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Diamondbacks
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
August 17, 2008
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Arizona Diamondbacks, played on August 17, 2008 at Minute Maid Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 17, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Arizona Diamondbacks
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 17, 2008 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Arizona Diamondbacks |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Randy Johnson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Roy Oswalt |
| Ballpark | Minute Maid Park |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 42,619 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Mike Everitt 1B: Delfin Colon 2B: Tim McClelland 3B: Mike DiMuro |
Arizona Diamondbacks Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stephen Drew | Shortstop |
| Chris Young | Center Fielder |
| Chad Tracy | First Baseman |
| Adam Dunn | Left Fielder |
| Mark Reynolds | Third Baseman |
| Alex Romero | Right Fielder |
| Chris Snyder | Catcher |
| Chris Burke | Second Baseman |
| Randy Johnson | Pitcher |
| Bob Melvin | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Darin Erstad | Center Fielder |
| Mark Loretta | Second Baseman |
| Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
| Lance Berkman | First Baseman |
| Ty Wigginton | Left Fielder |
| Geoff Blum | Third Baseman |
| Hunter Pence | Right Fielder |
| Brad Ausmus | Catcher |
| Roy Oswalt | Pitcher |
| Cecil Cooper | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Diamondbacks
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
August 17, 2008
Top 1
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Oswalt
Drew takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Oswalt
Young strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Tracy vs. Oswalt
Tracy hits a line drive towards first. Berkman catches it and steps on first to double up Drew. View Play
Bottom 1
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erstad vs. Johnson
Erstad hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Loretta vs. Johnson
Loretta takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Johnson
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Loretta moves to second. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Berkman vs. Johnson
Berkman hits a line drive into left field. Dunn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Wigginton vs. Johnson
Wigginton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Johnson
Blum hits a popup, foul, towards first. Tracy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dunn vs. Oswalt
Dunn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Oswalt
Reynolds strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Oswalt
Romero strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Johnson
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Johnson
Ausmus is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Oswalt vs. Johnson
Oswalt bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Erstad vs. Johnson
Erstad hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ausmus moves to second. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Loretta vs. Johnson
Loretta hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Burke settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Oswalt
Snyder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Burke vs. Oswalt
Burke hits a popup, foul, towards third. Blum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Oswalt
Johnson bunts towards the mound. Oswalt fields it and throws to first for the out. Snyder moves to second. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Drew vs. Oswalt
Drew hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. There goes Snyder trying to get to home. Pence throws the ball in to Ausmus who tags Snyder who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Johnson
Tejada hits a line drive off the glove of Drew, and into shallow left field. Tejada reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Berkman vs. Johnson
Berkman strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wigginton vs. Johnson
Wigginton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Tejada moves to third. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Blum vs. Johnson
Blum strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Oswalt
Young hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Loretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tracy vs. Oswalt
Tracy hits a line drive towards short. Tejada reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dunn vs. Oswalt
Dunn hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Johnson
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reynolds fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Johnson
Ausmus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Oswalt vs. Johnson
Oswalt bunts in front of the plate. Snyder fields it and throws to first for the out. Ausmus moves to second. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Erstad vs. Johnson
Erstad hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Burke scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Oswalt
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Oswalt
Romero strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Oswalt
Snyder strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Loretta vs. Johnson
Loretta hits a popup towards short. Drew settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Johnson
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Johnson
Berkman hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Wigginton vs. Johnson
Wigginton hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Berkman moves to second. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Blum vs. Johnson
Blum hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Dunn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Oswalt
Burke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Loretta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Oswalt
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Oswalt
Drew strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Johnson
Pence strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Johnson
Ausmus strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Oswalt vs. Johnson
Oswalt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Oswalt
Young strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tracy vs. Oswalt
Tracy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops it up and throws to first, with Oswalt covering, for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Dunn vs. Oswalt
Dunn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Erstad vs. Johnson
Erstad hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Loretta vs. Johnson
Loretta hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Johnson
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 8
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Oswalt
Reynolds hits a fly ball into center field. Erstad settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romero vs. Oswalt
Romero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Oswalt
Snyder strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Qualls
Chad Qualls now pitching.
Berkman hits a fly ball into center field. Young settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Wigginton vs. Qualls
Wigginton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Drew fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Qualls
Blum strikes out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Pence vs. Qualls
There's a wild pitch. Wigginton moves to second. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Pence vs. Qualls
Pence hits a fly ball into left field. Dunn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Burke vs. Valverde
Darin Erstad now playing left field. Ty Wigginton now playing third base. Jose Valverde now pitching. Michael Bourn now playing center field.
Burke hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montero vs. Valverde
Miguel Montero pinch hits for Chad Qualls.
Montero hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Drew vs. Valverde
Drew hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Valverde
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Drew moves to second. View Play -
Diamondbacks, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Valverde
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Erstad settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/17/2008 -- Arizona at Houston (D)
Arizona AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Drew S, ss 3 0 2 0 Erstad D, cf-lf 4 0 1 0
Young C, cf 4 0 0 0 Loretta M, 2b 3 1 1 0
Tracy C, 1b 3 0 0 0 Tejada M, ss 4 1 2 0
Dunn A, lf 3 0 0 0 Berkman L, 1b 4 0 1 0
Reynolds M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Wigginton T, lf-3b 4 1 3 3
Romero A, rf 3 0 0 0 Blum G, 3b 4 0 0 0
Snyder C, c 2 0 0 0 Valverde J, p 0 0 0 0
Burke C, 2b 3 0 0 0 Pence H, rf 4 0 0 0
Johnson R, p 1 0 0 0 Ausmus B, c 2 0 1 0
Qualls C, p 0 0 0 0 Oswalt R, p 2 0 0 0
Montero M, ph 1 0 0 0 Bourn M, cf 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
26 0 2 0 31 3 9 3
Arizona 000 000 000 -- 0
Houston 300 000 00x -- 3
Arizona IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson R (L) 7.0 8 3 3 1 5
Qualls C 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt R (W) 8.0 1 0 0 2 10
Valverde J (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
DP -- Arizona 1, Houston 1
LOB -- Arizona 2, Houston 7
2B -- Tejada M
HR -- Wigginton T
SH -- Johnson R, Oswalt R
HBP -- by Johnson R (Ausmus B)
WP -- Qualls C
T -- 2:14
A -- 42619
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