Atlanta Braves vs Houston Astros
September 28, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves 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

Atlanta Braves 1, Houston Astros 3

Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Anderson cf 4 0 1 0
Prado 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 2 0
Francoeur rf 4 0 0 0
Kotchman 1b 4 0 1 0
Diaz lf 3 0 0 0
  Jones ph 0 0 0 0
Lillibridge ss 3 1 1 0
  McCann ph 1 0 0 0
Miller c 2 0 0 1
  Gotay ph 1 0 1 0
  Tavarez p 0 0 0 0
Hampton p 2 0 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Norton ph 1 0 0 0
  Sammons c 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 3 0 0 0
  Newhan 2b 1 0 1 0
Bourn cf 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 2 0 0 0
  Maysonet ss 2 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 2 0 0 0
  Saccomanno 1b 2 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 0 0 0
Wigginton lf 2 0 1 0
  Abercrombie pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Castillo 3b 3 1 2 0
Ausmus c 2 1 1 2
  Towles c 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 2 0 1 1
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Loretta ph 1 0 1 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Atlanta 000 010 000163
Houston 002 010 00x381
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L(3-4) 6.0 4 3 3 0 5
  Bennett   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tavarez   1.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
3
0
0
0
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  W(9-7) 7.0 4 1 0 0 6
  Hawkins   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Valverde  SV(44) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
0

  E–Lillibridge (6), Miller (3), Hampton (1), Maysonet (1).  DP–Atlanta 1. Lillibridge.  2B–Houston Castillo (29,off Hampton).  HR–Houston Ausmus (3,3rd inning off Hampton 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Abercrombie (2,by Bennett).  Team–4.  SB–Abercrombie (5,2nd base off Hampton/Miller).  CS–Abercrombie (2,2nd base by Bennett/Miller).  U-HP–CB Bucknor, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Ed Rapuano, 3B–Ed Hickox.  T–2:19.  A–37,113.
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