Houston Astros vs Baltimore Orioles
June 17, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 2008 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Baltimore Orioles 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 5, Baltimore Orioles 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 5 2 2 1
Matsui 2b 4 0 1 3
Tejada ss 3 0 0 0
Berkman dh 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 1 2 1
  Abercrombie pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 0 0 0
Blum 1b 3 0 0 0
  Erstad 1b 0 0 0 0
Wigginton 3b 4 1 1 0
Quintero c 3 1 1 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 0 0
Backe p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 3 1 1 0
Markakis rf 5 2 2 1
Mora 3b 5 0 1 2
Huff dh 4 1 2 2
Millar 1b 5 0 0 0
Scott lf 3 0 1 0
  Payton lf 0 0 0 0
Hernandez c 3 1 2 0
Jones cf 4 1 2 0
Bynum ss 3 0 1 1
Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Albers p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Sherrill p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Houston 100 031 000580
Baltimore 002 100 12x6120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe   5.2 8 3 3 2 1
  Byrdak   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Geary   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Brocail  L(2-2) 0.2 1 2 2 2 1
  Valverde   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
1
1
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Olson   4.2 6 4 4 1 4
  Albers   2.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Johnson  W(2-2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Sherrill  SV(23) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  PB–R. Hernandez (4).  2B–Houston Matsui (11,off Olson), Baltimore R. Hernandez (11,off Backe); Jones (15,off Backe); Huff (19,off Geary); Mora (13,off Valverde).  HR–Houston Lee (15,6th inning off Albers 0 on 0 out), Baltimore Huff (11,3rd inning off Backe 1 on 2 out); Markakis (12,7th inning off Byrdak 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Bynum (2,off Brocail).  IBB–Scott (6,by Brocail); Huff (3,by Valverde).  Team–11.  U-HP–Ed Hickox, 1B–James Hoye, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–3:12.  A–21,535.
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