August 24, 2008 Houston Astros at New York Mets Play by Play and Box Score

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LAA 5
MIN 3 NYY 8
@BAL 7 CHW 6
TBR 5
(10) KCR 7
DET 3 SEA 8
OAK 4 CLE 4
@TEX 3 BOS 6
@TOR 5
(11) FLA 5
@ARI 2 CHC 6
WSN 1 COL 4
CIN 3
(12) MIL 4
PIT 3
(12) HOU 6
@NYM 4
(10) PHI 5
LAD 2
(11) SFG 7
SDP 4 STL 6
ATL 3

Standings at end of play this day

Shea Stadium, Attendance: 49,758

Sunday, August 24, 2008, 1:10pm
Time of Game: 3:12

Astros

66-64

Won 2

4th, 14 GB

Cecil Cooper

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Astros          0  0  0   3  0  0   1  0  0   2    6  8  0
Mets            2  0  1   0  1  0   0  0  0   0    4  7  0

W: L Hawkins (3-1), L: P Feliciano (2-4), S: J Valverde (33)

Mets

72-59

Lost 2

1st

Jerry Manuel

BATTING

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Abercrombie CF              4   0   0   0    0   1  .207  .674   17    3   1   
  C Sampson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .136  .310         0   0   
  L Hawkins P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  L Berkman PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .330 1.031    1    0   0   
  J Valverde P                0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
D Erstad 1B                   5   2   2   1    0   2  .300  .730   18   10   0   HR
M Tejada SS                   5   1   1   0    0   0  .287  .742   18    0   1   2B
T Wigginton LF                4   0   1   0    0   2  .299  .901   20    3   0   2B
M Loretta 2B                  3   0   0   1    0   0  .268  .720   27    3   3   SF
H Pence RF                    3   2   1   2    1   1  .260  .740   23    2   0   HR
J Castillo 3B                 2   0   0   0    0   0  .242  .668    9    2   1   
  G Blum PH-3B                2   0   1   0    0   0  .237  .696    6    1   2   2B
H Quintero C                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .230  .548    6    4   0   
  D Newhan PH                 1   0   1   1    0   0  .218  .623    3    0   0   
  B Ausmus C                  1   1   1   1    0   0  .230  .619    5    0   0   HR
R Wolf P                      2   0   0   0    0   2  .130  .352   11    0   0   
  M Bourn PH-CF               1   0   0   0    1   1  .225  .587   10    2   0   
Totals                       36   6   8   6    2   9              174   30   8

BATTING

2B: T Wigginton (21, off O Perez); G Blum (8, off A Heilman); M Tejada (29, off O Perez).

HR: D Erstad (3, off P Feliciano; 10th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep RF); B Ausmus (2, off P Feliciano; 10th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to Deep LF Line); H Pence (18, off O Perez; 4th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF-CF).

SF: M Loretta (4, off O Perez).

TB: D Erstad 5; H Pence 4; B Ausmus 4; G Blum 2; T Wigginton 2; M Tejada 2; D Newhan.

RBI: H Pence 2 (63); B Ausmus (19); D Erstad (26); D Newhan (4); M Loretta (35).

2-out RBI: H Pence 2; D Erstad.

Team LOB: 3.

With RISP: 2 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 1. R Abercrombie-M Loretta.

New York Mets                AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Reyes SS                    5   0   1   0    0   0  .300  .838   24    2   5   
N Evans LF                    5   1   1   0    0   0  .264  .666   22    2   0   
D Wright 3B                   4   1   1   0    1   0  .293  .910   19    0   2   2B
C Beltran CF                  3   2   2   3    1   0  .270  .834   11    2   0   2·HR,IW
C Delgado 1B                  4   0   0   0    0   0  .258  .823   15   10   1   
F Tatis RF                    3   0   1   1    1   0  .297  .845   11    2   1   
D Easley 2B                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .261  .654   11    1   0   
R Castro C                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .248  .783   15    9   1   
  D Murphy PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .358 1.007    3    0   0   
  B Schneider C               0   0   0   0    0   0  .257  .700         1   0   
O Perez P                     3   0   0   0    0   3  .114  .306   12    0   0   
  A Heilman P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  S Schoeneweis P             0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
  J Smith P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  L Ayala P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  R Church PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .310  .882    5    0   0   
  P Feliciano P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Sanchez P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       36   4   7   4    3   4              148   30  11

BATTING

2B: D Wright (37, off R Wolf).

