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Milwaukee Brewers @ Houston Astros

1997-09-02 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 18258 · 68°F, dome, dry · 2:42

Milwaukee Brewers defeated Houston Astros 4–2. Milwaukee Brewers put up 2 in the 9th. Ron Villone earned the win and Doug Jones picked up the save. Jose Valentin went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	5
HOU	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	5

W: Ron Villone L: Darryl Kile SV: Doug Jones

Umpires — HP: Larry Vanover · 1B: Angel Hernandez · 2B: Eric Gregg · 3B: Larry Poncino · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Milwaukee Brewers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Fernando Vina	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Valentin	4	1	1	1	0	2
Dave Nilsson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Julio Franco	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jeromy Burnitz	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jeff Cirillo	3	2	1	0	0	1
Mike Matheny	1	0	0	0	1	0
Gerald Williams	2	0	1	2	0	0
Jeff D'Amico	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Levis	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Villone	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Voigt	0	0	0	0	1	0
Mark Loretta	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	0	1	1	0	1
Chuck Carr	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jeff Bagwell	3	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Bell	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bill Spiers	3	0	0	0	1	1
Thomas Howard	3	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Eusebio	3	0	1	1	1	0
Tim Bogar	3	1	0	0	0	1
Darryl Kile	2	0	0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Brewers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff D'Amico	5.0	3	1	3
Ron Villone	3.0	2	1	3
Doug Jones	1.0	0	1	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	8.1	5	1	7
Billy Wagner	0.2	0	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Fernando Vina: 63/G6M
Jose Valentin: 7/F7M
Dave Nilsson: 7/F78D

Bot 1

Craig Biggio: 2/BG2R
Chuck Carr: K
Jeff Bagwell: 3/G3

Top 2

Julio Franco: 63/G6M
Jeromy Burnitz: 43/G4MD
Jeff Cirillo: K

Bot 2

Derek Bell: S7/G56/R64
Bill Spiers: K
Thomas Howard: 8/F8LXD/R64
Tony Eusebio: D8/L78XD/R62.1-H
Tim Bogar: 53/G5

Top 3

Mike Matheny: W
Gerald Williams: 54(1)/FO/G5
Jeff D'Amico: 54/SH/BG15S.1-2
Fernando Vina: 9/L9D

Bot 3

Darryl Kile: 2/P2LF
Craig Biggio: 8/F8LM
Chuck Carr: 3/G3

Top 4

Jose Valentin: HR/F9LD
Dave Nilsson: D9/G3L/R5.B-3(E9)
Julio Franco: K
Jeromy Burnitz: 4/P4M
Jeff Cirillo: 7/F7S

Bot 4

Jeff Bagwell: HP
Derek Bell: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Derek Bell: 53/G5
Bill Spiers: 4/P4M
Thomas Howard: K23

Top 5

Mike Matheny: 4/P4D
Gerald Williams: D8/L89M/R6
Jeff D'Amico: 53/G5
Fernando Vina: 7/P6D

Bot 5

Tony Eusebio: W
Tim Bogar: 54(1)/FO/G56
Darryl Kile: 13/SH/BG15S.1-2
Craig Biggio: S7/L7LS/R4.2-H;BX2(74)

Top 6

Jose Valentin: K
Dave Nilsson: 13/G15S
Julio Franco: HP
Jeromy Burnitz: K

Bot 6

Chuck Carr: W
Jeff Bagwell: 9/F9S/R46
Derek Bell: POCS2(136)
Derek Bell: S9/G34/R45
Bill Spiers: 43/G4D

Top 7

Jeff Cirillo: D7/G5L/R65
Jesse Levis: 3/G3
Gerald Williams: WP.2-3
Gerald Williams: 8/SF/F8RM/R2.3-H
Ron Villone: K

Bot 7

Thomas Howard: S8/L78S/R4
Tony Eusebio: 9/F9M/R46
Tim Bogar: K
Darryl Kile: K

Top 8

Fernando Vina: 9/F89S
Jose Valentin: K
Dave Nilsson: 8/F89M

Bot 8

Craig Biggio: K
Chuck Carr: 7/L7D
Jeff Bagwell: 8/F8RS

Top 9

Julio Franco: K
Jeromy Burnitz: D7/L7LS/R65
Jeff Cirillo: HP
Jack Voigt: W.2-3;1-2
Gerald Williams: 8/SF/F8LM/R2.3-H;2-3;1-2
Mark Loretta: WP.3-H;2-3
Mark Loretta: 53/G5

Bot 9

Derek Bell: K
Bill Spiers: W
Thomas Howard: HP.1-2
Tony Eusebio: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M