Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Atlanta 9, Houston 7
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 10, 2009
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 26552
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Gary Darling, 2B - Bruce Dreckman, 3B - Paul Emmel
Attendance: 26552
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
Recap Quick Hits
- With this loss, the Houston Astros have a 40-32 record at home this season. The Atlanta Braves have a 37-35 record on the road.
- Houston has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Astros have won 6 of their last 10 games.
- Atlanta has a streak of 1 straight up win. The Braves have won 4 of their last 10 games.
- Derek Lowe pitched 5.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 4.47. Michael Gonzalez closed out the game to get the save and has 10 saves for the season. Roy Oswalt took the loss for Houston.
- Lance Berkman had the only homerun for Houston. Nate McLouth had the only homerun for Atlanta.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Atlanta | Houston | |
| Derek Lowe | Player | Roy Oswalt |
| Win | W/L | Loss |
| 5.2 | IP | 2.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 9 | Hits | 10 |
| 7.94 | ERA | 27.00 |
Hitting
| Atlanta | Houston | |
| Brian McCann | Player | Hunter Pence |
| 4 | Hits | 3 |
| 2 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 5 | TB | 3 |
| .800 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary