New York Mets vs Houston Astros
August 3, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

New York Mets 0, Houston Astros 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes J. ss 4 0 2 0
Beltran cf 5 0 2 0
Wright 3b 2 0 0 0
Delgado 1b 4 0 3 0
Tatis rf 4 0 1 0
Easley 2b 3 0 0 0
Evans lf 4 0 0 0
Cancel c 4 0 1 0
Perez p 2 0 0 0
  Reyes A. ph 1 0 0 0
  Kunz p 0 0 0 0
  Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0
  Muniz p 0 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 9 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0
Lee lf 3 0 1 0
Wigginton 3b 4 2 2 1
Pence rf 3 1 2 1
Erstad cf 3 1 2 1
Quintero c 2 0 1 1
Wolf p 2 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Newhan ph 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 10 4
New York 000 000 000091
Houston 010 300 00x4100
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  L (7-7) 6.0 8 4 4 0 3
  Kunz  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Schoeneweis  0.2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Muniz  0.1 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
1
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf  W (7-10) 5.0 6 0 0 3 7
  Sampson  2 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wright  0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Brocail  1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Valverde  1 0.0 0 0 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
0
0
4
9

  E–Kunz (1).  DP–New York 1. J. Reyes-Easley-Delgado, Houston 1. Wigginton-Matsui-Berkman.  2B–Houston Wigginton (16,off Perez); Pence (24,off Perez); Quintero (3,off Perez)..  HR–Houston Wigginton (10,2nd inning off Perez 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Easley (5,by Wolf).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Quintero (3,off Kunz).  Team–4.  CS–Beltran (3,2nd base by Wolf/Quintero); Cancel (1,3rd base by Wolf/Quintero).  SB–Matsui (18,2nd base off Perez/Cancel).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Bill Welke, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Tim Welke.  T–2:46.  A–38,602.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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