Houston 9, San Diego 6
Preview - Box Score - Recap

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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 9 11 0
San Diego 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 6 15 1
WP: J. Valverde (1-0)
LP: T. Hoffman (0-1)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Houston
- C. Lee safe at first on third baseman K. Kouzmanoff's throwing error, L. Berkman scored
Top 2nd: Houston
- G. Blum homered to deep right
- T. Wigginton homered to deep left
Bot 2nd: San Diego
- S. Hairston homered to deep left center
- B. Giles singled to center, M. Barrett scored, J. Huber to second
Bot 3rd: San Diego
- A. Gonzalez homered to deep right center, K. Kouzmanoff scored
Top 6th: Houston
- C. Lee homered to deep center
Bot 6th: San Diego
- B. Giles singled to left, M. Barrett scored
Top 8th: Houston
- M. Tejada hit sacrifice fly to left center, L. Berkman scored
Bot 8th: San Diego
- B. Giles hit sacrifice fly to center, M. Barrett scored
Top 9th: Houston
- H. Pence singled to right, J. Cruz Jr. scored, M. Bourn to third
- L. Berkman homered to deep center, M. Bourn and H. Pence scored
 Houston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
M. Bourn cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 .182
H. Pence rf 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 .286
L. Berkman 1b 5 3 3 3 0 0 1 .333
C. Lee lf 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 .154
    B. Ausmus 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
M. Tejada ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 .273
G. Blum 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 .400
    J. Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
T. Wigginton 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .182
J.R. Towles c 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .143
W. Rodriguez p 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
    D. Borkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    M. Loretta ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143
    G. Geary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    T. Perez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Cruz Jr. ph-lf 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
 Totals 38 9 11 8 1 5 10  
 Batting
2B - H Pence (1, G Maddux); L Berkman 2 (3, J Thatcher, G Maddux).
HR - G Blum (1, 2nd inning off G Maddux 0 on, 0 Out), T Wigginton (1, 2nd inning off G Maddux 0 on, 0 Out), C Lee (1, 6th inning off G Maddux 0 on, 0 Out), L Berkman (1, 9th inning off T Hoffman 2 on, 2 Out).
SF - M Tejada.
RBI - G Blum (1), T Wigginton (1), C Lee (1), M Tejada (1), H Pence (1), L Berkman 3 (3).
2-out RBI - H Pence, L Berkman 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Tejada 1, W Rodriguez 1.
Team LOB - 4.
 Base Running
SB - L Berkman (1, 3rd base off C Meredith/M Barrett).
 
 Fielding
DP - 1 (M Tejada-L Berkman).
 San Diego
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
B. Giles rf 4 0 3 3 0 0 1 .250
T. Iguchi 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .385
K. Kouzmanoff 3b 5 1 1 0 0 1 2 .231
A. Gonzalez 1b 5 1 2 2 0 2 1 .286
S. Hairston cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 .250
K. Greene ss 5 0 1 0 0 3 2 .462
M. Barrett c 3 3 2 0 1 0 1 .667
J. Huber lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500
    P. McAnulty ph-lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500
G. Maddux p 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
    T. Clark ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500
    J. Thatcher p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    C. Meredith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Gerut ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
    T. Hoffman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    E. Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 40 6 15 6 1 10 17  
 Batting
2B - A Gonzalez (1, W Rodriguez).
HR - S Hairston (2, 2nd inning off W Rodriguez 0 on, 0 Out), A Gonzalez (1, 3rd inning off W Rodriguez 1 on, 0 Out).
SF - B Giles.
RBI - S Hairston (3), B Giles 3 (3), A Gonzalez 2 (3).
2-out RBI - B Giles 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - A Gonzalez 1, K Greene 1, K Kouzmanoff 1, T Iguchi 2.
GIDP - T Clark.
Team LOB - 9.
 Base Running
SB - J Gerut (1, 2nd base off J Valverde/J Towles).
 
 Fielding
E - K Kouzmanoff (1, throw).
 Houston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
W. Rodriguez 5.0 8 4 4 1 6 2 7.20
D. Borkowski 1.0 4 1 1 0 0 0 5.40
G. Geary 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
J. Valverde (W, 1-0) 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 4.50
 San Diego
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
G. Maddux 6.0 6 4 3 0 3 3 4.50
J. Thatcher (H, 2) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 5.40
C. Meredith (BS, 1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
T. Hoffman (L, 0-1; BS, 1) 0.2 3 4 4 1 0 1 21.60
E. Gonzalez 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Pitches-strikes - W Rodriguez 93-60; D Borkowski 20-14; G Geary 14-11; J Valverde 30-22; G Maddux 84-59; J Thatcher 19-16; C Meredith 9-6; T Hoffman 20-12; En Gonzalez 3-2.
Ground balls-fly balls - W Rodriguez 3-6; D Borkowski 2-1; G Geary 0-1; J Valverde 1-3; G Maddux 12-3; J Thatcher 1-0; C Meredith 1-2; T Hoffman 1-1; En Gonzalez 1-0.
Batters faced - W Rodriguez 24; D Borkowski 6; G Geary 3; J Valverde 9; G Maddux 25; J Thatcher 5; C Meredith 3; T Hoffman 6; En Gonzalez 1.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Eric Cooper. 1B--Marty Foster. 2B--Derryl Cousins. 3B--Angel Hernandez.
Time: 2:53.
Attendance: 18,714.
Weather: 63 degrees, clear.
Wind: 9 mph, out to right.
Game Notes
THE HOME RUNS BY HOUSTON'S GEOFF BLUM AND TY WIGGINTON IN THE SECOND INNING WERE HIT BACK-TO-BACK.

Updated on Thursday, Apr 3, 2008 2:49 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Houston
L. Berkman Lance Berkman
3-5, 1 HR
3 RBI
 San Diego
B. Giles Brian Giles
3-4
3 RBI