Houston Astros vs Texas Rangers
June 29, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 29, 2002 at The Ballpark in Arlington. The Houston Astros defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 8, Texas Rangers 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 5 2 2 0
Biggio 2b 3 2 2 1
Berkman cf,lf 4 1 2 3
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 1
Ward dh 4 0 1 0
Hidalgo rf 4 1 2 1
Merced lf 3 0 0 0
  Hunter ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Blum 3b 4 1 3 2
Zaun c 3 0 0 0
  Ausmus c 2 1 1 0
Saarloos p 0 0 0 0
  Puffer p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 8
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Catalanotto 1b 2 2 1 2
  Perry ph 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez I. c 4 0 2 0
Rodriguez A. ss 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez rf 5 0 2 1
Palmeiro dh 2 1 1 1
Mench lf 3 0 0 1
Lamb 3b 4 0 1 0
Ludwick cf 4 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 1 1 0
Burba p 0 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Alvarez p 0 0 0 0
  Telford p 0 0 0 0
  Lewis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Houston 000 012 3208140
Texas 221 000 000591
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Saarloos   2.0 5 5 5 3 2
  Puffer  W (1-1) 4.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Stone   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Dotel   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wagner  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
6
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Burba   6.0 7 3 3 3 3
  Powell  L (1-1) 0.2 3 3 3 1 1
  Alvarez   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Telford   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Lewis   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
6
4

  E–Lamb (6).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Lugo (7,off Burba).  HR–Houston Blum (3,6th inning off Burba 1 on, 2 out); Berkman (25,7th inning off Powell 2 on, 0 out), Texas Catalanotto (2,2nd inning off Saarloos 1 on, 1 out); Palmeiro (17,3rd inning off Saarloos 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Lugo (1,off Telford).  SF–Bagwell (7,off Telford); Mench (2,off Saarloos).  HBP–Biggio (13,by Telford).  IBB–Ward (3,by Telford); Palmeiro (8,by Saarloos).  SB–Catalanotto (7,2nd base off Saarloos/Zaun).  CS–Catalanotto (3,2nd base by Stone/Ausmus).  HBP–Telford (3,Biggio).  IBB–Saarloos (2,Palmeiro); Telford (1,Ward).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:11.  A–44,708.
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