# 2008 Houston Astros season

The Houston Astros' 2008 season was the 47th season for the Houston Astros. The Astros attempted to return to the postseason, after missing the past two postseasons. This was the last season where the Astros finished the season above the .500 mark prior to the post season run in 2015.

## Off season

On October 29, all six eligible Astros players filed for free agency. The list includes catcher Brad Ausmus, infielder Mike Lamb, infielder Mark Loretta, outfielder Orlando Palmeiro, left-handed reliever Trever Miller and right-handed reliever Brian Moehler.
On October 30, the Astros signed catcher Brad Ausmus to a 1-year, $2 million contract.
On November 8, The Astros acquired outfielder Michael Bourn, third baseman Michael Costanzo, and right-handed reliever Geoff Geary from the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for right-handed pitcher Brad Lidge and infielder Eric Bruntlett. The announcement was made by Astros General Manager Ed Wade.
On November 16, the Astros acquired right-handed reliever Óscar Villarreal from the Atlanta Braves in exchange for center fielder Josh Anderson. On the same day, the Astros also signed outfielder Yordany Ramirez as a free agent.
On November 20, the Astros signed free agent utilityman Geoff Blum to a one-year deal including a club option for a second year.
On November 26, the Astros signed free agent relief pitcher Doug Brocail to a one-year deal.
On November 30, the Astros and free agent Kazuo Matsui agreed to a 3-year, $16.5 million deal. Matsui played second base for the NL Champion Colorado Rockies in the 2007 season.
On December 12, the Astros acquired shortstop Miguel Tejada from the Orioles for five players. The Astros traded outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton and Dennis Sarfate and third baseman Mike Costanzo to Baltimore for Tejada. Adam Everett, the Astros shortstop at the time, had to deal with a double-whammy: not only did the Astros trade for Tejada, they also non-tendered Everett, leaving him without a team as of 11 p.m. CT.
On December 14, The Houston Astros' offseason of dealing continued on Friday when the club traded Chris Burke, Chad Qualls and Juan Gutiérrez to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for closer José Valverde.
In January, Brandon Backe, Ty Wigginton, and Dave Borkowski were signed to a one-year contract.
On February 20, Shawn Chacón signed a one-year deal.
On March 29, the Astros released Woody Williams.
On March 30, the contracts of OF José Cruz Jr. and RHP Brian Moehler were purchased from Triple-A Round Rock.

### Spring training

In spring training the Astros posted a 13–18 record culminating with a 9–4 win in the final spring training game at Minute Maid Park.

## Regular season
### March/April

After losing the first two games of the 2008 campaign, the Astros were trailing 6-5 in the top of the 9th with 2 outs of game 3 against Trevor Hoffman, on April 2. The Astros put two on base when Hunter Pence hit a line drive off of Adrián González's glove into right to tie it up. Lance Berkman came up next and smashed a 3-run home run to deep center making it a 9–6 game. Valverde then closed out the Astros first '08 win.

### Season standings

vteNL Central :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Chicago Cubs | 97 | 64 | .602 | — | 55‍–‍26 | 42‍–‍38 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 90 | 72 | .556 | 7½ | 49‍–‍32 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Houston Astros | 86 | 75 | .534 | 11 | 47‍–‍33 | 39‍–‍42 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11½ | 46‍–‍35 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23½ | 43‍–‍38 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 67 | 95 | .414 | 30½ | 39‍–‍42 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

