San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
May 9, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 2009 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the San Diego Padres and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Diego Padres 4, Houston Astros 5

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Giles rf 5 0 0 0
Eckstein 2b 5 1 2 2
Hairston cf 4 0 1 0
Gonzalez 1b 4 1 1 0
Headley lf 3 0 1 2
Kouzmanoff 3b 3 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez ss 3 0 1 0
  Gregerson p 0 0 0 0
  Meredith p 0 0 0 0
  Mujica p 0 0 0 0
  Gerut ph 1 0 0 0
Correia p 1 1 1 0
  Burke ss 2 1 2 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 0 0 0
Bourn cf 2 2 1 0
Pence rf 2 2 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 3 2
  Keppinger 3b 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 2 0 1 2
Blum 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Erstad 1b,lf 4 1 1 0
Towles c 3 0 0 0
Moehler p 2 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 5 6 4
San Diego 000 001 0304100
Houston 000 002 12x560
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Correia   6.0 4 2 2 3 4
  Gregerson  L(0-3) 1.0 1 3 3 2 1
  Meredith   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Mujica   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
5
5
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler   7.0 5 1 1 1 6
  Geary   0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  Arias   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wright   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Hawkins  W(1-1) 1.1 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
7

  E–None.  DP–San Diego 1. Moehler-Tejada-Erstad, Houston 1. Moehler-Tejada-Erstad.  2B–San Diego Correia (1,off Moehler); Eckstein (9,off Moehler); C. Burke 2 (4,off Geary,off Hawkins); Headley (6,off Hawkins), Houston Lee (9,off Correia); Erstad (1,off Gregerson).  SH–Correia (5,off Moehler); Towles (1,off Gregerson).  HBP–Kouzmanoff (2,by Hawkins).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Tejada (1,off Correia).  IBB–Blum (3,by Meredith).  Team–6.  SB–Headley 2 (4,2nd base off Moehler/Towles,3rd base off Hawkins/Towles); Kouzmanoff (1,2nd base off Hawkins/Towles); Bourn (9,2nd base off Correia/Hundley).  CS–Bourn (3,2nd base by Correia/Hundley).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Adrian Johnson, 2B–Greg Gibson, 3B–Andy Fletcher.  T–3:08.  A–29,141.
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