Boston 6, Houston 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, June 27, 2008
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Tom Hallion, 1B -
Jerry Crawford, 2B -
Mike Muchlinski, 3B -
Paul Nauert
Attendance:
42327
Final Scoring Summary
Team Records
| Team |
W/L |
Home |
Away |
Streak |
| Boston
|
50-32 |
31-10 |
19-22 |
W3 |
| Houston
|
37-43 |
19-18 |
18-25 |
L1 |
Recap Quick Hits
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With this loss, the Houston Astros have a 19-18 record at home this season. The Boston Red Sox have a 19-22 record on the road.
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Houston has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Astros have won 4 of their last 10 games.
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Boston has a streak of 3 straight up wins. The Red Sox have won 6 of their last 10 games.
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Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched 5.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.21. Jonathan Papelbon closed out the game to get the save and has 24 saves for the season. Runelvys Hernandez took the loss for Houston.
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Reggie Abercrombie had the only homerun for Houston. J.D. Drew had the only homerun for Boston.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Boston |
|
Houston |
|
Daisuke Matsuzaka
|
Player |
Runelvys Hernandez |
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
5.0 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
2 |
Hits |
5 |
|
0.00 |
ERA |
5.40 |
Hitting
| Boston |
|
Houston |
|
Kevin Youkilis
| Player |
Reggie Abercrombie |
|
4 |
Hits |
1 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
5 |
TB |
4 |
|
.800 |
Avg |
1.000 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Boston
|
12 |
1 |
17 |
.324 |
24 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
| Houston
|
4 |
1 |
7 |
.129 |
11 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |