Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
May 1, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 1, 2009 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves 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 2, Atlanta Braves 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 0 1 0
Bourn cf 5 1 3 0
Berkman 1b 5 0 1 1
Lee lf 4 0 2 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 2 1 1 0
Blum 3b 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Hampton p 2 0 1 1
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Fulchino p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Infante 2b 4 1 2 2
Escobar ss 4 1 2 2
Jones C. 3b 3 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 1 2 3
Kotchman 1b 4 0 0 0
Diaz lf 4 1 1 0
Sammons c 4 0 1 0
Schafer cf 3 1 0 0
Lowe p 1 1 0 0
  Moylan p 0 0 0 0
  Jones B. ph 0 1 0 0
  Bennett p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Houston 100 100 0002101
Atlanta 200 040 10x781
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L(1-2) 4.1 5 6 5 2 0
  Geary   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Fulchino   1.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Wright   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
7
6
3
4
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Lowe  W(3-1) 6.2 8 2 2 2 3
  Moylan   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bennett   1.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Gonzalez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
6

  E–Berkman (1), Lowe (1).  DP–Atlanta 1. Kotchman-Escobar-Bennett.  2B–Houston Lee (6,off Lowe), Atlanta Escobar (5,off Hampton).  3B–Houston Bourn (2,off Lowe).  HR–Atlanta Francoeur (3,1st inning off Hampton 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Lowe (3,off Hampton).  IBB–C. Jones (1,by Hampton).  Team–4.  CS–Lee (1,2nd base by Lowe/Sammons).  U-HP–Paul Nauert, 1B–Chad Fairchild, 2B–Phil Cuzzi, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:47.  A–29,309.
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