Houston Astros vs New York Mets
August 22, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 2008 at Shea Stadium. The New York Mets defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Houston Astros 0, New York Mets 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Wigginton lf 4 0 2 0
Loretta 2b 3 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 0
Blum 3b 4 0 1 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Erstad cf 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
  Bourn ph 1 0 0 0
Oswalt p 3 0 0 0
  Newhan ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 8 0
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes J. ss 4 1 1 0
Reyes A. 2b 2 0 0 0
Wright 3b 3 0 1 1
Delgado 1b 3 0 0 0
Beltran cf 3 0 0 0
Murphy lf 3 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
Church rf 3 1 1 0
Schneider c 3 1 1 2
Santana p 2 0 0 0
  Chavez lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 3
Houston 000 000 000–080
New York 120 000 00x–340
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  L(11-9) 8.0 4 3 3 0 6
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
0
6
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Santana  W(12-7) 7.0 8 0 0 1 5
  Heilman   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ayala  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
2
  E–None.  2B–Houston Erstad (15,off Santana); Tejada (28,off Santana).  HR–New York Schneider (5,2nd inning off Oswalt 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–A. Reyes (4,off Oswalt).  Team–1.  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Chad Fairchild.  T–2:18.  A–52,008.
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