Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4,
Houston 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 16038
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Angel Hernandez, 1B - Ed Hickox, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - Mark Carlson
Attendance: 16038
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Washington | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
Washington
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Steve Lombardozzi | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .258 |
| Bryce Harper | CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .251 |
| Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
| Adam LaRoche | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .271 |
| Michael Morse | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .294 |
| Roger Bernadina | LF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .276 |
| Jayson Werth | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .303 |
| Danny Espinosa | SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Kurt Suzuki | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .200 |
| Gio Gonzalez | SP | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .116 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 21 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Steve Lombardozzi (14), Ryan Zimmerman (25), Jayson Werth (6) | |||||||||
| HR - Gio Gonzalez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Steve Lombardozzi 2, Ryan Zimmerman 3, Michael Morse, Jayson Werth 2, Danny Espinosa, Gio Gonzalez 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Gio Gonzalez 2 (4) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Gio Gonzalez 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Bryce Harper 3 (36), Michael Morse (20), Kurt Suzuki 3 (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Michael Morse (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Gio Gonzalez (W 14-6) | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.32 |
| WP - Gio Gonzalez | ||||||||
| HBP - Steve Pearce (by Gonzalez) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Gio Gonzalez 117-74 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Gio Gonzalez 12-4 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Gio Gonzalez 38 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| Matt Downs | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .209 |
| Steve Pearce | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 |
| Justin Maxwell | RF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .253 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .237 |
| Chuckie Fick | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Snyder | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .173 |
| Rhiner Cruz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Carlos Corporan | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 |
| Brandon Barnes | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| Armando Galarraga | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Xavier Cedeno | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Ben Francisco | LF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .273 |
| Brian Bogusevic | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .210 |
| Totals | 34 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Altuve (27) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 3, Matt Downs, Steve Pearce, Justin Maxwell 2, J.D. Martinez, Brandon Barnes, Ben Francisco | |||||||||
| RBI - Justin Maxwell (37), Carlos Corporan (7), Ben Francisco (5) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ben Francisco (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Downs 3 (22), Chris Snyder (25), Carlos Corporan (4) | |||||||||
| SF - Carlos Corporan (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Steve Pearce (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jose Altuve (23, 2nd off Gonzalez/Suzuki) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Matt Downs (6) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Armando Galarraga (L 0-2) | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Xavier Cedeno | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Chuckie Fick | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.87 |
| Rhiner Cruz | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.41 |
| WP - Chuckie Fick | ||||||||
| HBP - Kurt Suzuki (by Galarraga) | ||||||||
| IBB - Danny Espinosa (by Fick) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Armando Galarraga 101-55, Xavier Cedeno 12-8, Chuckie Fick 30-19, Rhiner Cruz 4-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Armando Galarraga 4-3, Xavier Cedeno 1-0, Chuckie Fick 5-0, Rhiner Cruz 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Armando Galarraga 26, Xavier Cedeno 3, Chuckie Fick 10, Rhiner Cruz 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Xavier Cedeno 3-0 | ||||||||