Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
May 2, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 2009 at Turner Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Atlanta Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 5, Atlanta Braves 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 5 0 2 1
Bourn cf 5 0 1 1
Berkman 1b 5 1 2 1
Lee lf 4 1 2 0
  Michaels lf 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 1 0 0
Pence rf 4 1 3 0
Blum 3b 3 0 1 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 2 1
Oswalt p 1 0 0 0
  Paulino p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 0 0 0 1
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Keppinger 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Schafer cf 5 0 2 0
Escobar ss 2 0 0 0
  Parr p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 3 0 0 0
Kotchman 1b 3 0 1 0
  O'Flaherty p 0 0 0 0
  Infante ss 1 0 0 0
Francoeur rf 4 1 1 0
Johnson 2b 3 0 2 0
Ross c 4 0 0 0
Jones B. lf 4 0 1 0
Jurrjens p 0 0 0 0
  Norton ph 0 0 0 0
  Carlyle p 1 0 0 0
  Prado 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 0
Houston 100 300 0015130
Atlanta 010 000 000171
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Paulino  W(1-2) 2.0 3 1 1 2 3
  Byrdak   2.1 2 0 0 2 0
  Sampson   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Brocail   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
6
9
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jurrjens   2.0 4 1 1 0 0
  Carlyle  L(0-1) 3.0 4 3 1 0 2
  O'Flaherty   2.0 3 0 0 0 0
  Parr   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
5
3
0
3

  E–C. Jones (3).  DP–Houston 1. Tejada-Matsui-Berkman, Atlanta 1. Escobar-Johnson-Kotchman.  2B–Houston I. Rodriguez (4,off Parr), Atlanta Francoeur (3,off Paulino); Schafer (6,off Sampson); Johnson (3,off Brocail).  3B–Houston Bourn (3,off Parr).  HR–Houston Berkman (6,1st inning off Jurrjens 0 on 2 out).  SF–Erstad (1,off Carlyle).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  CS–Pence (2,3rd base by O'Flaherty/Ross); Schafer (1,2nd base by Byrdak/I. Rodriguez).  U-HP–Chad Fairchild, 1B–Phil Cuzzi, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Paul Nauert.  T–2:48.  A–28,203.
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