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Astros
@ Braves
Turner Field
May 1, 2009
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Atlanta Braves and the Houston Astros, played on May 1, 2009 at Turner Field.
Game Summary
Date | May 1, 2009 |
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Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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Home Team |
Atlanta Braves
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 1, 2009 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | Atlanta Braves |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Hampton |
Home Starting Pitcher | Derek Lowe |
Ballpark | Turner Field |
City | Atlanta |
State | GA |
Attendance | 29,309 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 47 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Paul Nauert 1B: Chad Fairchild 2B: Phil Cuzzi 3B: Jerry Crawford |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kazuo Matsui | Second Baseman |
Michael Bourn | Center Fielder |
Lance Berkman | First Baseman |
Carlos Lee | Left Fielder |
Miguel Tejada | Shortstop |
Hunter Pence | Right Fielder |
Geoff Blum | Third Baseman |
Ivan Rodriguez | Catcher |
Mike Hampton | Pitcher |
Cecil Cooper | Manager |
Atlanta Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Omar Infante | Second Baseman |
Yunel Escobar | Shortstop |
Chipper Jones | Third Baseman |
Jeff Francoeur | Right Fielder |
Casey Kotchman | First Baseman |
Matt Diaz | Left Fielder |
Clint Sammons | Catcher |
Jordan Schafer | Center Fielder |
Derek Lowe | Pitcher |
Bobby Cox | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Braves
Turner Field
May 1, 2009
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Lowe
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Lowe
Bourn hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Francoeur who is chasing the ball. Bourn reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Berkman vs. Lowe
Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bourn scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Lowe
Lee hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Francoeur. Lee reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Tejada vs. Lowe
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lowe juggles the ball. That's an error on Lowe. Lee moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Pence vs. Lowe
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Hampton
Infante hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Escobar vs. Hampton
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Hampton
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. Escobar moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Francoeur vs. Hampton
Francoeur hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kotchman vs. Hampton
Kotchman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blum vs. Lowe
Blum strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Lowe
Rodriguez hits a fly ball into center field. Schafer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hampton vs. Lowe
Hampton hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Matsui vs. Lowe
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hampton moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1-3
Bourn vs. Lowe
Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Hampton
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Sammons vs. Hampton
Sammons hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Schafer vs. Hampton
Schafer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Lowe
Berkman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Lowe
Lee hits a fly ball into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Lowe
Tejada hits a line drive towards short. Escobar reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lowe vs. Hampton
Lowe hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Infante vs. Hampton
Infante hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Escobar vs. Hampton
Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Lowe
Pence takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Lowe
Blum strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Rodriguez vs. Lowe
Rodriguez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pence moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Hampton vs. Lowe
Hampton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. Pence scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Matsui vs. Lowe
Matsui strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Hampton
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Francoeur vs. Hampton
Francoeur hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francoeur for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kotchman vs. Hampton
Kotchman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Blum settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Lowe
Bourn hits a fly ball into left field. Diaz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Berkman vs. Lowe
Berkman hits a fly ball into left field. Diaz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lee vs. Lowe
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tejada vs. Lowe
There goes Lee. The throw from Sammons and he is out, Infante applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Hampton
Diaz hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Sammons vs. Hampton
Sammons hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Schafer vs. Hampton
Schafer takes first base on ball four. Diaz moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lowe vs. Hampton
Lowe bunts towards first. Berkman fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Berkman. Diaz moves to third. Schafer moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Infante vs. Hampton
Infante hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Diaz scores. Schafer scores. Lowe moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Escobar vs. Hampton
Escobar hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Lee. Escobar reaches second base with a double. Lowe scores. Infante moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Jones vs. Hampton
Jones is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Francoeur vs. Geary
Geoff Geary now pitching.
Francoeur hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Infante scores. There goes Escobar trying to get to home. Pence throws the ball in to Rodriguez who tags Escobar who's trying to score from second, for the out. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Kotchman vs. Geary
Kotchman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Lowe
Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Lowe
Pence takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Lowe
Blum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lowe fields it and throws to first for the out. Pence moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Rodriguez vs. Lowe
Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lowe fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Geary
Diaz strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sammons vs. Geary
Sammons strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Schafer vs. Geary
Schafer hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Lowe
Jason Smith pinch hits for Geoff Geary.
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kotchman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Lowe
Matsui hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kotchman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Matsui for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bourn vs. Lowe
Bourn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Berkman vs. Lowe
Berkman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bourn moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Lee vs. Moylan
Peter Moylan now pitching.
Lee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Fulchino
Jeff Fulchino now pitching. Brandon Jones pinch hits for Peter Moylan.
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Infante vs. Fulchino
Infante hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Escobar vs. Fulchino
Escobar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jones scores. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Fulchino
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francoeur vs. Fulchino
Francoeur hits a fly ball into left field. Lee settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tejada vs. Bennett
Jeff Bennett now pitching.
Tejada strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Pence vs. Bennett
Pence hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Infante fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blum vs. Bennett
Blum hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kotchman fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Bennett covering. It's a double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kotchman vs. Wright
Wesley Wright now pitching.
Kotchman hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Wright
Diaz hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sammons vs. Wright
Sammons hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Schafer vs. Wright
Schafer strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Bennett
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Erstad vs. Bennett
Darin Erstad pinch hits for Wesley Wright.
Erstad strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Matsui vs. Bennett
Matsui takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bourn vs. Bennett
There's a wild pitch. Matsui moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Bourn vs. Bennett
Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kotchman fields the ball and throws to Bennett covering. Safe. Matsui moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Berkman vs. Gonzalez
Mike Gonzalez now pitching.
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Bourn moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Berkman vs. Gonzalez
Berkman hits a fly ball into left field. Diaz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/1/2009 -- Houston at Atlanta (N) Houston AB R H RBI Atlanta AB R H RBI Matsui K, 2b 4 0 1 0 Infante O, 2b 4 1 2 2 Bourn M, cf 5 1 3 0 Escobar Y, ss 4 1 2 2 Berkman L, 1b 5 0 1 1 Jones C, 3b 3 0 0 0 Lee C, lf 4 0 2 0 Francoeur J, rf 4 1 2 3 Tejada M, ss 4 0 0 0 Kotchman C, 1b 4 0 0 0 Pence H, rf 2 1 1 0 Diaz M, lf 4 1 1 0 Blum G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Sammons C, c 4 0 1 0 Rodriguez I, c 4 0 1 0 Schafer J, cf 3 1 0 0 Hampton M, p 2 0 1 1 Lowe D, p 1 1 0 0 Geary G, p 0 0 0 0 Moylan P, p 0 0 0 0 Smith J, ph 1 0 0 0 Jones B, ph 0 1 0 0 Fulchino J, p 0 0 0 0 Bennett J, p 0 0 0 0 Wright W, p 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez M, p 0 0 0 0 Erstad D, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 36 2 10 2 31 7 8 7 Houston 100 100 000 -- 2 Atlanta 200 040 10x -- 7 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Hampton M (L) 4.1 5 6 5 2 0 Geary G 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 Fulchino J 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 Wright W 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Atlanta IP H R ER BB SO Lowe D (W) 6.2 8 2 2 2 3 Moylan P 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Bennett J 1.2 2 0 0 1 3 Gonzalez M 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 E -- Lowe D, Berkman L DP -- Atlanta 1 LOB -- Houston 10, Atlanta 4 2B -- Lee C, Escobar Y 3B -- Bourn M HR -- Francoeur J CS -- Lee C SH -- Lowe D WP -- Bennett J T -- 2:47 A -- 29309
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