Milwaukee Brewers vs Houston Astros
August 31, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 2006 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 3, Houston Astros 5

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Clark cf 4 1 0 0
Graffanino 2b 4 0 1 1
Cirillo 1b 1 0 0 0
  Fielder 1b 3 1 2 2
Hall ss 4 0 0 0
Hart rf 4 0 2 0
Mench lf 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 0 0
Miller c 2 1 1 0
  Jenkins ph 1 0 0 0
Davis p 3 0 0 0
  Helling p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 2 1 1 1
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 2
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 1
Lane rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 3 0 0 0
Burke lf,2b 4 1 1 0
Everett ss 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 1 2 1
Pettitte p 2 1 1 0
  Huff ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 5 7 5
Milwaukee 002 000 010371
Houston 001 000 40x571
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Davis  L (9-9) 6.2 6 4 4 3 2
  Helling   1.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
5
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  W (13-13) 7.0 5 2 1 1 5
  Wheeler   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Lidge  SV (28) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
1
7

  E–Mench (1), Ensberg (12).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Graffanino-Hall-Fielder, Houston 1. Ensberg-Biggio-Berkman.  2B–Milwaukee Mench (3,off Lidge), Houston Ausmus (14,off Davis); Taveras (17,off Davis)..  HR–Milwaukee Fielder (24,8th inning off Wheeler 0 on 2 out), Houston Biggio (18,7th inning off Helling 1 on 2 out).  IBB–Miller (7,by Pettitte).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Taveras (9,off Davis); Everett (7,off Davis).  Team–4.  SB–Hart (5,2nd base off Pettitte/Ausmus).  U-HP–Travis Reininger, 1B–Tim Timmons, 2B–Derryl Cousins, 3B–Rob Drake.  T–2:47.  A–36,438.
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