John Hester will always remember his major league debut. Thanks to Hester, Wilton Lopez may want to forget his. Hester hit a towering homer in his first major league at-bat, and the Arizona Diamondbacks scored seven runs in the third inning on their way to a 14-7 rout of the Houston Astros on Friday night. "That's a start that I can only wish for, and it came true," Hester said. "After that, I don't know what I'm going to do to follow up.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Fri 6/12	Ari	HOU 1 at ARI 8	W: Haren L: Hampton
Sat 6/13	Ari	HOU 6 at ARI 4	W: Oswalt L: Garland
Sun 6/14	Ari	HOU 8 at ARI 3	W: Moehler L: Buckner
Fri 8/21	Hou	ARI 0 at HOU 1	W: Oswalt L: Petit
Sat 8/22	Hou	ARI 2 at HOU 4	W: Moehler L: Scherzer
Sun 8/23	Hou	ARI 7 at HOU 5	W: Garland L: Norris
Fri 8/28	Ari	HOU 7 at ARI 14	W: Scherzer L: Bazardo
Sat 8/29	Ari	HOU 0 at ARI 9	W: Garland L: Norris
Sun 8/30	Ari	HOU 3 at ARI 4	W: Haren L: Rodriguez

Box Scores

Astros (62 - 66) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Diamondbacks (57 - 72) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. M Bourn, CF 4 2 1 0 1 2. J Keppinger, 3B 4 2 1 2 1 3. L Berkman, 1B 4 0 1 2 0 3. L Hawkins, P 0 0 0 0 0 4. C Lee, LF 4 0 0 0 0 5. M Tejada, SS 2 1 0 0 0 5. S Gervacio, P 0 0 0 0 0 5. D Erstad, PH-1B 1 0 0 0 0 6. H Pence, RF 4 2 2 2 0 7. K Matsui, 2B 4 0 2 1 0 8. H Quintero, C 4 0 0 0 0 9. Y Bazardo, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. W Lopez, P 1 0 0 0 0 9. E Maysonet, PH-SS 2 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 7 7 7 2		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. S Drew, SS 4 1 2 2 1 1. A Ojeda, SS 0 0 0 0 0 2. R Roberts, 2B 4 2 2 0 1 3. J Upton, RF 4 1 2 0 1 4. M Reynolds, 3B 4 1 1 2 1 5. M Montero, C 5 2 2 2 0 6. G Parra, LF 4 1 1 2 0 6. T Oeltjen, LF 1 0 0 0 0 7. B Allen, 1B 4 3 3 0 1 8. A Romero, CF 4 2 1 3 0 9. M Scherzer, P 2 0 1 0 0 9. J Hester, PH 1 1 1 2 0 9. L Rosales, P 0 0 0 0 0 9. J Gutierrez, P 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 14 16 13 5
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* Y Bazardo (L, 0-1) 2.0 8 8 8 3 0 9.75 W Lopez 4.0 8 6 6 2 3 13.50 S Gervacio 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 1.08 L Hawkins 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1.95		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* M Scherzer (W, 8-8) 6.0 5 6 5 2 8 4.26 L Rosales 2.0 1 1 1 0 3 5.12 J Gutierrez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4.29
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: L Berkman (27), H Pence (19), K Matsui (16) 3B: K Matsui (2) HR: J Keppinger (5), H Pence (20)		BATTING 2B: M Montero (26), G Parra (15), B Allen (2) HR: M Montero (13), A Romero (1), J Hester (1)

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Player News

Astros Jose Valdez (HOU) News: The Astros have signed Valdez, the Houston Chronicle reports.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Henry Villar (HOU) News: Villar has been added to the Astros' 40-man roster, the Houston Chronicle reports.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009) Matt Nevarez (HOU) News: Nevarez has been added to the Astros' 40-man roster, the Houston Chronicle reports.  (RotoWire - Nov 22, 2009)

Diamondbacks Chad Qualls (ARI) News: Qualls (knee) was removed from the 60-day DL on Friday.  (RotoWire - Sat. Nov 21, 2009) Aaron Heilman (ARI) News: The Cubs traded Heilman to the Diamondbacks on Thursday for prospects Scott Maine and Ryne White, ESPN Chicago reports.  (RotoWire - Thu. Nov 19, 2009) Aaron Heilman (ARI) News: Heilman has been acquired by the Arizona Diamondbacks from the Chicago Cubs for two minor league prospects.  (STATS - Thu. Nov 19, 2009)