Arizona Diamondbacks vs Houston Astros
August 15, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. 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

Arizona Diamondbacks 12, Houston Astros 2

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Drew ss 4 2 2 0
  Ojeda ss 1 0 0 0
Young cf 6 1 2 2
Jackson lf 5 1 1 1
  Salazar lf 0 0 0 0
Dunn rf 4 1 1 0
Reynolds 3b 3 2 1 1
Clark 1b 3 2 3 1
Snyder c 4 1 2 4
Burke 2b 5 2 2 3
Webb p 4 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 12 14 12
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Erstad cf 4 0 1 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Wigginton lf 4 2 3 1
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 1
Blum 3b 3 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 0 0 0
Newhan 2b 2 0 0 0
Quintero c 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Sampson p 1 0 0 0
  Abercrombie ph 1 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Bourn ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Arizona 301 112 13012140
Houston 100 001 000250
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Webb  W(18-4) 8.0 4 2 2 1 6
  Cruz   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L(7-5) 2.1 3 4 4 6 4
  Sampson   2.2 5 2 2 2 2
  Byrdak   3.0 6 6 6 0 5
  Wright   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–None.  DP–Arizona 2. Webb-Drew-Clark, Ojeda-Burke-Clark.  2B–Arizona Drew 2 (32,off Rodriguez,off Sampson); Dunn (16,off Sampson); Clark (5,off Byrdak); Reynolds (22,off Byrdak), Houston Berkman (37,off Webb).  HR–Arizona Snyder (12,6th inning off Byrdak 1 on 2 out); Young (16,7th inning off Byrdak 0 on 2 out); Burke (2,8th inning off Byrdak 2 on 2 out), Houston Wigginton (14,6th inning off Webb 0 on 1 out).  SH–Webb (8,off Sampson).  IBB–Clark (1,by Sampson); Drew (4,by Sampson).  Team LOB–9.  Team–2.  CS–Young (5,3rd base by Sampson/Quintero).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Mike DiMuro, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Delfin Colon.  T–2:45.  A–36,035.
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