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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
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
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123456789RHE
Boston 001000100290
Houston 0100100103100
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
Boston 50-34 31-10 19-24 L2
Houston 39-43 21-18 18-25 W2
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Houston Astros have a 21-18 record at home this season. The Boston Red Sox have a 19-24 record on the road.
  • Houston has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Astros have won 6 of their last 10 games.
  • Boston has a streak of 2 straight up losses. The Red Sox have won 5 of their last 10 games.
  • Doug Brocail pitched 1.2 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 3.05. Jose Valverde closed out the game to get the save and has 21 saves for the season. David Aardsma took the loss for Boston.
  • Geoff Blum had the only homerun for Houston. Dustin Pedroia, Manny Ramirez hit homeruns for Boston.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Boston   Houston
Josh Beckett Player Brian Moehler
Loss W/L Loss
7.0 IP 5.2
4 Strikeouts 5
8 Hits 7
2.57 ERA 1.59
Hitting
Boston   Houston
Manny Ramirez Player Geoff Blum
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 1
1 HR 1
5 TB 5
.500 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 9 2 15 .250 22 10 2 6 2 0
Houston 10 1 14 .303 12 4 3 1 0 0