1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston	0	0	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	9	13	1
Detroit	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	10	1

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Spiers 3b Biggio 2b Bagwell 1b L Berkman rf G Barker cf Alou lf Hidalgo cf-rf Meluskey c D Ward dh Lugo ss Bogar ss Totals	5 5 2 5 0 4 5 4 4 4 0 38	1 1 1 1 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 9	1 3 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 13	0 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 7	0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	2 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 10	0 0 1 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 11	.303 .259 .289 .307 .189 .364 .291 .303 .216 .270 .132

BATTING
2B: Spiers (11, Nomo); Biggio (10, Nitkowski).
3B: Biggio (5, Nomo).
HR: L Berkman (13, 4th inning off Nomo 0 on, 0 out); Meluskey (10, 4th inning off Nomo 1 on, 0 out); Hidalgo (24, 7th inning off M Anderson 0 on, 1 out).
SF: Alou.
Rbi: Biggio (30), L Berkman (34), Hidalgo 2 (64), Meluskey 2 (45), Alou (49).
2-out rbi: Biggio.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: D Ward 1, L Berkman 1, Hidalgo 1.
Gidp: Alou.
Team LOB: 6.

FIELDING
E: Bagwell (5, throw).
DP: 3 (Meluskey-Biggio, Spiers-Biggio-Bagwell 2).

DETROIT	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Polonia dh R Becker rf Higginson lf Palmer 3b To Clark 1b Halter 1b Easley 2b Ausmus c Cardona c J Encarnacion cf D Cruz ss a-Magee ph Totals	4 2 4 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 3 1 33	1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4	2 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 10	0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4	0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2	0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5	0 0 2 4 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 13	.265 .266 .290 .266 .254 .288 .230 .236 .429 .296 .283 .286

a-grounded to third for D Cruz in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: R Becker (11, Holt); Higginson (25, Holt); Polonia (8, Holt).
SF: R Becker.
Rbi: Higginson 2 (55), Palmer (49), R Becker (23).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Easley 1.
Gidp: Palmer, J Encarnacion.
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING
CS: Ausmus (2, 2nd base by Holt/Meluskey).

FIELDING
E: Palmer (15, throw).
DP: 1 (Palmer-Easley-Halter).


Pitching

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Holt (W, 4-10) M Valdes	7 2/3 1 1/3	9 1	4 0	4 0	2 0	5 0	0 0	4.98 2.66

DETROIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Nomo (L, 3-8) Nitkowski M Anderson Brocail T Jones	4 2/3 1 1/3 1 1/3 2/3 1	9 2 1 0 1	8 0 1 0 0	6 0 1 0 0	1 1 0 0 1	5 2 2 0 1	2 0 1 0 0	5.00 5.72 4.14 4.54 2.45

WP: Nomo.
Ibb: Bagwell (by Nitkowski).
Pitches-strikes: Nomo 75-53; Nitkowski 25-13; M Anderson 21-15; Brocail 11-6; T Jones 20-12; Holt 115-73; M Valdes 15-11.
Ground balls-fly balls: Nomo 2-7; Nitkowski 1-1; M Anderson 1-1; Brocail 2-0; T Jones 2-0; Holt 11-6; M Valdes 4-0.
Batters faced: Nomo 24; Nitkowski 7; M Anderson 5; Brocail 2; T Jones 4; Holt 32; M Valdes 4.
Umpires: HP: Terry Craft. 1B--Phil Cuzzi. 2B--Mike Fichter. 3B--Tim Mcclelland.
T: 2:57.
Att: 38,119.
Weather: 73 degrees, cloudy.
Wind: 12 mph, left to right.