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Astros 1 6 0

Kazuo Matsui Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .289
OBP .667 .348
At Bats 3 357
Hits 2 103
• Singles 1 70
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 1 30

Edinson Volquez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 6 0
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Minute Maid Park - September 23, 2008
Out
Edinson Volquez
Ryan Hanigan
Joey Votto
Jeff Keppinger
Edwin Encarnacion
Paul Janish
Jolbert Cabrera
Jerry Hairston
Jay Bruce
Kazuo Matsui
David Newhan
Count: 0-0, 0 Outs
Count: 0-0, 1 Out

Matsui bunts towards the mound. Volquez fields it and throws to first for the out. Newhan moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 David Newhan pinch hits for LaTroy Hawkins. Newhan hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Janish hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matsui settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hanigan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Matsui settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cabrera takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 LaTroy Hawkins now pitching. Bruce hits a line drive into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ausmus hits a popup, foul, towards first. Votto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wigginton strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pence strikes out. Hanigan drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Pence out.
Top 7 Fernando Nieve now pitching. Encarnacion hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Votto hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hairston moves to third.
Top 7 Keppinger hits a line drive into left field. Wigginton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hairston hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Volquez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Blum hits a line drive towards first. Votto reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Berkman is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Tejada hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cabrera throws the ball in to Encarnacion who relays the ball to Keppinger who tags Tejada trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Bourn moves to third.
Bottom 6 There goes Bourn. The throw from Hanigan and he is safe. Bourn steals second.
Bottom 6 Bourn bunts in front of the plate. Hanigan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Matsui hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Janish hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hanigan hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chris Sampson now pitching. Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Matsui scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Darin Erstad pinch hits for Wandy Rodriguez. Erstad strikes out. There goes Ausmus. The throw from Hanigan to Janish, and back to Votto, who tags Ausmus out.
Bottom 5 Ausmus is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Wigginton hits a fly ball into right field. Bruce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bruce strikes out.
Top 5 Encarnacion takes first base on ball four. Keppinger moves to second.
Top 5 Votto strikes out.
Top 5 Keppinger hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hairston hits a popup towards first. Berkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pence strikes out.
Bottom 4 Blum strikes out.
Bottom 4 Berkman strikes out.
Top 4 Volquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Janish hits a fly ball into left field. Wigginton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hanigan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Blum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Cabrera hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Tejada hits a ball on the ground towards short. Janish scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bourn hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Matsui hits a fly ball into left field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruce strikes out.
Top 3 Encarnacion hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Keppinger moves to third.
Top 3 Votto hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Keppinger moves to second.
Top 3 Keppinger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rodriguez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Keppinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ausmus strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wigginton hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Cabrera. Wigginton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Pence hits a popup, foul, towards first. Votto settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hairston hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Volquez strikes out.
Top 2 Janish strikes out.
Bottom 1 Blum hits a popup towards short. Janish settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Berkman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Tejada hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bruce. Tejada reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Bourn strikes out.
Bottom 1 Matsui hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Hanigan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rodriguez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Votto scores. Encarnacion moves to second.
Top 1 Bruce strikes out.
Top 1 Encarnacion takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Votto hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Wigginton who is chasing the ball. Votto reaches third base with a triple. Keppinger goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Keppinger hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hairston strikes out.