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Houston Astros @ Cincinnati Reds

1993-10-02 · Day game · Cinergy Field · Att: 26820 · 2:19

Houston Astros defeated Cincinnati Reds 3–1. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 8th. Mark Portugal earned the win and Xavier Hernandez picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	10
CIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Mark Portugal L: Ross Powell SV: Xavier Hernandez

Umpires — HP: Gary Darling · 1B: Charlie Williams · 2B: Frank Pulli · 3B: Joe West · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Casey Candaele	4	0	1	0	0	0
Steve Finley	4	2	2	0	0	0
Kevin Bass	2	1	0	0	2	1
Luis Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	1	0
Chris Donnels	2	0	1	1	0	0
Andujar Cedeno	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Lindeman	4	0	2	0	0	1
Ed Taubensee	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mark Portugal	3	0	2	0	0	0
Mike Brumley	1	0	1	2	0	0
Jose Uribe	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Thomas Howard	3	1	1	0	1	0
Jeff Branson	4	0	0	0	0	2
Hal Morris	4	0	1	1	0	1
Reggie Sanders	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chris Sabo	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Daugherty	3	0	1	0	0	1
Dan Wilson	3	0	1	0	0	0
Keith Kessinger	3	0	0	0	0	1
Larry Luebbers	2	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Varsho	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Portugal	7.0	5	0	5
Xavier Hernandez	2.0	0	1	3

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Luebbers	7.0	7	2	4
Ross Powell	0.1	1	1	0
Johnny Ruffin	0.2	1	0	0
Jerry Spradlin	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Casey Candaele: S7/L
Steve Finley: 4/P
Kevin Bass: K
Luis Gonzalez: 9/F

Bot 1

Thomas Howard: D7/L7LS
Jeff Branson: K
Hal Morris: S8/L.2-H
Reggie Sanders: 6(1)3/GDP/G

Top 2

Chris Donnels: 3/G
Andujar Cedeno: K
Jim Lindeman: K

Bot 2

Chris Sabo: 63/G
Jack Daugherty: K
Dan Wilson: 8/F

Top 3

Ed Taubensee: K
Mark Portugal: S9/F9S
Casey Candaele: 8/F
Steve Finley: 5/P6S

Bot 3

Keith Kessinger: K
Larry Luebbers: 43/G
Thomas Howard: 8/F78

Top 4

Kevin Bass: 43/G
Luis Gonzalez: 7/F7LM
Chris Donnels: D9/L89
Andujar Cedeno: 8/F8S

Bot 4

Jeff Branson: K
Hal Morris: 8/F
Reggie Sanders: S7/G5
Chris Sabo: SB2
Chris Sabo: K

Top 5

Jim Lindeman: 53/G
Ed Taubensee: S8/L89
Mark Portugal: 36(1)4/GDP/BG3S

Bot 5

Jack Daugherty: S8/F89
Dan Wilson: 8/F
Keith Kessinger: 8/F
Larry Luebbers: 64(1)/FO/G

Top 6

Casey Candaele: 8/F
Steve Finley: S8/G
Kevin Bass: W.1-2
Luis Gonzalez: WP.2-3;1-2
Luis Gonzalez: IW
Chris Donnels: 9/SF/F9D.3-H;2-3
Andujar Cedeno: 9/F

Bot 6

Thomas Howard: 3/G
Jeff Branson: 7/F
Hal Morris: 31/G34

Top 7

Jim Lindeman: D7/G5L
Ed Taubensee: 7/F7S
Mark Portugal: S8/G.2XH(82);B-2(TH)
Casey Candaele: 43/G34

Bot 7

Reggie Sanders: 8/F89
Chris Sabo: 8/F
Jack Daugherty: 8/F

Top 8

Steve Finley: S9/L
Kevin Bass: SB2
Kevin Bass: W
Luis Gonzalez: 63/G.2-3;1-2
Mike Brumley: S8/L.3-H;2-H
Andujar Cedeno: 64(1)3/GDP/G

Bot 8

Dan Wilson: S8/G
Keith Kessinger: 8/F8S
Gary Varsho: 36(1)/FO/G.B-1
Thomas Howard: W.1-2
Jeff Branson: 9/F9DW

Top 9

Jim Lindeman: S9/L
Ed Taubensee: WP.1-2
Ed Taubensee: 5/P6
Jose Uribe: 8(B)4(2)/LDP/L

Bot 9

Hal Morris: K
Reggie Sanders: K
Chris Sabo: K