HR: C Beltran 2 (19, 2 off R Wolf; 1st inn, 1 on, 2 outs to Deep LF; 5th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to Deep LF Line).

IBB: C Beltran (11, by R Wolf).

TB: C Beltran 8; D Wright 2; N Evans; J Reyes; D Easley; F Tatis.

RBI: C Beltran 3 (86); F Tatis (39).

2-out RBI: C Beltran 3; F Tatis.

Team LOB: 5.

With RISP: 0 for 5.

PITCHING

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Wolf                         6     7   4   4    3   4   2   4.86   27  101-61   34·11·16    3· 9· 8· 0     43    -     0.91  -0.17
C Sampson                      2     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.27    6   18-10    8· 0· 2    4· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.31   0.19
L Hawkins, W (3-1)             1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.88    3   10-5     3· 0· 2    1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.89   0.14
J Valverde, S (33)             1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.01    3   17-12    7· 0· 5    2· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.31   0.09
Totals                        10     7   4   4    3   4   2          39  146-88   52·11·25   10·14· 8· 0           -

New York Mets                 IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
O Perez                        6.1   4   4   4    1   8   1   4.00   24  111-73   42·17·14    4· 9· 2· 0     56    -     1.05   0.03
A Heilman, BS (4)              0.1   2   0   0    0   0   0   5.37    2    4-3     2· 1· 0    0· 0· 2· 0          1-1    2.52  -0.17
S Schoeneweis                  0.2   0   0   0    1   0   0   2.94    3   15-9     5· 2· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          1-0    2.30   0.11
J Smith                        0.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.06    2   11-7     5· 0· 2    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    1.23   0.06
L Ayala                        1     0   0   0    0   0   0   5.40    3   16-9     6· 0· 3    2· 0· 1· 0          0-0    1.89   0.14
P Feliciano, L (2-4)           0.2   2   2   2    0   1   2   4.02    4   11-9     4· 1· 4    0· 3· 0· 0          0-0    1.02  -0.41
D Sanchez                      0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.06    1    2-1     1· 0· 0    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.19   0.00
Totals                        10     8   6   6    2   9   3          39  170-111  65·21·25   10·13· 5· 0          2-1

Balks: None.

WP: R Wolf (3); O Perez (8).

IBB: R Wolf (4; C Beltran).

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Sam Holbrook, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Mark Wegner, 3B - Wally Bell.

Time of Game: 3:12.

Attendance: 49,758.

Weather: 80° F, Wind 5mph from Right to Left, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

LINEUPS

   Houston Astros                New York Mets                        
1. R Abercrombie        CF    1. J Reyes              SS 
2. D Erstad             1B    2. N Evans              LF 
3. M Tejada             SS    3. D Wright             3B 
4. T Wigginton          LF    4. C Beltran            CF 
5. M Loretta            2B    5. C Delgado            1B 
6. H Pence              RF    6. F Tatis              RF 
7. J Castillo           3B    7. D Easley             2B 
8. H Quintero           C     8. R Castro             C  
9. R Wolf               P     9. O Perez              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t10   0  4-4  ---  5   34%  84% B Ausmus        P Feliciano     Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   t 4   2  3-1  -2-  1   21%  45% H Pence         O Perez         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Tejada Scores
   b 1   2  0-0  1--  2  -19%  29% C Beltran       R Wolf          Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Wright Scores
   t 7   1  4-3  1--  1   17%  47% G Blum          A Heilman       Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Pence to 3B
   b 5   2  3-3  ---  2  -16%  32% C Beltran       R Wolf          Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Oliver Perez facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  5   48%  R Abercrombie   Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  3   46%  D Erstad        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  2   45%  M Tejada        Foul Popfly: C (1B Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Mets Batting, Tied 0-0, Randy Wolf facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   42%  J Reyes         Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
   OO     1--  2   49%  N Evans         Fly Ball Double Play: CF (Deep LF-CF); Reyes out at 2B/CF-2B
          ---  6   48%  D Wright        Walk
   RR     1--  2   29%  C Beltran       Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Wright Scores
   O      ---  5   30%  C Delgado       Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 2.

