Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies
September 5, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 2008 at Coors Field. The Colorado Rockies defeated the Houston Astros 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 3, Colorado Rockies 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 1 0 1
Wigginton 3b 4 0 1 1
Tejada ss 3 0 1 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0
Blum 2b 4 0 1 1
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Erstad lf 4 1 2 0
Quintero c 3 1 0 0
Moehler p 2 0 0 0
  Nieve p 0 0 0 0
  Newhan ph 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Barmes 2b 4 1 1 1
Taveras cf 4 1 1 0
Holliday lf 3 1 1 0
Hawpe rf 3 2 1 1
Atkins 1b 3 0 1 1
Stewart 3b 3 0 1 0
Iannetta c 2 0 0 1
Tulowitzki ss 4 0 1 1
Jimenez p 3 0 0 0
  Corpas p 0 0 0 0
  Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
  Podsednik ph 1 0 0 0
  Fuentes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 5
Houston 000 001 200360
Colorado 000 320 00x571
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  L(10-6) 4.2 6 5 5 3 4
  Nieve   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  Brocail   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Sampson   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
0
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
Jimenez  W(10-12) 6.0 5 3 3 1 6
  Corpas   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Buchholz   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Fuentes  SV(27) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–Jimenez (4).  2B–Houston Pence (31,off Jimenez).  HR–Colorado Barmes (8,5th inning off Moehler 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Tejada (5,by Jimenez); Quintero (3,by Jimenez); Holliday (7,by Moehler).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Atkins (9,off Moehler).  Team–7.  U-HP–Marty Foster, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–2:37.  A–26,163.
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