Houston 6, Kansas City 2

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(29-38)	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 10 0 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 9 3 WP: R. Oswalt (8-7) LP: D.J. Carrasco (2-2)	(24-44)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Houston

- M. Ensberg hit sacrifice fly to right center, W. Taveras scored, M. Lamb to third

Top 3rd: Houston

- C. Biggio doubled to deep left, W. Taveras scored

Top 7th: Houston

- M. Lamb singled to center, W. Taveras scored, C. Biggio to second

Top 8th: Houston

- C. Burke singled to right, J. Lane scored, B. Ausmus to third

- W. Taveras safe at first on second baseman R. Gotay's fielding error, B. Ausmus and C. Burke scored

Bot 8th: Kansas City

- T. Long singled to center, A. Berroa scored

Bot 9th: Kansas City

- R. Gotay tripled to deep center, S. Costa scored

Houston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
W. Taveras cf	4	3	3	0	1	0	1	.289
C. Biggio 2b	4	0	1	1	0	0	3	.268
M. Lamb dh	4	0	1	1	1	1	2	.212
L. Berkman 1b	3	0	0	0	2	0	2	.246
M. Ensberg 3b	4	0	1	1	0	1	6	.275
J. Lane rf	4	1	1	0	1	1	3	.248
A. Everett ss	5	0	2	0	0	1	2	.241
B. Ausmus c	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.212
C. Burke lf	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.184
Totals	35	6	10	4	6	5	22

Batting 2B - C Biggio (19, D Carrasco). S - C Biggio. SF - M Ensberg. RBI - M Ensberg (41), C Biggio (27), M Lamb (23), C Burke (7). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Lane 1, M Ensberg 3, C Burke 1. GIDP - B Ausmus 2. Team LOB - 10.

Fielding DP - 1 (M Ensberg-C Biggio-L Berkman).

Kansas City
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
A. Berroa ss	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.250
D. DeJesus cf	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.291
J. McEwing ph-3b	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.310
T. Long lf-cf	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.278
M. Stairs 1b-lf	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.255
E. Brown rf	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	.289
S. Costa dh	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.333
T. Graffanino 3b-1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.318
R. Gotay 2b	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	.246
J. Buck c	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.219
Totals	35	2	9	2	1	4	11

Batting 2B - D DeJesus (9, R Oswalt); T Long (13, R Oswalt); A Berroa (12, R Oswalt). 3B - R Gotay (2, R Springer). RBI - T Long (20), R Gotay (23). 2-out RBI - T Long, R Gotay. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Stairs 3, E Brown 1, J Buck 1. GIDP - S Costa. Team LOB - 7.

Fielding E - T Long (1, bobble); T Graffanino (6, throw); R Gotay (5, ground ball). DP - 2 (R Gotay-A Berroa-M Stairs, A Berroa-R Gotay-M Stairs).

Houston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
R. Oswalt (W, 8-7)	8.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	2.72
R. Springer	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	6.56
Kansas City
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
D.J. Carrasco (L, 2-2)	7.0	7	3	3	5	2	0	2.56
J. Affeldt	1.0	2	3	1	1	1	0	3.86
L. Nunez	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	8.20

Pitches-strikes - R Oswalt 108-72; R Springer 28-19; D Carrasco 106-59; J Affeldt 35-18; L Nunez 13-10.

Ground balls-fly balls - R Oswalt 14-6; R Springer 2-1; D Carrasco 12-7; J Affeldt 0-2; L Nunez 0-1.

Batters faced - R Oswalt 31; R Springer 5; D Carrasco 32; J Affeldt 7; L Nunez 4.

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Marty Foster. 1B--Jim Joyce. 2B--Laz Diaz. 3B--Dana Demuth. Time: 2:40. Attendance: 26,523. Weather: 81 degrees, clear. Wind: 9 mph, right to left.

Updated on Sunday, Jun 19, 2005 3:06 am ET