Arizona Diamondbacks vs Houston Astros
May 18, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 2005 at Minute Maid Park. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Arizona Diamondbacks 7, Houston Astros 6

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Cintron 2b 5 0 2 2
Clayton ss 4 0 1 1
Gonzalez lf 5 2 2 0
Glaus 3b 5 2 3 2
Cruz, Jr. rf 4 0 1 1
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
  Bruney p 0 0 0 0
Tracy 1b 4 1 1 0
Terrero cf 4 1 1 1
Snyder c 3 1 1 0
Ortiz p 3 0 1 0
  Cormier p 0 0 0 0
  Green ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 7 14 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 4 0 1 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
Palmeiro rf 5 0 3 0
Biggio 2b 4 2 3 1
Berkman lf 4 0 1 1
  Bruntlett pr 0 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 4 0 0 0
Lamb 1b 2 2 0 0
Everett ss 5 1 2 0
Ausmus c 4 0 2 2
Pettitte p 1 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Self ph 1 1 1 2
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Burns p 0 0 0 0
  Lane ph 1 0 0 0
  Astacio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 13 6
Arizona 001 420 0007141
Houston 010 003 1016130
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Ortiz  W (4-2) 5.1 9 4 4 3 0
  Cormier   1.2 3 1 1 0 1
  Valverde   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bruney  SV (3) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  L (2-5) 5.0 11 7 7 1 4
  Harville   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Qualls   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Burns   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Astacio   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
1
7

  E–Glaus (4).  DP–Arizona 2. Tracy, Cintron-Tracy, Houston 2. Palmeiro-Lamb-Everett, Lamb-Everett-Lamb.  2B–Arizona Clayton (8,off Pettitte); Cintron (6,off Pettitte); Glaus (13,off Pettitte); S. Green (7,off Burns), Houston Palmeiro (4,off Ortiz); Everett (12,off Ortiz); Taveras (3,off Cormier); Biggio (13,off Cormier).  HR–Arizona Glaus (12,4th inning off Pettitte 1 on 0 out), Houston Self (1,6th inning off Ortiz 1 on 1 out); Biggio (8,9th inning off Bruney 0 on 2 out).  SF–Clayton (1,off Pettitte).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Pettitte (4,off Ortiz).  HBP–Biggio (5,by Ortiz).  Team–10.  CS–Ensberg (4,2nd base by Ortiz/Snyder).  U-HP–Bob Davidson, 1B–Rob Drake, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–3:03.  A–27,790.
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