Houston Astros vs San Diego Padres
April 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 3, 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."

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Houston Astros 2, San Diego Padres 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Pence rf 4 1 0 0
Loretta 2b 4 0 2 1
Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz, Jr. cf 3 1 1 0
Towles c 3 0 1 1
Chacon p 1 0 0 0
  Blum ph 1 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Hairston cf 3 2 3 0
Iguchi 2b 3 0 1 1
Gonzalez A. 1b 4 0 0 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 1 2 2
McAnulty lf 3 0 1 0
Greene ss 4 0 0 0
Bard c 3 0 0 0
Gerut rf 3 0 0 0
Wolf p 2 0 1 0
  Gonzalez E. p 0 0 0 0
  Crabbe ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Houston 001 000 100260
San Diego 200 000 10x380
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Chacon   6.0 5 2 2 4 4
  Villarreal  L(0-1) 2.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
3
1
1
0
0
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf   6.0 4 1 1 2 5
  Gonzalez  W(1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Bell   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Hoffman  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2. Tejada-Berkman, Berkman-Tejada-Berkman, San Diego 1. Wolf-Greene-A. Gonzalez.  2B–Houston Loretta (1,off Wolf); Towles (1,off Enrique Gonzalez); Lee (1,off Bell), San Diego Hairston (1,off Chacon).  3B–San Diego Hairston (1,off Villarreal).  HR–San Diego Kouzmanoff (1,1st inning off Chacon 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Wigginton (1,2nd base off Wolf/Bard); Berkman (2,2nd base off Wolf/Bard).  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Eric Cooper.  T–2:29.  A–24,432.
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