2008 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 15–3 | 2–7 | 4–2 | 8–10 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 6–9 |
| Atlanta | 5–3 | – | 0–6 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 10–8 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 6–12 | 8–7 |
| Chicago | 4–2 | 6–0 | – | 8–7 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 8–9 | 5–2 | 9–7 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 14–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 9–6 | 3–3 | 6–9 |
| Cincinnati | 4–2 | 3–3 | 7–8 | – | 1–5 | 6–2 | 3–12 | 1–7 | 10–8 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 6–9 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 9–6 |
| Colorado | 3–15 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 5–1 | – | 5–3 | 3–3 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 3–6 | 0–5 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 7–8 |
| Florida | 7–2 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 2–6 | 3–5 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 14–3 | 5–10 |
| Houston | 2–4 | 3–3 | 9–8 | 12–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | – | 4–3 | 7–8 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 8–8 | 3–3 | 7–1 | 7–8 | 4–2 | 7–11 |
| Los Angeles | 10–8 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 7–1 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–10 |
| Milwaukee | 5–2 | 6–3 | 7–9 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 8–7 | 2–4 | – | 2–4 | 1–5 | 14–1 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 10–5 | 6–2 | 7–8 |
| New York | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | – | 11–7 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 4–3 | 12–6 | 9–6 |
| Philadelphia | 4–3 | 14–4 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 5–0 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 7–11 | – | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 4–11 |
| Pittsburgh | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–14 | 9–6 | 2–5 | 2–3 | 8–8 | 2–5 | 1–14 | 3–4 | 2–4 | – | 3–4 | 4–2 | 10–7 | 3–4 | 6–9 |
| San Diego | 8–10 | 1–5 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 9–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 4–3 | – | 5–13 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 3–15 |
| San Francisco | 7–11 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 7–11 | 3–3 | 1–7 | 9–9 | 0–6 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 13–5 | – | 4–3 | 7–0 | 6–12 |
| St. Louis | 4–3 | 5–2 | 6–9 | 10–5 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 8–7 | 4–2 | 5–10 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 7–10 | 6–1 | 3–4 | – | 5–1 | 7–8 |
| Washington | 2–4 | 12–6 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 3–14 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–6 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 1–5 | – | 8–10 |

