutierrez moves to SS
          ---  5   93%  C Stynes        Single to CF (Line Drive to Weak SS-2B)
   O      1--  4   96%  R Sanders       Strikeout Looking
   R      1--  2   90%  M Frank         Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep 3B); Stynes Scores
   R      -2-  3   83%  B Larkin        Single to CF (Line Drive); Frank Scores
   OO     1--  3  100%  W Greene        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
        2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Reds 8, Astros 9.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:HOU199806200

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Play-by-Play Explanation