San Diego Padres vs Houston Astros
May 10, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 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."

"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

San Diego Padres 5, Houston Astros 12

San Diego Padres ab   r   h rbi
Gerut rf 5 1 2 1
Eckstein 2b 1 1 0 0
  Rodriguez ss 2 1 1 0
Gonzalez A. 1b 4 1 1 2
Headley lf 4 1 2 2
Hairston cf 4 0 1 0
Kouzmanoff 3b 2 0 0 0
  Perdomo p 0 0 0 0
  Giles ph 1 0 1 0
  Moreno p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
  Blanco ph 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 2 0 0 0
Burke ss,2b 4 0 1 0
Geer p 1 0 0 0
  Gonzalez E. 3b 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 2 1 0
Bourn cf 5 1 1 0
Pence rf 3 3 1 0
Lee lf 4 2 3 4
  Blum 1b 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 2 3 4
Erstad 1b,lf 5 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 4 2
Keppinger 3b 5 0 1 0
Oswalt p 3 1 1 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Arias p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Sampson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 12 16 10
San Diego 000 202 100592
Houston 320 400 03x12161
  San Diego Padres IP H R ER BB SO
Geer  L(0-1) 3.0 7 7 5 3 0
  Perdomo   2.0 4 2 0 1 0
  Moreno   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Sanchez   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lopez   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
16
12
8
4
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W(1-2) 6.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Byrdak   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Arias   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Sampson   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
4

  E–C. Burke 2 (4), Matsui (1).  DP–San Diego 1. Kouzmanoff-Eckstein-A. Gonzalez, Houston 4. Matsui-Tejada-Erstad, Arias-Erstad, Keppinger-Matsui-Erstad, Keppinger-Matsui-Blum.  2B–San Diego Hairston (8,off Oswalt), Houston Lee (10,off Perdomo).  3B–Houston I. Rodriguez (2,off Perdomo); Pence (1,off Lopez).  HR–San Diego Headley (3,4th inning off Oswalt 1 on 1 out); A. Gonzalez (10,6th inning off Oswalt 1 on 0 out); Gerut (4,7th inning off Byrdak 0 on 1 out), Houston Tejada (2,1st inning off Geer 1 on 2 out); Lee (6,8th inning off Lopez 1 on 0 out); I. Rodriguez (4,8th inning off Lopez 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Eckstein (2,by Oswalt); Matsui (1,by Geer).  Team LOB–6.  Team–9.  SB–Matsui (5,2nd base off Geer/Hundley); Bourn (10,2nd base off Perdomo/Hundley); Matsui (5,2nd base off Geer/Hundley); Bourn (10,2nd base off Perdomo/Hundley).  U-HP–Adrian Johnson, 1B–Greg Gibson, 2B–Andy Fletcher, 3B–Ted Barrett.  T–2:57.  A–30,023.
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