### Game log

* Home Game
* Away Game
* † = Interleague Game
* All games, dates and times are subject to change
2008 Game Log :
March
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
1March 31@ Padres0–4Peavy (1–0)Oswalt (0–1)44,9650–1 :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
2April 1@ Padres1–2Young (1–0)Backe (0–1)Hoffman (1)20,8250–2
3April 2@ Padres9–6Valverde (1–0)Hoffman (0–1)18,7141–2
4April 3@ Padres2–3E. González (1–0)Villareal (0–1)Hoffman (2)24,4321–3
5April 4@ Cubs4–3Wright (1–0)Lieber (0–1)Valverde (1)37,8122–3
6April 5@ Cubs7–9Hart (1–0)Oswalt (0–2)Wood (2)40,7072–4
7April 6@ Cubs2–3Zambrano (1–0)Villarreal (0–2)Wood (3)40,9292–5
8April 7Cardinals5–3Valverde (2–0)McClellan (0–1)43,4833–5
9April 8Cardinals3–5Reyes (1–0)Geary (0–1)Isringhausen (4)30,1843–6
10April 9Cardinals4–6Looper (2–0)Sampson (0–1)Isringhausen (5)29,1873–7
11April 11Marlins6–10Nolasco (1–0)Oswalt (0–3)34,1913–8
12April 12Marlins5–0Backe (1–1)Miller (0–2)34,3364–8
13April 13Marlins5–1Rodríguez (1–0)Badenhop (0–1)29,7665–8
14April 15@ Phillies3–4Seánez (1–1)Valverde (2–1)34,6095–9
15April 16@ Phillies2–1Oswalt (1–3)Kendrick (1–2)Brocail (1)31,6446–9
16April 17@ Phillies2–10Myers (2–1)Backe (1–2)33,5266–10
17April 18Rockies11–5Morales (1–1)Sampson (0–2)34,2726–11
18April 19Rockies2–3Cook (2–1)Villarreal (0–3)Corpas (4)34,5406–12
19April 20Rockies6–4Wright (2–0)Fuentes (0–1)Valverde (2)35,2867–12
20April 21Padres10–3Oswalt (2–3)Germano (0–2)28,6008–12
21April 22Padres11–7Valverde (3–1)Bell (0–2)33,4349–12
22April 23@ Reds9–3Sampson (1–2)Arroyo (0–3)16,01710–12
23April 24@ Reds5–3Cassel (1–0)Cueto (3)Valverde (3)17,40311–12
24April 25@ Cardinals3–2Wright (2–0)Isringhausen (1–2)Valverde (4)41,19312–12
25April 26@ Cardinals3–4Wainwright (3–1)Borkowski (0–1)43,04012–13
26April 27@ Cardinals1–5Lohse (3–0)Backe (1–3)McClellan (1)44,22212–14
27April 28@ D-backs3–5Haren (4–1)Sampson (1–3)Lyon (8)19,86812–15
28April 29@ D-backs6–4Brocail (1–0)González (1–2)Valverde (5)20,24113–15
29April 30@ D-backs7–8Medders (1–0)Borkowski (0–2)Lyon (9)21,51913–16 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
30May 2Brewers7–4Oswalt (3–3)Villanueva (1–3)Valverde (6)39,71514–16
31May 3Brewers6–2Backe (2–3)Parra (1–2)35,00215–16
32May 4Brewers8 – 6 $^{(12)}$Byrdak (1–0)Stetter (1–1)38,30116–16
33May 6Nationals6–5Brocail (2–0)Ayala (1–2)Valverde (7)30,33517–16
34May 7Nationals4–3Valverde (4–1)Hanrahan (0–2)30,43218–16
35May 8Nationals8–3Lannan (3–3)Backe (2–4)33,43318–17
36May 9@ Dodgers7–1Moehler (1–0)Lowe (2–3)52,65819–17
37May 10@ Dodgers5–0Sampson (2–3)Billingsley (2–5)45,21220–17
38May 11@ Dodgers8–5Geary (1–1)Broxton (1–1)Valverde (8)40,21721–17
39May 12@ Giants7–3Oswalt (4–3)Chulk (0–1)Valderde (9)30,16522–17
40May 13@ Giants4–2Cain (2–3)Backe (2–5)Wilson (12)30,85822–18
41May 14@ Giants6–3Villarreal (1–3)Taschner (2–1)Valverde (10)33,07023–18
42May 15@ Giants8–7Byrdak (2–0)Chulk (0–2)Valverde (11)33,77124–18
43May 16@ Rangers †16–8Wright (2–1)Wright (3–1)32,11724–19
44May 17@ Rangers†6–2Padilla (6–2)Oswalt (4–4)38,53424–20
45May 18@ Rangers†5–4Backe (2–5)Gabbard (1–1)Valverde (11)33,56125–20
46May 19Cubs7–2Lilly (5–4)Moehler (1–1)32,45825–21
47May 20Cubs4–2Sampson (3–3)Dempster (5–2)Valverde (13)33,33926–21
48May 21Cubs5–3Chacón (1–0)Gallagher (1–1)33,25127–21
49May 22Phillies7–5Durbin (1–1)Wright (3–2)Lidge (12)29,26327–22
50May 23Phillies4–3Backe (3–5)Eaton (0–3)Valverde (12)41,15228–22
51May 24Phillies4–3Moehler (2–1)Myers (2–6)Brocail (2)42,66029–22
52May 25Phillies6–15Seánez (3–3)Nieve (0–1)43,07929–23
53May 27@ Cardinals8–2Chacón (1–0)Looper (6–4)41,10430–23
