Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
April 7, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 2001 at Enron Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Wilson J. ss 5 0 0 0
Bell cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Kendall c 5 1 2 1
Giles lf 3 0 2 0
Young 1b 5 0 1 0
Vander Wal rf 3 3 2 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Wehner ph 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Wilson E. 3b 5 0 2 0
Meares 2b 3 1 3 3
Arroyo p 2 0 0 0
  Brown A. ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Brown E. ph,cf 1 0 1 1
Totals 38 5 13 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 2 1 2 1
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 3 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Berkman lf 3 0 1 2
Hidalgo cf 3 0 0 0
Ward rf 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 3 1 0 0
Truby 3b 4 0 0 0
Bottenfield p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers ph 1 0 1 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 000 211 0105131
Houston 002 100 000360
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  W (1-0) 5.0 5 3 3 4 5
  Wilkins   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Sauerbeck   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Williams  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
5
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bottenfield  L (0-1) 5.0 9 4 4 3 3
  Cruz   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Powell   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Franklin   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
5
5
5

  E–J Wilson (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Houston 1.  2B–Pittsburgh E Brown (1,off J Powell), Houston Biggio (3,off Arroyo).  HR–Pittsburgh Meares (1,4th inning off Bottenfield 1 on, 1 out); Kendall (1,5th inning off Bottenfield 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Lugo (1,off Wilkins).  HBP–Biggio (1,by Arroyo); Hidalgo (2,by Arroyo).  IBB–Bagwell (1,by Arroyo).  SB–Kendall (1,2nd base off Bottenfield/Ausmus); Biggio (1,2nd base off Arroyo/Kendall); Ausmus (1,2nd base off Arroyo/Kendall).  CS–E Wilson (1,Home by Cruz/Ausmus); Lugo (1,2nd base by Arroyo/Kendall).  WP–Arroyo (1).  HBP–Arroyo 2 (2,Biggio,Hidalgo).  IBB–Arroyo (1,Bagwell).  U-HP–Steve Rippley, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–Alfonso Marquez.  T–3:10.  A–30,046.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook