Houston Astros vs Arizona Diamondbacks
April 29, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 29, 2008 at Chase Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 6, Arizona Diamondbacks 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 4 0 1 0
Bourn cf 4 1 1 0
Tejada ss 4 2 2 1
Berkman 1b 4 1 0 0
Lee lf 3 1 1 1
  Pence rf 0 0 0 0
Blum 3b 4 1 1 3
Cruz, Jr. rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Towles c 4 0 1 1
Cassel p 2 0 1 0
  Byrdak p 1 0 0 0
  Villarreal p 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 1 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 9 6
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 0 0
Drew ss 4 0 0 0
Hudson 2b 3 2 2 0
Jackson 1b 4 1 1 3
Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0
Upton rf 4 1 2 0
Salazar lf 3 0 1 0
Snyder c 2 0 0 0
  Burke ph 1 0 0 0
Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
  Scherzer p 2 0 0 0
  Montero ph 1 0 1 1
  Slaten p 0 0 0 0
  Medders p 0 0 0 0
  Byrnes ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Houston 204 000 000690
Arizona 200 100 100470
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Cassel  4.2 4.0 3 3 2 2 1
  Byrdak  0.1 0.0 0 0 1 0 0
  Villarreal  1.1 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Brocail  W (1-0) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
  Valverde  SV (5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
7.2
7
4
4
4
9
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez  L (1-2) 2.2 8 6 6 2 2
  Scherzer  4.1 0.0 0 0 0 7 0
  Slaten  1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Medders  1 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
3.2
9
6
6
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2. Matsui-Tejada-Berkman, Blum-Matsui-Berkman.  2B–Houston Tejada (9,off Gonzalez); Matsui (2,off Gonzalez); Blum (3,off Gonzalez); Towles (3,off Gonzalez)., Arizona Salazar (1,off Valverde).  3B–Arizona Hudson (3,off Cassel).  HR–Arizona Jackson (4,1st inning off Cassel 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–5.  CS–Matsui (1,2nd base by Gonzalez/Snyder).  U-HP–Laz Diaz, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Paul Schrieber.  T–3:00.  A–20,241.
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