Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 4, San Francisco 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Monday, August 3, 2009
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Chuck Meriwether, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 29835
Final Scoring Summary
 
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San Francisco 1010000013111
Houston 000012010481
Team Records
 
Team W/L Home Away Streak
San Francisco 58-48 37-16 21-32 L1
Houston 53-53 29-25 24-28 W2
Recap Quick Hits
  • With this win, the Houston Astros have a 29-25 record at home this season. The San Francisco Giants have a 21-32 record on the road.
  • Houston has a streak of 2 straight up wins. The Astros have won 3 of their last 10 games.
  • San Francisco has a streak of 1 straight up loss. The Giants have won 6 of their last 10 games.
  • Mike Hampton pitched 6.0 innings for the win and now has an ERA of 5.14. Jose Valverde closed out the game to get the save and has 13 saves for the season. Matt Cain took the loss for San Francisco.
  • Kazuo Matsui, Geoff Blum hit homeruns for Houston.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Francisco   Houston
Matt Cain Player Mike Hampton
Loss W/L Win
8.0 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 6
8 Hits 8
4.50 ERA 1.50
Hitting
San Francisco   Houston
Pablo Sandoval Player Carlos Lee
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
4 TB 4
.600 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Francisco 11 0 13 .314 19 8 3 2 0 1
Houston 8 2 19 .250 8 5 4 0 1 1