54May 28@ Cardinals1–6Wainwright (5–2)Rodríguez (1–1)41,11430–24
55May 29@ Cardinals2–3Lohse (5–2)Oswalt (4–5)Franklin (4)41,78630–25
56May 30@ Brewers5–1Parra (3–2)Backe (4–6)32,03930–26
57May 31@ Brewers4–1Sheets (6–1)Moehler (2–2)Torres (5)42,91330–27 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
58June 1@ Brewers10–1Bush (2–5)Chacón (2–1)44,61330–28
59June 3@ Pirates2–0Rodríguez (2–1)Dumatrait (2–3)Valverde (16)13,18331–28
60June 4@ Pirates5–2Duke (3–4)Oswalt (4–6)Capps (12)9,39231–29
61June 5@ Pirates4–3Maholm (4–5)Backe (4–7)Capps (13)10,72831–30
62June 6Cardinals6–1Moehler (3–2)Looper (7–5)38,59632–30
63June 7Cardinals8–4Wainwright (6–3)Chacón (2–2)39,81132–31
64June 8Cardinals5–4Lohse (7–2)Rodríguez (2–2)Franklin (8)39,92332–32
65June 10Brewers6–1Oswalt (5–6)McClung (3–3)35,05833–32
66June 11Brewers10–6Parra (5–2)Backe (4–8)33,80633–33
67June 12Brewers9–6Sheets (7–1)Moehler (3–3)35,70933–34
68June 13Yankees†2–1Veras (1–0)Brocail (2–1)Farnsworth (1)43,09533–35
69June 14Yankees†8–4Mussina (10–4)Rodríguez (2–3)43,40933–36
70June 15Yankees†13–0Wang (8–2)Oswalt (5–7)43,16533–37
71June 17@ Orioles†6–5Johnson (2–2)Brocail (2–2)Sherrill (23)21,53533–38
72June 18@ Orioles†2 – 1 $^{(10)}$Bradford (3–2)Valverde (4–2)21,11233–39
73June 19@ Orioles†7–5Burres (6–5)Chacón (2–3)Sherrill (24)31,48033–40
74June 20@ Rays†4–3Oswalt (6–7)Garza (5–4)Valverde (17)14,74134–40
75June 21@ Rays†4–3Wheeler (2–3)Brocail (2–3)29,95334–41
76June 22@ Rays†3–2Backe (5–8)Kazmir (6–3)Valverde (18)19,77835–41
77June 24Rangers†4–3Moehler (4–3)Hurley (0–1)Valverde (19)40,05236–41
78June 25Rangers†3–2Mendoza (1–2)Oswalt (6–8)Wilson (16)32,56736–42
79June 26Rangers†7–2Rodríguez (3–3)Millwood (5–4)36,50637–42
80June 27Red Sox†6–1Matsuzaka (9–1)Hernández (0–1)Papelbon (24)42,32737–43
81June 28Red Sox†11–10Brocail (3–3)Delcarmen (0–2)Valverde (20)43,07338–43
82June 29Red Sox†3–2Brocail (4–3)Aardsma (2–2)Valverde (21)42,06639–43
83June 30Dodgers4–1Oswalt (7–8)Stults (2–1)Valverde (22)28,82740–44 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
84July 1Dodgers7 – 6 $^{(11)}$Park (4–2)Wright (3–3)Saito (13)31,91440–44
85July 2Dodgers4–1Kuroda (4–6)Hernández (0–2)34,05840–45
86July 3Dodgers5–2Billingsley (8–7)Backe (5–9)Saito (14)35,69640–46
87July 4@ Braves6–2Hudson (9–6)Moehler (4–4)48,04540–47
88July 5@ Braves6–1Sampson (4–3)Reyes (3–7)37,04941–47
89July 6@ Braves7 – 6 $^{(17)}$Ring (2–1)Byrdak (2–1)24,16941–48
90July 7@ Pirates10–7Bautista (2–2)Hernández (0–3)Marte (2)13,32341–49
91July 8@ Pirates4–3Grabow (5–2)Brocail (4–4)Marte (3)17,86741–50
92July 9@ Pirates6–4Moehler (5–4)Burnett (0–1)Valverde (23)13,88442–50
93July 11@ Nationals10–0Redding (7–3)Paronto (0–1)Shell (1)33,65342–51
94July 12@ Nationals6–4Rodríguez (4–3)Balester (1–2)Valverde (24)30,68243–51
95July 13@ Nationals5–0Backe (6–9)Pérez (2–7)31,46344–51
96July 18Cubs2–1Geary (2–1)Howry (3–3)42,36845–51
97July 19Cubs4–1Rodríguez (5–3)Zambrano (10–4)Valverde (25)43,12946–51
98July 20Cubs9–0Dempster (11–4)Backe (6–10)41,16146–52
99July 21Pirates9–2Valverde (4–3)Yates (4–2)34,62446–53
100July 22Pirates8–2Maholm (7–6)Cassel (1–1)33,99646–54
101July 23Pirates8–7Osoria (4–3)Geary (2–2)Marte (5)36,09146–55
102July 25@ Brewers3–1Rodríguez (6–3)Parra (9–3)Valverde (26)41,35747–55
103July 26@ Brewers6–4Gagné (4–2)Brocail (4–5)Torres (20)43,48947–56
104July 27@ Brewers11–6Sampson (5–3)Suppan (5–7)31,56548–56
105July 28Reds5–4Oswalt (8–8)Cueto (7–10)Valverde (27)31,78349–56
106July 29Reds6–2Moehler (6–4)Arroyo (9–8)Wright (1)34,01550–56
107July 30Reds9–5Vólquez (13–4)Rodríguez (6–4)30,27250–57 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
108August 1Mets7–3Brocail (5–5)Heilman (1–5)41,08351–57
