Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals
September 21, 2010 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 2010 at Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals 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 4, Washington Nationals 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourgeois cf 4 1 2 0
Keppinger 2b 3 1 1 1
Pence rf 1 0 0 0
  Bogusevic rf 2 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
  Wallace 1b 0 0 0 0
Michaels lf 4 1 1 2
Johnson 3b 4 1 3 1
Manzella ss 4 0 0 0
Castro c 3 0 0 0
Happ p 2 0 0 0
  Melancon p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez ph 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Paulino p 0 0 0 0
  Lindstrom p 0 0 0 0
  Villar p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Espinosa 2b 4 1 0 0
Desmond ss 5 1 1 1
Dunn 1b 3 1 1 1
  Storen p 0 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 5 0 2 1
Morse rf 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez c 4 1 2 2
Bernadina lf 4 2 2 0
Maxwell cf 3 1 1 1
Lannan p 1 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Clippard p 0 0 0 0
  Kennedy ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Totals 35 8 11 7
Houston 300 000 001470
Washington 000 000 17x8110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Happ   6.0 3 0 0 3 6
  Melancon   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Byrdak   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Paulino  L(1-9) 0.2 3 5 5 2 1
  Lindstrom   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Villar   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
6
9
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Lannan   7.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Clippard  W(10-6) 1.0 0 0 0 2 2
  Storen   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Burnett   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
6

  E–None.  DP–Washington 1. Espinosa-Dunn.  2B–Houston Johnson (22,off Lannan), Washington Zimmerman (31,off Happ); Bernadina (18,off Melancon); Maxwell (4,off Melancon).  HR–Houston Michaels (8,1st inning off Lannan 1 on 2 out); Johnson (11,9th inning off Storen 0 on 1 out), Washington Rodriguez (4,8th inning off Paulino 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Bernadina (16,2nd base off Paulino/Castro).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–Tony Randazzo, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:13.  A–11,893.
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