San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
April 21, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 3, Houston Astros 10

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Giles rf 5 1 2 0
McAnulty lf 3 0 0 0
  Hairston ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez 1b 2 1 1 2
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 1 0
Edmonds cf 3 1 1 1
Greene ss 4 0 0 0
Bard c 4 0 1 0
Iguchi 2b 3 0 1 0
Germano p 1 0 0 0
  Ledezma p 2 0 0 0
  Cameron p 0 0 0 0
  Huber ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 2 1 0
  Erstad cf 1 0 0 0
Matsui 2b 5 2 2 0
Tejada ss 5 3 4 3
Berkman 1b 3 2 1 3
  Perez 3b 1 0 0 0
Lee lf 3 1 1 1
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
Blum 3b,1b 3 0 1 1
Pence rf 4 0 2 1
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Oswalt p 2 0 1 0
  Cruz, Jr. ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 13 9
San Diego 011 001 000380
Houston 520 300 00x10130
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Germano  L(0-2) 3.1 10 10 10 3 1
  Ledezma   3.2 3 0 0 1 2
  Cameron   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W(2-3) 7.0 6 3 3 2 6
  Byrdak   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Villarreal   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1. Blum-Matsui-Berkman.  2B–San Diego Bard (3,off Oswalt); Giles 2 (5,off Oswalt 2); Huber (1,off Villarreal), Houston Pence (5,off Germano); Tejada (6,off Ledezma).  HR–San Diego Edmonds (1,2nd inning off Oswalt 0 on 1 out); A. Gonzalez (3,6th inning off Oswalt 0 on 0 out), Houston Berkman (5,1st inning off Germano 2 on 0 out); Tejada (4,2nd inning off Germano 1 on 0 out).  SF–A. Gonzalez (1,off Oswalt); Blum (1,off Ledezma).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Oswalt (1,off Germano).  IBB–Berkman (1,by Germano).  Team–6.  SB–Bourn 2 (13,2nd base off Germano/Bard,3rd base off Germano/Bard); Tejada (2,2nd base off Germano/Bard).  CS–Pence (2,2nd base by Germano/Bard).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Lance Barksdale, 2B–Doug Eddings, 3B–James Hoye.  T–2:27.  A–28,600.
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