Top of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-2, Oliver Perez facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   36%  T Wigginton     Double to LF (Ground Ball)
          -2-      39%  M Loretta       Wild Pitch; Wigginton to 3B
   O      --3  6   34%  " "             Popfly: 2B (Short RF)
   O      --3  6   28%  H Pence         Strikeout Swinging
   O      --3  3   25%  J Castillo      Flyball: RF (Short RF)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 2nd, Mets Batting, Ahead 2-0, Randy Wolf facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  1   26%  F Tatis         Popfly: 3B (Front of Home)
          ---  3   25%  D Easley        Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
          1--      23%  R Castro        Wild Pitch; Easley to 2B
   O      -2-  6   26%  " "             Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
   O      -2-  4   28%  O Perez         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 2.

Top of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-2, Oliver Perez facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   26%  H Quintero      Popfly: SS (Weak SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   24%  R Wolf          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1   23%  R Abercrombie   Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 2.

Bottom of the 3rd, Mets Batting, Ahead 2-0, Randy Wolf facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   25%  J Reyes         Lineout: CF (Deep CF)
          ---  5   23%  N Evans         Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF)
          1--  4   17%  D Wright        Double to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); Evans to 3B
          -23  4   17%  C Beltran       Intentional Walk
   O      123  2   22%  C Delgado       Flyball: RF (Deep 2B-1B)
   R      123  7   14%  F Tatis         Walk; Evans Scores; Wright to 3B; Beltran to 2B
   O      123  4   18%  D Easley        Popfly: 2B (Deep 2B-1B)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Astros 0, Mets 3.

Top of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 0-3, Oliver Perez facing 2-3-4
          ---  4   22%  D Erstad        Single to 2B (Line Drive to 2B-1B)
          1--  5   32%  M Tejada        Double to CF (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Erstad to 3B
   O      -23  4   26%  T Wigginton     Strikeout Swinging
   RO     -23  8   24%  M Loretta       Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly (Deep CF); Erstad Scores
   RR     -2-  1   45%  H Pence         Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Tejada Scores
   O      ---  6   44%  J Castillo      Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Mets Batting, Tied 3-3, Randy Wolf facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  5   47%  R Castro        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   49%  O Perez         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   50%  J Reyes         Flyball: RF (Short CF-RF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 3.

Top of the 5th, Astros Batting, Tied 3-3, Oliver Perez facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  3   47%  H Quintero      Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  6   45%  R Wolf          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  6   43%  R Abercrombie   Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Mets Batting, Tied 3-3, Randy Wolf facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   46%  N Evans         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  1   49%  D Wright        Lineout: LF
   R      ---  2   32%  C Beltran       Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  4   33%  C Delgado       Lineout: 3B (Weak SS)
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4.

Top of the 6th, Astros Batting, Behind 3-4, Oliver Perez facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   30%  D Erstad        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   27%  M Tejada        Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  4   25%  T Wigginton     Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Mets Batting, Ahead 4-3, Randy Wolf facing 6-7-8
          ---  1   22%  F Tatis         Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   25%  D Easley        Popfly: 1B
   O      1--  2   27%  R Castro        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B); Tatis to 2B
   O      -2-  4   30%  O Perez         Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Astros 3, Mets 4.

