Houston Astros vs Colorado Rockies
September 7, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 2008 at Coors Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Colorado Rockies 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 7, Colorado Rockies 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 1 0 0
Loretta 2b 4 1 3 1
  Maysonet pr,2b 1 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Berkman 1b 2 0 0 1
Pence rf 4 1 1 0
Castillo 3b 3 1 3 2
Abercrombie lf 4 1 1 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
  Erstad ph 1 1 1 1
  Quintero c 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Backe ph 1 0 0 0
  Cassel p 1 0 0 0
  Blum ph 0 0 0 1
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Newhan ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Totals 33 7 12 7
Colorado Rockies ab   r   h rbi
Barmes 2b 5 1 3 0
Spilborghs cf 2 0 0 0
  Corpas p 0 0 0 0
  Podsednik ph 1 0 0 0
  Buchholz p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
Holliday lf 5 0 1 2
Atkins 1b 4 1 2 0
Iannetta c 3 1 0 0
Hawpe rf 4 1 2 3
Tulowitzki ss 4 0 0 0
Stewart 3b 3 0 1 0
de la Rosa p 2 1 0 0
  Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Taveras ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Houston 003 001 0217120
Colorado 002 003 000591
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  1 1.0 0 0 0 3 0
  Cassel  4 4.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Sampson  1 2.0 3 3 1 1 1
  Brocail  W (7-5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins  1 0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Valverde  SV (40) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
11
  Colorado Rockies IP H R ER BB SO
de la Rosa  5.1 6.0 4 4 4 3 0
  Rusch  0.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Corpas  1 1.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Buchholz  L (6-5) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Vizcaino  1 2.0 1 1 0 2 0
Totals
10.0
12
7
7
5
5

  E–Taveras (6).  DP–Houston 1. Tejada-Loretta-Berkman, Colorado 1. Tulowitzki-Barmes-Atkins.  2B–Houston Loretta (15,off de la Rosa); Tejada (33,off de la Rosa)., Colorado Holliday (35,off Cassel).  3B–Houston Newhan (2,off Buchholz).  HR–Colorado Hawpe (23,6th inning off Sampson 2 on 0 out).  SH–Tejada (1,off Corpas); Abercrombie (1,off Buchholz).  SF–Berkman (4,off de la Rosa); Castillo (1,off de la Rosa); Blum (6,off Rusch).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Taveras (4,by Sampson).  Team–7.  SB–Abercrombie 2 (2,2nd base off de la Rosa/Iannetta 2); Bourn (37,2nd base off de la Rosa/Iannetta); Pence (9,2nd base off Vizcaino/Iannetta); Barmes (10,2nd base off Rodriguez/Ausmus).  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Marty Foster, 3B–Derryl Cousins.  T–3:08.  A–30,509.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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