Houston Astros vs New York Mets
August 24, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 2008 at Shea Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 6, New York Mets 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Abercrombie cf 4 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Berkman ph 1 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Erstad 1b 5 2 2 1
Tejada ss 5 1 1 0
Wigginton lf 4 0 1 0
Loretta 2b 3 0 0 1
Pence rf 3 2 1 2
Castillo 3b 2 0 0 0
  Blum ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Quintero c 2 0 0 0
  Newhan ph 1 0 1 1
  Ausmus c 1 1 1 1
Wolf p 2 0 0 0
  Bourn ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 8 6
New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Reyes ss 5 0 1 0
Evans lf 5 1 1 0
Wright 3b 4 1 1 0
Beltran cf 3 2 2 3
Delgado 1b 4 0 0 0
Tatis rf 3 0 1 1
Easley 2b 4 0 1 0
Castro c 3 0 0 0
  Murphy ph 1 0 0 0
  Schneider c 0 0 0 0
Perez p 3 0 0 0
  Heilman p 0 0 0 0
  Schoeneweis p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Church ph 1 0 0 0
  Feliciano p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 7 4
Houston 000 300 100 2680
New York 201 010 000 0470
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wolf   6.0 7 4 4 3 4
  Sampson   2.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins  W(2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Valverde  SV(33) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
0
0
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Perez   6.1 4 4 4 1 8
  Heilman   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Schoeneweis   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Ayala   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Feliciano  L(2-4) 0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Sanchez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1. Abercrombie-Loretta.  2B–Houston Wigginton (21,off Perez); Tejada (29,off Perez); Blum (8,off Heilman), New York Wright (37,off Wolf).  HR–Houston Pence (18,4th inning off Perez 1 on 2 out); Ausmus (2,10th inning off Feliciano 0 on 0 out); Erstad (3,10th inning off Feliciano 0 on 2 out), New York Beltran 2 (19,1st inning off Wolf 1 on 2 out,5th inning off Wolf 0 on 2 out).  SF–Loretta (4,off Perez).  Team LOB–3.  IBB–Beltran (11,by Wolf).  Team–5.  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–3:12.  A–49,758.
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