109August 2Mets5–4Valverde (5–3)Heilman (1–6)39,15252–57
110August 3Mets4–0Wolf (7–10)Pérez (7–7)38,60253–57
111August 4@ Cubs2 – 0 $^{(8)}$Moehler (7–4)Dempster (12–5)Hawkins (1)40,86754–57
112August 5@ Cubs11–7Howry (4–4)Sampson (5–4)40,41654–58
113August 6@ Cubs11–4Marquis (7–7)Backe (6–11)41,10754–59
114August 7@ Reds7–4Oswalt (9–8)Fogg (2–4)27,37855–59
115August 8@ Reds9 – 5 $^{(10)}$Sampson (6–4)Cordero (4–4)25,65256–59
116August 9@ Reds3–1Moehler (8–4)Arroyo (10–9)Valverde (28)26,04457–59
117August 10@ Reds13–4Rodríguez (7–4)Harang (3–12)30,78958–59
118August 11Giants3–1Backe (7–11)Sánchez (8–9)Valverde (29)28,22059–59
118August 12Giants12–4Oswalt (10–8)Walker (4–7)29,45160–59
120August 13Giants6–2Wolf (8–10)Zito (6–15)30,33061–59
121August 14Giants7–4Hawkins (2–1)Yabu (3–5)Valverde (30)33,61262–59
122August 15Diamondbacks12–2Webb (18–4)Rodríguez (7–5)36,03562–60
123August 16Diamondbacks11–5Petit (2–3)Backe (7–12)33,61262–61
124August 17Diamondbacks3–0Oswalt (11–8)Johnson (10–9)Valverde (31)42,61963–61
125August 18@ Brewers9–3Sabathia (14–8)Wolf (8–11)41,99163–62
126August 19@ Brewers5–2Moehler (9–4)Sheets (11–7)Valverde (32)41,66264–62
127August 20@ Brewers5–2Parra (10–6)Rodríguez (7–6)Torres (24)41,41964–63
128August 22@ Mets5–2Santana (12–7)Oswalt (11–9)Ayala (1)52,00864–64
129August 23@ Mets8–3Backe (8–12)Maine (10–8)51,76665–64
130August 24@ Mets6–4Hawkins (3–1)Feliciano (2–4)Valverde (33)49,75866–64
131August 25@ Mets9–1Pelfrey (13–8)Moehler (9–5)41,41966–65
132August 26Reds2–1Arroyo (12–10)Geary (2–3)30,39566–66
133August 27Reds4–1Oswalt (12–9)Fogg (2–7)Valverde (34)30,74167–66
134August 28Reds3–2Backe (9–12)Harang (4–14)Valverde (35)30,02868–66
135August 29Cardinals3–2Brocail (6–5)Springer (2–1)33,34769–66
136August 30Cardinals8–5Moehler (10–5)Looper (12–11)Valverde (36)37,56970–66
137August 31Cardinals3–0Rodríguez (8–6)Wellemeyer (11–6)Valverde (37)35,63871–66 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordWrapup
138September 1@ Cubs3–0Oswalt (13–9)Marquis (9–8)Valverde (38)40,67072–66
139September 2@ Cubs9–7Wright (8–6)Wood (4–3)Valverde (39)39,84673–66
140September 3@ Cubs4–0Wolf (9–11)Dempster (15–6)40,16374–66
141September 5@ Rockies5–3Jiménez (10–12)Moehler (10–6)Fuentes (27)26,16374–67
142September 6@ Rockies2–0Oswalt (14–9)Francis (4–9)32,35275–67
143September 7@ Rockies7–5Brocail (7–5)Buchholz (6–5)Valverde (40)30,50976–67
144September 8Pirates3–2Arias (1–0)Snell (6–11)Valverde (41)26,52677–67
145September 9Pirates9–3Wolf (10–11)Ohlendorf (1–2)30,03478–67
146September 10Pirates7–4Moehler (11–6)Bautista (4–4)Valverde (42)26,85979–67
147September 11Pirates6–0Oswalt (15–9)Duke (5–14)31,10180–67
–September 12CubsPostponed (Hurricane Ike) Rescheduled for September 14 @ Miller Park.
–September 13CubsPostponed (Hurricane Ike) Rescheduled for September 15 @ Miller Park.
–September 14CubsPostponed (Hurricane Ike) Cancelled due to the Astros being eliminated from playoff contention and the Cubs winning the NL Central on September 20.
148September 14Cubs*5–0Zambrano (14–5)Wolf (10–12)23,44180–68
149September 15Cubs*6–1Lilly (15–9)Moehler (11–7)15,15880–69
150September 16@ Marlins5–1Volstad (5–3)Oswalt (15–10)12,23280–70
151September 17@ Marlins2–14Nolasco (15–7)Backe (9–13)14,12480–71
152September 18@ Marlins1-8Olsen (8-10)Arias (1-1)14,21980-72
153September 19@ Pirates5-1Wolf (11-12)Snell (6-12)26,30181-72
154September 20@ Pirates4-6Davis (2-4)Brian Moehler (11-8)Capps (20)36,62181-73
155September 21@ Pirates6-2Oswalt (16-10)Ohlendorf (1-4)20,31182-73
156September 23Reds2-1Volquez (17-6)Rodríguez (8–7)Cordero (34)27,56182-74
