Colorado Rockies vs Houston Astros
April 18, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Colorado Rockies 11, Houston Astros 5

Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Podsednik lf 3 1 0 0
Taveras cf 5 1 1 0
Spilborghs rf 4 3 2 0
Atkins 3b 5 2 2 3
Tulowitzki ss 5 2 2 3
Baker 1b 5 1 1 2
Barmes 2b 5 1 3 1
Iannetta c 4 0 1 2
Morales p 3 0 0 0
  Herges p 1 0 0 0
  Bowie p 0 0 0 0
  Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 12 11
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 5 1 1 0
Matsui 2b 3 1 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 1 1
Lee lf 5 0 0 1
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 2 3 1
Loretta 3b 3 0 1 1
Towles c 3 0 1 1
Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Moehler p 2 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz, Jr. ph 1 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Colorado 600 300 02011120
Houston 400 000 010571
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Morales  W(1-1) 5.0 5 4 4 4 2
  Herges   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Bowie   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Buchholz   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Sampson  L(0-2) 0.2 6 6 6 2 1
  Moehler   3.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Borkowski   2.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Geary   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Wright   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2

  E–Matsui (1).  2B–Colorado Tulowitzki 2 (6,off Sampson,off Moehler); Iannetta (3,off Sampson); Barmes 2 (4,off Moehler 2), Houston Berkman (8,off Morales); Pence (4,off Morales); Loretta (3,off Bowie).  HR–Colorado Atkins (2,8th inning off Wright 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Iannetta (1,by Geary).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  U-HP–Chad Fairchild, 1B–Rick Reed, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Mark Wegner.  T–3:15.  A–34,272.
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