Houston Astros vs Washington Nationals
April 16, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 2012 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 3, Washington Nationals 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Schafer cf 5 1 1 0
Lowrie ss 4 1 1 0
Martinez lf 4 0 0 0
Lee 1b 4 0 0 0
Buck rf 4 1 2 0
Johnson 3b 4 0 3 3
Castro c 4 0 0 0
Altuve 2b 4 0 2 0
Weiland p 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Maxwell ph 1 0 1 0
  Lyon p 0 0 0 0
  Bogusevic ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Desmond ss 4 2 1 0
Lombardozzi 2b 5 1 4 2
Zimmerman 3b 4 0 2 2
LaRoche 1b 4 0 1 0
Werth rf 4 0 1 0
Nady lf 4 0 1 0
Ankiel cf 4 1 1 0
Ramos c 3 1 1 1
Strasburg p 2 0 1 0
  Bernadina ph 0 1 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Mattheus p 1 0 0 0
  Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 13 5
Houston 000 002 0103101
Washington 001 104 00x6130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Weiland  L(0-2) 5.2 10 6 6 4 2
  Wright   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Lyon   2.0 3 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
3
0
0
1
2
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Strasburg  W(2-0) 6.0 6 2 2 1 5
  Burnett   0.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Mattheus   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Gorzelanny   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Rodriguez  SV(2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
1

  E–Weiland (1).  DP–Houston 1. Altuve-Lowrie-Lee.  2B–Houston Altuve (3,off Burnett); Buck (3,off Mattheus), Washington Desmond (4,off Weiland); Lombardozzi (1,off Weiland); LaRoche (3,off Lyon).  3B–Houston Johnson (1,off Mattheus).  HR–Washington Ramos (1,4th inning off Weiland 0 on 2 out).  SH–Weiland (1,off Strasburg).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Ramos (1,by Lyon).  Team–10.  SB–Johnson (2,2nd base off Strasburg/Ramos).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Bill Welke, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Tim Tschida.  T–3:03.  A–16,245.
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