157September 24Reds5-0Wolf (12-12)Ramírez (1–1)26,10383-74
158September 25Reds8-7Oswalt (17-10)Cueto (9-14)José Valverde (43)31,20484-74
159September 26Braves5-4José Valverde (6-3)Tavárez (1-5)33,47785-74
160September 27Braves5-11Vladimir Núñez (1-2)Backe (9-14)37,49185-75
161September 28Braves3-1Rodríguez (9-7)Hampton (3-4)José Valverde (44)37,11386-75 :
*At Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Brad Ausmus | 81 | 216 | 47 | .218 | 3 | 24 |
| 1B | Lance Berkman | 159 | 554 | 173 | .312 | 29 | 106 |
| 2B | Kazuo Matsui | 96 | 375 | 110 | .293 | 6 | 33 |
| SS | Miguel Tejada | 158 | 632 | 179 | .283 | 13 | 66 |
| 3B | Ty Wigginton | 111 | 386 | 110 | .285 | 23 | 58 |
| LF | Carlos Lee | 115 | 436 | 137 | .314 | 28 | 100 |
| CF | Michael Bourn | 138 | 467 | 107 | .229 | 5 | 29 |
| RF | Hunter Pence | 157 | 595 | 160 | .269 | 25 | 83 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Geoff Blum | 114 | 325 | 78 | .240 | 14 | 53 |
| Darin Erstad | 140 | 322 | 89 | .276 | 4 | 31 |
| Mark Loretta | 101 | 261 | 73 | .280 | 4 | 38 |
| Humberto Quintero | 59 | 168 | 38 | .226 | 2 | 12 |
| J. R. Towles | 54 | 146 | 20 | .137 | 4 | 16 |
| David Newhan | 64 | 104 | 27 | .260 | 2 | 12 |
| Reggie Abercrombie | 34 | 55 | 17 | .309 | 2 | 5 |
| José Cruz Jr. | 38 | 49 | 6 | .122 | 0 | 1 |
| José Castillo | 15 | 32 | 9 | .281 | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Saccomanno | 10 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 1 | 2 |
| Tomás Pérez | 8 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Edwin Maysonet | 7 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. House | 3 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Roy Oswalt | 32 | 208.2 | 17 | 10 | 3.54 | 165 |
| Brandon Backe | 31 | 166.2 | 9 | 14 | 6.05 | 127 |
| Brian Moehler | 31 | 150.0 | 11 | 8 | 4.56 | 82 |
| Wandy Rodríguez | 25 | 137.1 | 9 | 7 | 3.54 | 131 |
| Shawn Chacón | 15 | 85.2 | 2 | 3 | 5.04 | 53 |
| Randy Wolf | 12 | 70.2 | 6 | 2 | 3.57 | 57 |
| Runelvys Hernández | 4 | 19.1 | 0 | 3 | 8.38 | 15 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Chris Sampson | 54 | 117.1 | 6 | 4 | 4.22 | 61 |
| Jack Cassel | 9 | 30.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.64 | 14 |
| Alberto Árias | 3 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 6.75 | 8 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| José Valverde | 74 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 3.38 | 83 |
| Doug Brocail | 72 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 3.93 | 64 |
| Wesley Wright | 71 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5.01 | 57 |
| Tim Byrdak | 59 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.90 | 47 |
| Geoff Geary | 55 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.53 | 45 |
| Óscar Villarreal | 35 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.02 | 21 |
| Dave Borkowski | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7.50 | 24 |
| LaTroy Hawkins | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.43 | 25 |
| Fernando Nieve | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.44 | 12 |
| Chad Paronto | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.35 | 4 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Round Rock Express | Pacific Coast League | Dave Clark |
| AA | Corpus Christi Hooks | Texas League | Luis Pujols |
| A | Salem Avalanche | Carolina League | Jim Pankovits |
| A | Lexington Legends | South Atlantic League | Gregg Langbehn |
| A-Short Season | Tri-City ValleyCats | New York–Penn League | Pete Rancont |
| Rookie | Greeneville Astros | Appalachian League | Rodney Linares |