| Ryan Howard flexes his muscle with a 2 homerun 5 RBI day as the Phillies beat up on the Astros and the struggling Roy Oswalt. Houston did score first when former Phillie Michael Bourn rips the first pitch of the game into the seats, but the Phillies take control from there. Howard smokes a 2-run shot in the 3rd and goes one better with a 3-run blast in the 4th which knocks Oswalt from the game. An interesting 5th inning gives the Phillies two more runs when pitcher Kyle Kendrick attempts a sac bunt with runners on second and third, and Astros first baseman Lance Berkman throws the ball over first nase trying to get Kendrick as a run comes home. A wild pitch to the next batter brings one more run home for 2 runs with no RBI's. The line for Oswalt for the game - 3 2/3 inn, 8 hits and 6 runs to drop his record to 0-3 and an ERA of over 7 and a half. Not what the Astros want at this point from their best pitcher, I am sure. Chase Utley caps the scoring on a solo homer in the 6th, part of a 4 for 5 day where Utley falls a triple shy of the cycle. Another interesting stat - Pat Burrell, despite being held hitless, does score a run as he walked once. Burrell leads the major leagues at this point in walks with 19, four more than the next highest player. Only three other players have more than 13. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2008 Houston Astros At 2008 Philadelphia Phillies 4/16/2008
Astros AB R H RBI AVG Phillies AB R H RBI AVG
M.Bourn CF 4 1 1 1 .235 J.Werth CF 5 1 1 0 .229
M.Loretta 2B 4 0 0 0 .240 P.Feliz 3B 4 0 0 0 .167
L.Berkman 1B 3 0 1 0 .305 C.Utley 2B 5 2 4 1 .286
C.Lee LF 4 0 1 0 .328 R.Howard 1B 5 2 2 5 .245
M.Tejada SS 4 0 1 0 .333 C-G.Dobbs 1B 0 0 0 0 .400
G.Blum 3B 4 0 1 0 .326 P.Burrell LF 4 1 0 0 .277
H.Pence RF 4 0 2 0 .237 G.Jenkins RF 4 0 1 1 .308
B.Ausmus C 4 0 0 0 .174 C.Ruiz C 2 1 0 0 .132
R.Oswalt P 1 0 0 0 .167 E.Bruntlett SS 2 1 1 0 .259
D.Borkowski P 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Kendrick P 2 1 1 0 .250
A-D.Erstad PH 1 0 0 0 .190 J.Romero P 0 0 0 0 .000
O.Villarreal P 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Seanez P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-J.Cruz Jr PH 1 0 0 0 .200
W.Wright P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 34 1 7 1 Totals 33 9 10 7
A-Pinch Hit For Borkowski In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Villarreal In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Howard In 9th Inning
Astros.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1
Phillies........ 0 0 3 3 2 1 0 0 - 9 10 0
Astros (5-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Oswalt LOSS(0-3) 3 2/3 8 6 6 3 3 2 86 7.59
D.Borkowski 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 9.00
O.Villarreal 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 44 7.56
W.Wright 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 30 0.90
Totals 8 10 9 7 6 8 3
Phillies (7-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
K.Kendrick WIN(1-1) 6 2/3 6 1 1 0 1 1 98 4.60
J.Romero 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0.00
R.Seanez 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 5.40
Totals 9 7 1 1 1 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 42,981 DATE- Wednesday, April 16th 2008 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Greg Gibson, Brian Runge, Charlie Reliford, Kerwin Danley
T- 3:10
LEFT ON BASE- Astros: 7 Phillies: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Astros: 0 Phillies: 0
ERRORS- L.Berkman
DOUBLES- L.Berkman(8th), M.Tejada(3rd), J.Werth(3rd), C.Utley(3rd),
G.Jenkins(3rd)
HOME RUNS- M.Bourn(1st), C.Utley(5th), R.Howard-2(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- K.Kendrick, J.Romero
WALKS- L.Berkman, P.Feliz, P.Burrell, C.Ruiz-2, E.Bruntlett-2
STRIKE OUTS- L.Berkman, B.Ausmus, J.Werth-2, P.Feliz, R.Howard, P.Burrell-2,
G.Jenkins, C.Ruiz
WILD PITCHES- O.Villarreal
Ryan Howard rocketed 2 homeruns and had 5 RBI at Citizen's Bank Park where the
Philadelphia Phillies beat the Houston Astros by the score of 9 to 1.
Howard had a big evening at the plate. He blasted a two-run home run in the
3rd inning and belted a three-run homer (his 5th of the season) in the 4th
inning. Houston was out-hit by Philadelphia, 10 hits to 7.
The win went to Kyle Kendrick(1-1) who allowed 1 run in 6 and 2/3 innings. Roy
Oswalt(0-3) was charged with the loss. He was touched for 8 hits and 3 walks
in 3 and 2/3 innings.
