Final
Berkman's double lifts Astros over Red Sox
Jun 29, 2008 - 2:36 AM HOUSTON (Ticker) -- Lance Berkman's RBI double in the eighth inning brought in the go-ahead run as the Houston Astros came from behind to top the Boston Red Sox, 11-10, on Saturday.Berkman, who struck out in his first three at-bats Saturday, singled in a run in the seventh off Craig Hansen before getting to Manny Delcarmen (0-2) in the eighth. After Ty Wigginton led off the frame with a solo homer to tie the game at 9-9, Berkman came up with two outs and two on and rapped a double into the left field corner to put the Astros on top, 11-9.
Carlos Lee and Mark Loretta each homered for Houston, which overcame deficits of 4-0 and 9-6.
Mike Lowell and Dustin Pedroia each had four hits for the Red Sox.
- ML
FINAL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
BOSTON 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 12 0
HOUSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: BOS - DAISUKE MATSUZAKA, CRAIG HANSEN (6TH), MANNY DELCARMEN (7TH),
HIDEKI OKAJIMA (8TH), JONATHAN PAPELBON (8TH) AND JASON
VARITEK
HOU - RUNELVYS HERNANDEZ, CHRIS
Jun 27 11:30 PM - ML
AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MIKE LOWELL SCORED COCO CRISP AND DUSTIN PEDROIA.
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M LOWELL ON FIRST, J DREW ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 6
HOUSTON 1 TOP, 9TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: K YOUKILIS (.310, 3-FOR-4)
Red Sox 6, Astros 1 Top 9, 0 OutsJun 27 11:19 PM - ML
AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY REGGIE ABERCROMBIE (1) TO LEFT WITH 2 OUT
IN THE 8TH OFF HIDEKI OKAJIMA.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4, HOUSTON 1
DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: M TEJADA (.286, 0-FOR-3)
Red Sox 4, Astros 1 Bot 8, 0 OutsJun 27 10:56 PM - ML
AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY DUSTIN PEDROIA SCORED JULIO LUGO.
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D PEDROIA ON FIRST, 2 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 4
HOUSTON 0 TOP, 7TH
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: J DREW (.309, 1-FOR-3, HR, 3 RBI)
Red Sox 4, Astros 0 Top 7, 0 OutsJun 27 10:18 PM - ML
AT HOUSTON - SCORING UPDATE
THREE-RUN HOME RUN BY J.D. DREW (15) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
THE 3RD OFF RUNELVYS HERNANDEZ SCORED COCO CRISP AND DUSTIN
PEDROIA.
CURRENT SCORE: BOSTON 3, HOUSTON 0
DUE UP FOR BOSTON: M RAMIREZ (.290, 0-FOR-1)
Red Sox 3, Astros 0 Top 3, 0 OutsJun 27 8:51 PM
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