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Astros
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
July 31, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros, played on July 31, 1996 at Riverfront Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 31, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 31, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Donne Wall |
| Home Starting Pitcher | John Smiley |
| Ballpark | Riverfront Stadium |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 26,082 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Poncino 1B: Wally Bell 2B: Tom Hallion 3B: Ed Montague |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| James Mouton | Left Fielder |
| Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
| Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
| Derek Bell | Right Fielder |
| Sean Berry | Third Baseman |
| Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
| Ricky Gutierrez | Shortstop |
| Kirt Manwaring | Catcher |
| Donne Wall | Pitcher |
| Terry Collins | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lenny Harris | Third Baseman |
| Hal Morris | First Baseman |
| Barry Larkin | Shortstop |
| Kevin Mitchell | Left Fielder |
| Eric Davis | Center Fielder |
| Reggie Sanders | Right Fielder |
| Bret Boone | Second Baseman |
| Joe Oliver | Catcher |
| John Smiley | Pitcher |
| Ray Knight | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Reds
Riverfront Stadium
July 31, 1996
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mouton vs. Smiley
Mouton hits a line drive towards third. Harris reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Smiley
Biggio hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Smiley
Bagwell hits a fly ball into right field. Sanders settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Wall
Harris hits a fly ball into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Wall
Morris hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Wall
Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Smiley
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. Smiley
Berry strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Hunter vs. Smiley
Hunter hits a popup towards the mound. Smiley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Gutierrez vs. Smiley
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Wall
Mitchell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mouton. Mitchell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Wall
Davis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Sanders vs. Wall
Sanders takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. Wall
There's a wild pitch. Mitchell moves to third. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Boone vs. Wall
Boone strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Oliver vs. Wall
Oliver is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smiley vs. Wall
Smiley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Wall covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Smiley
Manwaring hits a popup towards first. Morris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Wall vs. Smiley
Wall strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mouton vs. Smiley
Mouton bunts towards the mound. Smiley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Smiley
There goes Mouton. The throw from Oliver and he is out, Boone applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Wall
Harris bunts towards third. Berry fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Morris vs. Wall
Morris bunts towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Biggio covering, for the out. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Larkin vs. Wall
Larkin hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Mouton. Larkin reaches second base with a double. Harris scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Mitchell vs. Wall
Mitchell hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Larkin scores. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Wall
Davis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Wall
Sanders hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Smiley
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Smiley
Bagwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Smiley
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Wall
Boone hits a line drive into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Wall
Oliver hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smiley vs. Wall
Smiley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wall fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Wall
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Smiley
Berry hits a popup, foul, towards third. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Smiley
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Smiley
Gutierrez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Wall
Morris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mouton. Morris reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Larkin vs. Wall
Larkin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Mitchell vs. Wall
Mitchell hits a fly ball into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Davis vs. Wall
Davis hits a ball on the ground into left field. Mouton picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mouton. Morris scores. Davis moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Sanders vs. Wall
Sanders takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boone vs. Wall
Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Davis scores. Sanders moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Oliver vs. Wall
Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Manwaring vs. Smiley
Manwaring hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simms vs. Smiley
Mike Simms pinch hits for Donne Wall.
Simms hits a fly ball into center field. Davis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mouton vs. Smiley
Mouton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harris fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Smiley vs. Small
Mark Small now pitching.
Smiley hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Small
Harris hits a popup, foul, towards third. Berry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Small
Morris is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Smiley
Biggio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. Smiley
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Larkin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Biggio moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Smiley
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Berry vs. Smiley
Berry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Larkin vs. Small
Larkin hits a line drive towards third. Berry reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Small
Mitchell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Davis vs. Small
Thomas Howard pinch runs for Kevin Mitchell.
Davis hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Howard moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Sanders vs. Small
Sanders is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 123
Boone vs. Small
Boone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mouton. Boone reaches second base with a double. Howard scores. Davis scores. Sanders goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Small
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Small fields it and throws to first for the out. Boone moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Smiley vs. Small
Smiley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Smiley
Thomas Howard now playing left field.
Hunter hits a line drive towards third. Harris reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Smiley
Gutierrez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Manwaring vs. Smiley
Manwaring hits a popup, foul, towards first. Morris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Smiley
Orlando Miller pinch hits for Mark Small.
Miller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Morman
Orlando Miller now playing shortstop. Bill Spiers now playing first base. Alvin Morman now pitching. Ricky Gutierrez now playing second base.
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Morman
Morris hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Morris reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Larkin vs. Morman
The umpire calls a balk on Morman Morris moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Larkin vs. Morman
Larkin hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Morman
Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Owens vs. Morman
Eric Owens pinch hits for Eric Davis.
Owens hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Sanders vs. Morman
Sanders takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Boone vs. Morman
Willie Greene pinch runs for Reggie Sanders.
Boone strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mouton vs. Smiley
Willie Greene now playing third base. Eric Owens now playing left field. Thomas Howard now playing center field. Lenny Harris now playing right fi
Mouton is called out on strikes. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Smiley
Spiers hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Reds, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Knorr vs. Smiley
Randy Knorr pinch hits for Alvin Morman.
Knorr strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/31/1996 -- Houston at Cincinnati (D)
Houston AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Mouton J, lf 4 0 1 0 Harris L, 3b-rf 5 1 1 0
Biggio C, 2b 3 0 1 0 Morris H, 1b 4 2 2 0
Spiers B, 1b 1 0 0 0 Larkin B, ss 5 2 2 3
Bagwell J, 1b 2 0 0 0 Branson J, ss 0 0 0 0
Morman A, p 0 0 0 0 Mitchell K, lf 3 0 2 1
Knorr R, ph 1 0 0 0 Howard T, pr-lf-cf 1 1 1 0
Bell D, rf 3 0 1 0 Davis E, cf 4 2 2 1
Berry S, 3b 3 0 0 0 Owens E, ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Hunter B, cf 3 0 0 0 Sanders R, rf 1 1 0 0
Gutierrez R, ss-2b 3 0 1 0 Greene W, pr-3b 0 0 0 0
Manwaring K, c 3 0 0 0 Boone B, 2b 5 0 2 4
Wall D, p 1 0 0 0 Oliver J, c 3 1 1 1
Simms M, ph 1 0 0 0 Smiley J, p 4 0 0 0
Small M, p 0 0 0 0
Miller O, ph-ss 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
29 0 4 0 36 10 13 10
Houston 000 000 000 -- 0
Cincinnati 002 120 32x -- 10
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Wall D (L) 5.0 8 5 5 3 2
Small M 2.0 2 3 3 2 1
Morman A 1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley J (W) 9.0 4 0 0 1 7
E -- Mouton J
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- Houston 3, Cincinnati 9
2B -- Mitchell K, Larkin B, Morris H 2, Davis E, Boone B
HR -- Oliver J, Larkin B
CS -- Mouton J
SH -- Morris H
WP -- Wall D
Balk -- Morman A
T -- 2:30
A -- 26082
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