Major League Baseball
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Houston 3,
Boston 2
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, June 29, 2008
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 42066
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Paul Nauert, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Tom Hallion, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 42066
Final Scoring Summary
Boston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .272 |
| Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .304 |
| J.D. Drew | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
| Manny Ramirez | LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .289 |
| Mike Lowell | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .296 |
| Kevin Youkilis | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .313 |
| Jason Varitek | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .225 |
| Julio Lugo | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .274 |
| Josh Beckett | SP | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Brandon Moss | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .222 |
| David Aardsma | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hideki Okajima | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Dustin Pedroia (8), Manny Ramirez (16) | |||||||||
| TB - Jacoby Ellsbury, Dustin Pedroia 5, Manny Ramirez 5, Mike Lowell, Kevin Youkilis, Julio Lugo 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Dustin Pedroia (37), Manny Ramirez (52) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Dustin Pedroia 2 (45), Kevin Youkilis 2 (25), Jason Varitek (26), Julio Lugo (20) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 13 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Dustin Pedroia (9, 2nd off Moehler/Quintero), Julio Lugo (11, 2nd off Wright/Quintero) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Josh Beckett | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3.65 |
| David Aardsma (L 2-2) | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.92 |
| Hideki Okajima | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.15 |
| WP - Hideki Okajima | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Josh Beckett 111-76, David Aardsma 12-8, Hideki Okajima 13-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Josh Beckett 12-5, David Aardsma 0-1, Hideki Okajima 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Josh Beckett 30, David Aardsma 2, Hideki Okajima 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Hideki Okajima 1-1 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Michael Bourn | CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .232 |
| Hunter Pence | RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .269 |
| Lance Berkman | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .364 |
| Carlos Lee | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .279 |
| Darin Erstad | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Miguel Tejada | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .287 |
| Geoff Blum | 2B-3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
| Ty Wigginton | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .278 |
| Doug Brocail | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Mark Loretta | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Jose Valverde | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Humberto Quintero | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .244 |
| Brian Moehler | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Wesley Wright | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Oscar Villarreal | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| David Newhan | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ty Wigginton (13) | |||||||||
| HR - Geoff Blum (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Hunter Pence 2, Lance Berkman, Carlos Lee, Miguel Tejada, Geoff Blum 5, Ty Wigginton 2, Mark Loretta, Humberto Quintero | |||||||||
| RBI - Lance Berkman (67), Geoff Blum (17), Mark Loretta (20) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Lance Berkman (29), Geoff Blum (6), Mark Loretta (12) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Hunter Pence (37), Carlos Lee (40), Ty Wigginton (17), Humberto Quintero (5) | |||||||||
| S - Brian Moehler (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Moehler | 5.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3.82 |
| Wesley Wright (H 7) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.33 |
| Oscar Villarreal (BS 1) | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.91 |
| Doug Brocail (W 4-3) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.05 |
| Jose Valverde (SV 21) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.35 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Moehler 111-70, Wesley Wright 14-8, Oscar Villarreal 13-7, Doug Brocail 25-16, Jose Valverde 15-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Moehler 5-7, Wesley Wright 0-0, Oscar Villarreal 0-0, Doug Brocail 0-2, Jose Valverde 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Moehler 27, Wesley Wright 3, Oscar Villarreal 3, Doug Brocail 5, Jose Valverde 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Wesley Wright 2-0, Doug Brocail 2-0 | ||||||||