Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
April 1, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 1, 2008 at PetCo Park. The San Diego Padres defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, San Diego Padres 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 0 0 1
Pence rf 5 0 2 0
Berkman 1b 5 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Wigginton 3b 3 0 1 0
Loretta 2b 3 0 0 0
Towles c 3 0 0 0
Backe p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz, Jr. ph 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Giles rf 4 0 0 0
Iguchi 2b 3 0 1 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 3 1 1 0
Gonzalez 1b 4 0 0 0
Hairston cf 3 1 1 2
Greene ss 4 0 3 0
Bard c 4 0 2 0
McAnulty lf 3 0 1 0
Young p 2 0 0 0
  Thatcher p 0 0 0 0
  Meredith p 0 0 0 0
  Gerut ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 9 2
Houston 000 001 000160
San Diego 000 200 00x290
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  L(0-1) 5.0 5 2 2 3 3
  Villarreal   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Brocail   1.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
2
0
0
1
2
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Young  W(1-0) 5.2 5 1 1 5 3
  Thatcher   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Meredith   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Bell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1. Bourn-Tejada.  2B–Houston Berkman (1,off Young), San Diego Greene (1,off Backe).  HR–San Diego Hairston (1,4th inning off Backe 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–McAnulty (1,by Backe).  Team–9.  SB–Bourn (3,2nd base off Young/Bard).  U-HP–Angel Hernandez, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Marty Foster, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–2:49.  A–20,825.
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