Arizona Diamondbacks vs Houston Astros
August 17, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 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)
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Arizona Diamondbacks 0, Houston Astros 3

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Drew ss 3 0 2 0
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Tracy 1b 3 0 0 0
Dunn lf 3 0 0 0
Reynolds 3b 3 0 0 0
Romero rf 3 0 0 0
Snyder c 2 0 0 0
Burke 2b 3 0 0 0
Johnson p 1 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Montero ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 2 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Erstad cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Loretta 2b 3 1 1 0
Tejada ss 4 1 2 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 0
Wigginton lf,3b 4 1 3 3
Blum 3b 4 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 2 0 1 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Bourn cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Arizona 000 000 000020
Houston 300 000 00x390
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L(10-9) 7.0 8 3 3 1 5
  Qualls   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
1
0
0
0
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W(11-8) 8.0 1 0 0 2 10
  Valverde  SV(31) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Arizona 1. Drew-Burke-Tracy, Houston 1. Berkman.  2B–Houston Tejada (27,off Johnson).  HR–Houston Wigginton (15,1st inning off Johnson 2 on 2 out).  SH–Johnson (5,off Oswalt); Oswalt (3,off Johnson).  Team LOB–2.  HBP–Ausmus (1,by Johnson).  Team–7.  U-HP–Mike Everitt, 1B–Delfin Colon, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Mike DiMuro.  T–2:14.  A–42,619.
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