Arizona Diamondbacks vs Houston Astros
August 21, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 2009 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 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)
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Arizona Diamondbacks 0, Houston Astros 1

Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Drew ss 4 0 0 0
Parra cf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds 3b 4 0 1 0
Montero c 4 0 0 0
Tracy 1b 4 0 1 0
  Ryal pr 0 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0
Oeltjen lf 3 0 1 0
Romero rf 3 0 1 0
Petit p 2 0 0 0
  Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0
  Ojeda ph 1 0 0 0
  Rauch p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 4 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 2 0
Lee lf 3 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Blum 3b 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 2 1 0 0
Keppinger 2b 3 0 1 1
Coste c 3 0 1 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 1 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 6 1
Arizona 000 000 000042
Houston 000 010 00x162
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Petit  L(2-8) 6.0 4 1 1 2 4
  Gutierrez   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Rauch   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
1
1
3
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W(7-4) 7.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Hawkins   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Valverde  SV(19) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
0
6

  E–Reynolds (21), Petit (1), Tejada (16), Keppinger (6).  DP–Arizona 2. Reynolds-Roberts-Tracy, Reynolds-Tracy.  2B–Arizona Reynolds (25,off Oswalt), Houston Keppinger (13,off Petit).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Pence (14,2nd base off Petit/Montero); Pence (14,2nd base off Petit/Montero).  U-HP–Lance Barksdale, 1B–Marvin Hudson, 2B–Angel Hernandez, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:20.  A–30,032.
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