Astros 7, 
Rockies 5
| W: | D. Brocail (7-5) |
| L: | T. Buchholz (6-5) |
| SV: | J. Valverde (40) |
| Houston Astros | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| M Bourn CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .222 |
| M Loretta 2B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .279 |
| E Maysonet PR-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| L Hawkins P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| J Valverde P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| M Tejada SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .282 |
| L Berkman 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .326 |
| H Pence RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .272 |
| J Castillo 3B | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| R Abercrombie LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .263 |
| B Ausmus C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .218 |
| c-D Erstad PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .287 |
| H Quintero C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
| W Rodriguez P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 |
| a-B Backe PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .277 |
| J Cassel P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| b-G Blum PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| C Sampson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 |
| D Brocail P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| d-D Newhan PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .268 |
| Totals | 33 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
| a-struck out swinging for W Rodriguez in the 2nd b-hit sacrifice fly to left for J Cassel in the 6th c-singled to right center for B Ausmus in the 8th d-tripled to deep center for D Brocail in the 8th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Loretta (15, J De La Rosa); M Tejada (33, J De La Rosa) 3B: D Newhan (2, T Buchholz) RBI: M Loretta (36), L Berkman (95), J Castillo 2 (37), G Blum (49), D Erstad (27), D Newhan (9) S: M Tejada, R Abercrombie SF: G Blum, J Castillo, L Berkman 2-out RBI: J Castillo GIDP: H Pence Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: R Abercrombie 1, H Pence 1, B Backe 1, B Ausmus 2, E Maysonet 1 Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: R Abercrombie 2 (2, 2nd base off J De La Rosa/C Iannetta 2); M Bourn (37, 2nd base off J De La Rosa/C Iannetta); H Pence (9, 2nd base off L Vizcaino/C Iannetta) | ||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (M Tejada-M Loretta-L Berkman). | ||||||||
| Houston Astros | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| W Rodriguez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18-13 | 3.73 |
| J Cassel | 4.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 53-35 | 6.65 |
| C Sampson (B, 2) | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25-17 | 4.27 |
| D Brocail (W, 7-5) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14-10 | 4.24 |
| L Hawkins (H, 8) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16-9 | 0.00 |
| J Valverde (S, 40) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17-12 | 3.60 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 143-96 | |
| PITCHING WP: J Cassel HBP: W Taveras (By C Sampson) Batters faced: W Rodriguez 4; J Cassel 17; C Sampson 7; D Brocail 4; L Hawkins 3; J Valverde 4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Rodriguez 0-0; J Cassel 6-4; C Sampson 0-2; D Brocail 1-1; L Hawkins 1-1; J Valverde 0-0 Game Scores: W Rodriguez 54 | |||||||||
| Colorado Rockies | ||||||||
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| C Barmes 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .291 |
| R Spilborghs CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .303 |
| M Corpas P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| b-S Podsednik PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| T Buchholz P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| L Vizcaino P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| c-J Baker PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .253 |
| M Holliday LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .325 |
| G Atkins 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .290 |
| C Iannetta C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .270 |
| B Hawpe RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .294 |
| T Tulowitzki SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .240 |
| I Stewart 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .295 |
| J De La Rosa P | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .118 |
| G Rusch P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .053 |
| a-W Taveras PH-CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .255 |
| Totals | 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |
| a-hit by pitch for G Rusch in the 6th b-grounded to first for M Corpas in the 7th c-struck out looking for L Vizcaino in the 9th | ||||||||
| BATTING 2B: M Holliday (35, J Cassel) HR: B Hawpe (23, 6th inning off C Sampson 2 on, 0 Out) RBI: M Holliday 2 (81), B Hawpe 3 (79) GIDP: T Tulowitzki Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: M Holliday 1, J De La Rosa 1, G Atkins 1, C Iannetta 2 Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: C Barmes (10, 2nd base off W Rodriguez/B Ausmus) | ||||||||
| FIELDING E: W Taveras (6, throw) DP: 1 (T Tulowitzki-C Barmes-G Atkins). | ||||||||
| Colorado Rockies | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA |
| J De La Rosa | 5.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 101-59 | 5.30 |
| G Rusch | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8-6 | 4.99 |
| M Corpas (H, 16) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12-7 | 3.91 |
| T Buchholz (L, 6-5; B, 2) | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15-10 | 2.06 |
| L Vizcaino | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23-15 | 4.91 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 159-97 | |
| PITCHING Batters faced: J De La Rosa 26; G Rusch 2; M Corpas 4; T Buchholz 6; L Vizcaino 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J De La Rosa 7-6; G Rusch 1-1; M Corpas 3-0; T Buchholz 1-2; L Vizcaino 0-1 Game Scores: J De La Rosa 39 | |||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| HOU | COL | |||
 | 3rd | M Loretta singled to center, M Bourn scored. | 1 | 0 |
| 3rd | L Berkman hit sacrifice fly to right, M Loretta scored, M Tejada to third. | 2 | 0 |
| 3rd | J Castillo hit sacrifice fly to right, M Tejada scored. | 3 | 0 |
 | 3rd | M Holliday doubled to left, J De La Rosa and C Barmes scored, R Spilborghs to third. | 3 | 2 |
| 6th | G Blum hit sacrifice fly to left, R Abercrombie scored. | 4 | 2 |
| 6th | B Hawpe homered to right, G Atkins and C Iannetta scored. | 4 | 5 |
| 8th | D Erstad singled to right center, J Castillo scored. | 5 | 5 |
| 8th | D Newhan tripled to deep center, D Erstad scored. | 6 | 5 |
| 9th | J Castillo singled to center, H Pence scored, J Castillo to second on throwing error by center fielder W Taveras. | 7 | 5 |
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| Game Information | |
| Stadium | Coors Field, Denver, CO |
| Attendance | 30,509 (60.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:08 |
| Weather | 68 degrees, sunny |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chris Guccione, First Base - Angel Hernandez, Second Base - Marty Foster, Third Base - Derryl Cousins |
MLB Scores
Sunday, September 7th 2008
| Tampa Bay | 0 | Final |
| Toronto | 1 |
| Chi Cubs | 3 | Final |
| Cincinnati | 4 |
| Washington | 7 | Final |
| Atlanta | 4 | in 14 |
| LA Angels | 3 | Final |
| Chi White Sox | 2 |
| San Diego | 10 | Final |
| Milwaukee | 1 |
| Cleveland | 3 | Final |
| Kansas City | 1 |
| Detroit | 7 | Final |
| Minnesota | 5 |
| Florida | 1 | Final |
| St. Louis | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 6 | Final |
| NY Mets | 2 |
| Boston | 7 | Final |
| Texas | 2 |
| Houston | 7 | Final |
| Colorado | 5 |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | Final |
| San Francisco | 11 |
| NY Yankees | 2 | Final |
| Seattle | 5 |
| Arizona | 3 | Final |
| LA Dodgers | 5 |
| Philadelphia | 3 | Final |
| NY Mets | 6 |