Houston Astros vs Arizona Diamondbacks
April 30, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 30, 2008 at Chase Field. The Arizona Diamondbacks 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

Houston Astros 7, Arizona Diamondbacks 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Pence rf 5 1 2 1
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Matsui 2b 3 0 1 1
Tejada ss 5 1 2 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 1 2
Lee lf 4 1 1 3
Cruz, Jr. cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Loretta 3b 4 0 0 0
  Towles c 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 1 3 0
  Bourn pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Chacon p 2 1 1 0
  Erstad ph 0 1 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 2 2 1
Byrnes lf 5 0 1 1
Hudson 2b 4 1 1 1
Jackson 1b 4 1 2 1
Upton rf 4 0 1 1
Drew ss 4 1 1 0
Burke 3b 3 1 0 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
Montero c 4 1 3 0
  Ojeda pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Salazar ph 1 0 1 1
  Medders p 0 0 0 0
  Owings ph 1 1 1 2
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Houston 420 001 0007110
Arizona 201 203 00x8131
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Chacon   5.0 7 5 5 1 7
  Wright   0.2 1 1 1 0 1
  Borkowski  L(0-2) 0.1 3 2 2 0 1
  Geary   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Byrdak   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Brocail   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   4.0 9 6 6 0 2
  Medders  W(1-0) 2.0 0 1 0 2 1
  Qualls   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Pena   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Lyon  SV(9) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
1

  E–Drew (2).  2B–Houston Ausmus 2 (3,off Johnson 2), Arizona Hudson (6,off Chacon); Upton (6,off Chacon); Salazar (2,off Chacon); Drew (9,off Wright); Young (7,off Borkowski); Montero (2,off Byrdak).  HR–Houston Lee (6,1st inning off Johnson 2 on 1 out), Arizona Jackson (5,3rd inning off Chacon 0 on 2 out); Owings (1,6th inning off Borkowski 1 on 2 out).  SH–Matsui (1,off Johnson).  SF–Matsui (1,off Medders).  Team LOB–8.  Team–6.  U-HP–Wally Bell, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Laz Diaz.  T–3:03.  A–21,519.
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