Boston Red Sox vs Houston Astros
June 27, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Boston Red Sox 6, Houston Astros 1
Boston Red Sox ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 2 1 0
Pedroia 2b 4 2 3 1
Drew rf 3 1 1 3
Ramirez lf 4 0 0 0
  Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0
  Okajima p 0 0 0 0
  Cora ss 1 0 0 0
Lowell 3b 5 0 1 2
Youkilis 1b 5 0 4 0
Varitek c 3 0 1 0
Lugo ss 4 1 1 0
  Papelbon p 0 0 0 0
Matsuzaka p 2 0 0 0
  Hansen p 0 0 0 0
  Casey ph 1 0 0 0
  Ellsbury lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 0 0 0
Newhan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Abercrombie ph 1 1 1 1
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
Blum 3b 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 0 0 0
Quintero c 3 0 1 0
Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Boston 003 000 102–6120
Houston 000 000 010–140
  Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Matsuzaka  W(9-1) 5.0 2 0 0 3 4
  Hansen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Delcarmen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Okajima   0.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Papelbon  SV(24) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L(0-1) 5.0 5 3 3 3 5
  Sampson   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
  Byrdak   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Villarreal   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Wright   0.1 1 2 2 2 0
  Brocail   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
  E–None.  DP–Houston 2. Tejada-Newhan-Berkman, Loretta-Tejada-Berkman.  2B–Boston Pedroia (23,off Hernandez); Youkilis (21,off Hernandez).  HR–Boston Drew (15,3rd inning off Hernandez 2 on 1 out), Houston Abercrombie (1,8th inning off Okajima 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  Team–6.  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Mike Muchlinski, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–3:22.  A–42,327.
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