Top of the 7th, Astros Batting, Behind 3-4, Oliver Perez facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  5   26%  M Loretta       Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
          ---  9   31%  H Pence         Walk
                  Aaron Heilman replaces Oliver Perez pitching and batting 9th; Geoff Blum pinch hits for Jose Castillo batting 7th
          1--  1   47%  G Blum          Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Pence to 3B
                  David Newhan pinch hits for Humberto Quintero batting 8th
   RO     -23  3   47%  D Newhan        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Pence Scores; Blum out at Hm/RF-C; Newhan to 2B/Adv on throw
                  Scott Schoeneweis replaces Aaron Heilman pitching and batting 9th; Michael Bourn pinch hits for Randy Wolf batting 9th
          -2-  7   49%  M Bourn         Walk
   O      12-  5   41%  R Abercrombie   Groundout: P-1B (Front of Home)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Mets Batting, Tied 4-4, Chris Sampson facing 1-2-3
                  Chris Sampson replaces Reggie Abercrombie pitching and batting 1st; Brad Ausmus replaces David Newhan playing C batting 8th; Geoff Blum moves to 3B; Michael Bourn moves to CF
   O      ---  3   45%  J Reyes         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  1   48%  N Evans         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
   O      ---  5   50%  D Wright        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4.

Top of the 8th, Astros Batting, Tied 4-4, Scott Schoeneweis facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  3   45%  D Erstad        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  Joe Smith replaces Scott Schoeneweis pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   42%  M Tejada        Popfly: SS (Deep SS)
   O      ---  6   39%  T Wigginton     Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Mets Batting, Tied 4-4, Chris Sampson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  3   44%  C Beltran       Foul Popfly: 3B (3B Foul)
   O      ---  4   47%  C Delgado       Flyball: LF (Deep LF)
   O      ---  2   50%  F Tatis         Groundout: 3B-1B (Weak 3B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4.

Top of the 9th, Astros Batting, Tied 4-4, Luis Ayala facing 5-6-7
                  Luis Ayala replaces Joe Smith pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   44%  M Loretta       Groundout: SS-1B (Weak SS)
   O      ---  7   40%  H Pence         Lineout: 1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  5   37%  G Blum          Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Mets Batting, Tied 4-4, LaTroy Hawkins facing 7-8-9
                  LaTroy Hawkins replaces Chris Sampson pitching and batting 1st
   O      ---  2   42%  D Easley        Flyball: CF (LF-CF)
                  Daniel Murphy pinch hits for Ramon Castro batting 8th
   O      ---  3   47%  D Murphy        Flyball: LF
                  Ryan Church pinch hits for Luis Ayala batting 9th
   O      ---  5   50%  R Church        Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Mets 4.

Top of the 10th, Astros Batting, Tied 4-4, Pedro Feliciano facing 8-9-1
                  Pedro Feliciano replaces Ryan Church pitching and batting 9th; Brian Schneider replaces Daniel Murphy playing C batting 8th
   R      ---  5   84%  B Ausmus        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
   O      ---  3   82%  M Bourn         Strikeout Swinging
                  Lance Berkman pinch hits for LaTroy Hawkins batting 1st
   O      ---  1   81%  L Berkman       Flyball: RF
   R      ---  2   92%  D Erstad        Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
                  Duaner Sanchez replaces Pedro Feliciano pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   91%  M Tejada        Groundout: SS-1B (Weak 3B)
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 4.

Bottom of the 10th, Mets Batting, Behind 4-6, Jose Valverde facing 1-2-3
                  Jose Valverde replaces Lance Berkman pitching and batting 1st
   O      ---  6   96%  J Reyes         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  8   99%  N Evans         Flyball: CF (Deep CF-RF)
   O      ---  3  100%  D Wright        Groundout: 1B unassisted (2B-1B)
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Mets 4.

Play-by-Play Explanation

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