Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros

50-33, 19-23 Away

Final

38-43, 20-18 Home


BOS
HOU

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	4	0	0	5	0	0	1	10	13	0
0	0	5	0	1	0	2	3	-	11	14	0

Red SoxTop 1st
- B. Backe pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- Pitch
  1
  Strike Looking
  2
  Ball
  3
  Foul Ball
  4
  Ball
  5
  Strike Looking
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AstrosBottom 1st
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- M Bourn stole second.
  0
  0
- 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 2nd
- B. Backe pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AstrosBottom 2nd
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 3rd
- B. Backe pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
AstrosBottom 3rd
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 4th
- B. Backe pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AstrosBottom 4th
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 5th
- B. Backe pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
AstrosBottom 5th
- J. Lester pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 6th
- B. Backe pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- S Casey hit for J Lester.
  4
  6
- G. Geary pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors
AstrosBottom 6th
- D. Aardsma pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- D Newhan hit for G Geary.
  9
  6
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 7th
- T. Byrdak pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AstrosBottom 7th
- D. Aardsma pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- C. Hansen pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- H Pence scored, L Berkman to second on passed ball by J Varitek.
  9
  8
- 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 8th
- T. Byrdak pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- D. Brocail pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
AstrosBottom 8th
- M. Delcarmen pitching for BOS
  BOS
  HOU
- D Erstad hit for H Quintero.
  9
  9
- D Erstad hit for H Quintero.
  9
  9
- B Ausmus hit for D Brocail.
  9
  9
- 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors
Red SoxTop 9th
- J. Valverde pitching for HOU
  BOS
  HOU
- D Erstad in left field.
  9
  11
- B Ausmus catching.
  9
  11
- 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors

Red Sox
10
Astros
11

Game 1

29/6

Daikin Park

12:05 AM, 29 June 2008

Houston, Texas

Attendance: 43,073

Game Time:3:25

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
First Base Umpire - Brian O'Nora
Second Base Umpire - Tom Hallion
Third Base Umpire - Jerry Crawford

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Toronto	94	68	.580	-	W4
New York	94	68	.580	-	W8
Boston	89	73	.549	5	W1
Tampa Bay	77	85	.475	17	L4
Baltimore	75	87	.463	19	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Boston Red Sox @ Houston Astros

D. Brocail3-3

M. Delcarmen0-2

J. Valverde20

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Pitch
1 Strike Looking
2 Ball
3 Foul Ball
4 Ball
5 Strike Looking