Houston Astros vs Philadelphia Phillies
April 17, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 2008 at Citizens Bank Park. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 2, Philadelphia Phillies 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 0 0 0
Loretta 2b 4 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0
Lee lf 4 1 2 1
Tejada ss 4 1 3 1
Blum 3b 4 0 0 0
Erstad rf 4 0 0 0
Quintero c 4 0 2 0
Backe p 1 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Towles ph 1 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taguchi cf,lf 5 1 2 0
Dobbs 3b 5 2 2 0
  Gordon p 0 0 0 0
  Werth cf 0 0 0 0
Utley 2b 5 1 2 2
Howard 1b 4 2 2 2
Burrell lf 4 2 2 2
  Condrey p 0 0 0 0
Jenkins rf 4 1 2 1
Coste c 5 1 4 3
Bruntlett ss 5 0 0 0
Myers p 3 0 0 0
  Feliz 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 16 10
Houston 000 100 001282
Philadelphia 301 202 02x10160
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  L(1-2) 3.0 10 6 5 2 2
  Borkowski   1.0 1 0 0 2 2
  Villarreal   2.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Geary   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Valverde   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
2
2
2
0
1
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Myers  W(2-1) 7.0 5 1 1 1 8
  Gordon   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Condrey   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
0
1

  E–Blum 2 (2).  DP–Houston 1. Loretta-Tejada-Berkman.  2B–Houston Quintero (1,off Myers), Philadelphia Jenkins 2 (4,off Backe,off Valverde); Coste (3,off Backe).  HR–Houston Tejada (3,4th inning off Myers 0 on 1 out); Lee (4,9th inning off Condrey 0 on 0 out), Philadelphia Utley (4,4th inning off Backe 1 on 0 out); Howard (4,6th inning off Villarreal 0 on 0 out); Burrell (6,6th inning off Villarreal 0 on 0 out); Coste (2,8th inning off Valverde 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Jenkins (1,by Borkowski).  Team–10.  SB–Bourn (9,2nd base off Myers/Coste).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Jerry Meals, 2B–Bill Miller, 3B–Paul Emmel.  T–2:45.  A–33,526.
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