Houston Astros vs Arizona Diamondbacks
August 30, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 2009 at Chase Field. The Arizona Diamondbacks 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 3, Arizona Diamondbacks 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 3 2 2 0
Keppinger 3b,ss 4 0 1 1
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 2
Lee lf 4 0 1 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 0 1 0
Matsui 2b 3 0 0 0
Maysonet ss 2 0 0 0
  Blum ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Quintero c 2 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Coste c 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 2 0 0 0
  Gervacio p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Fulchino p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Roberts lf,2b 2 0 1 1
Drew ss 4 0 0 0
Upton rf 4 1 1 2
Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0
Ryal 2b 3 0 1 0
  Romero lf 1 0 0 0
Young cf 3 0 0 0
Allen 1b 4 1 1 0
Hester c 3 2 2 1
Haren p 1 0 1 0
  Gutierrez p 0 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Houston 100 000 020370
Arizona 001 001 20x470
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L(12-9) 6.0 7 4 4 3 7
  Gervacio   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Byrdak   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Fulchino   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Valverde   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
4
10
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Haren  W(13-8) 7.0 6 3 3 2 7
  Gutierrez   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Qualls  SV(24) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
8

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1. Ryal-Allen, Arizona 1. Ryal-Allen.  2B–Arizona Allen (3,off W. Rodriguez); Hester (1,off W. Rodriguez).  HR–Arizona Upton (22,6th inning off W. Rodriguez 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Blum (6,by Qualls).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Haren (9,off W. Rodriguez).  Team–6.  SB–Bourn 2 (48,2nd base off Haren/Hester,2nd base off Gutierrez/Hester); Lee (4,2nd base off Qualls/Hester).  CS–Roberts (3,2nd base by W. Rodriguez/Quintero).  U-HP–Mike DiMuro, 1B–Dale Scott, 2B–Mike Muchlinski, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:42.  A–29,062.
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