Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 18, 2001 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 2001 at PNC Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 3 0 1 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 1
Berkman lf 4 1 1 1
Hidalgo cf 4 2 2 1
Ward rf 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Truby 3b 3 0 1 1
Reynolds p 2 0 0 0
  Franklin p 0 0 0 0
  Bottenfield p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 1 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 6 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 4 1 1 0
Brown cf 5 1 1 2
Vander Wal rf 4 2 4 2
  Manzanillo p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
Giles lf 4 1 1 1
Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 3
Young 1b 4 1 1 0
Meares 2b 4 1 1 0
Wilson J. ss 2 0 0 0
Olivares p 1 0 0 0
  Wilson E. ph 1 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez ph 1 0 0 0
  Bell rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 8 12 8
Houston 020 100 010461
Pittsburgh 100 213 10x8120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (0-1) 5.2 9 7 4 2 5
  Franklin   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Bottenfield   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Jackson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
5
2
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Olivares   4.0 5 3 3 0 1
  Arroyo  W (2-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Manzanillo   1.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Sauerbeck   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Silva   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
5

  E–Lugo (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Hidalgo (3,off Olivares), Pittsburgh Vander Wal (1,off Reynolds); Giles (3,off Reynolds); Meares (2,off Reynolds).  HR–Houston Berkman (3,2nd inning off Olivares 0 on, 0 out); Hidalgo (4,4th inning off Olivares 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Vander Wal (3,1st inning off Reynolds 0 on, 2 out); Ramirez (5,7th inning off Bottenfield 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bagwell (1,off Manzanillo).  HBP–Biggio (2,by Manzanillo).  SH–J Wilson (1,off Reynolds).  IBB–Kendall (1,by Reynolds).  CS–Kendall (4,2nd base by Jackson/Ausmus).  HBP–Manzanillo (1,Biggio).  IBB–Reynolds (1,Kendall).  U-HP–Jeff Kellogg, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Brian Runge, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:34.  A–20,339.
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