2005
National League Divisional Series 
GAME 3
Houston Astros 7, Atlanta Braves 3
Division Series Game 3 Played on Saturday, October 8, 2005 (N) at Minute Maid Park
ATL N 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 8 0 HOU N 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 x - 7 12 1
BATTING
Atlanta Braves AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Furcal ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Giles 2b 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 C. Jones 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 A. Jones cf 4 0 3 1 0 1 8 0 LaRoche 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 6 1 Francoeur rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 Langerhans lf 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Jordan ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McCann c 4 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 Sosa p 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 Johnson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Reitsma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brower p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Franco ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Orr pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 8 3 2 9 24 7
FIELDING - DP: 2. Sosa-Furcal-LaRoche, LaRoche-Furcal-Brower.
BATTING - 2B: A. Jones 2 (2,off Oswalt,off Wheeler). HBP: Francoeur (1,by Oswalt). Team LOB: 8.
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio 2b 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 3 Lidge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taveras cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 Berkman lf,1b 3 2 1 1 0 2 3 0 Ensberg 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 1 2 Lamb 1b 2 1 1 1 2 0 7 1 Burke lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lane rf 3 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 Everett ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ausmus c 3 0 0 0 1 0 9 1 Oswalt p 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Wheeler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Gallo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bruntlett 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 7 12 7 3 4 27 7
FIELDING - DP: 1. Ensberg-Lamb. E: Everett (1).
BATTING - 2B: Biggio 3 (4,off Sosa 2,off Reitsma); Ensberg 2 (2,off Sosa,off Devine); Taveras (1,off Sosa); Lane (1,off Sosa). HR: Lamb (1,3rd inning off Sosa 0 on 2 out). SF: Lane (1,off Sosa); Everett (1,off Brower). HBP: Berkman (1,by Sosa). IBB: Lamb 2 (2,by Sosa,by Devine); Ausmus (1,by Sosa). Team LOB: 7.
PITCHING
Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO HR Sosa L(0-1) 6 7 3 3 2 3 1 Reitsma 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 Foster 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Devine 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 Brower 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 8 12 7 7 3 4 1
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR Oswalt W(1-0) 7.1 6 3 3 2 7 0 Wheeler 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Gallo 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lidge 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 9 8 3 3 2 9 0
Reitsma faced 2 batters in the 7th inning Foster faced 1 batter in the 7th inning Devine faced 3 batters in the 7th inning HBP: Sosa (1,Berkman); Oswalt (1,Francoeur). IBB: Sosa 2 (2,Lamb,Ausmus); Devine (1,Lamb).
Umpires: Jeff Nelson, Gary Cederstrom, Eric Cooper, Sam Holbrook, Joe Brinkman, Marvin Hudson
Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 43759
Starting Lineups: Atlanta Braves Houston Astros 1. Furcal ss Biggio 2b 2. Giles 2b Taveras cf 3. C. Jones 3b Berkman lf 4. A. Jones cf Ensberg 3b 5. LaRoche 1b Lamb 1b 6. Francoeur rf Lane rf 7. Langerhans lf Everett ss 8. McCann c Ausmus c 9. Sosa p Oswalt p BRAVES 1ST: Furcal grounded out (second to first); Giles grounded out (first unassisted); C. Jones flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Biggio doubled to center; Taveras was called out on strikes; Berkman was hit by a pitch; Ensberg doubled to left [Biggio scored, Berkman to third]; Lamb was walked intentionally; Lane hit a sacrifice fly to center [Berkman scored, Ensberg to third]; Everett flied to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 0, Astros 2. BRAVES 2ND: A. Jones singled to left; LaRoche walked [A. Jones to second]; Francoeur grounded into a double play (third to first) [A. Jones out at third, LaRoche to second]; Langerhans walked; McCann singled to left [LaRoche scored, Langerhans to third]; Sosa singled to left [Langerhans scored, McCann to second]; Furcal grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 2. ASTROS 2ND: Ausmus flied to center; Oswalt flied to right; Biggio doubled to left; Taveras flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 2. BRAVES 3RD: Giles struck out; C. Jones grounded out (second to first); A. Jones doubled to right; LaRoche flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 2. ASTROS 3RD: Berkman struck out; Ensberg flied to center; Lamb homered; Lane grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 4TH: Francoeur struck out; Langerhans struck out; McCann grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 4TH: Everett singled to left; Ausmus popped to first; Oswalt grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Everett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 5TH: Sosa was called out on strikes; Furcal flied to center; Giles was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 5TH: Biggio popped to first; Taveras doubled to left; Berkman struck out; Ensberg flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 6TH: C. Jones struck out; A. Jones struck out; LaRoche singled to left; Francoeur was hit by a pitch [LaRoche to second]; Langerhans flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 6TH: Lamb flied to left; Lane doubled to left; Everett flied to center; Ausmus was walked intentionally; Oswalt grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. BRAVES 7TH: McCann flied to left; JOHNSON BATTED FOR SOSA; Johnson grounded out (second to first); Furcal grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 3. ASTROS 7TH: REITSMA REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Biggio doubled to left; Taveras singled to second [Biggio to third]; FOSTER REPLACED REITSMA (PITCHING); Berkman singled to left [Biggio scored, Taveras to second]; DEVINE REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Ensberg doubled to left [Taveras scored, Berkman to third]; Lamb was walked intentionally; Lane singled to left [Berkman scored, Ensberg to third, Lamb to second]; BROWER REPLACED DEVINE (PITCHING); Everett hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ensberg scored, Lamb to third]; Ausmus grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Lane out at second]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 2, Astros 7. BRAVES 8TH: Giles singled to center; C. Jones flied to center; WHEELER REPLACED OSWALT (PITCHING); A. Jones doubled to left [Giles scored]; LaRoche flied to center; Francoeur reached on an error by Everett [A. Jones to third]; GALLO REPLACED WHEELER (PITCHING); JORDAN BATTED FOR LANGERHANS; Jordan forced Francoeur (second unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 7. ASTROS 8TH: JORDAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PALMEIRO BATTED FOR GALLO; Palmeiro flied to center; Biggio struck out; Taveras grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 7. BRAVES 9TH: LIDGE REPLACED BIGGIO (PITCHING); BERKMAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); BURKE REPLACED LAMB (PLAYING LF); BRUNTLETT REPLACED PALMEIRO (PLAYING 2B); McCann struck out; FRANCO BATTED FOR BROWER; Franco singled to right; ORR RAN FOR FRANCO; Furcal flied to right; Giles struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Braves 3, Astros 7. Final Totals R H E LOB Braves 3 8 0 8 Astros 7 12 1 7