Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 17, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 2002 at Enron Field. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Hermansen cf 4 0 0 0
Reese 2b 4 1 0 0
Giles lf 4 1 1 1
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 1
Mackowiak rf 3 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 1 2 0
Young 1b 4 1 0 0
Benjamin ss 2 0 0 0
Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Lowe p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 2
  Villone p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 0 0
  Fetters p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 4 1 1 1
Biggio 2b 2 2 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 2 3 3
Berkman lf 2 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 1
Ensberg 3b 3 1 1 2
Ausmus c 5 1 1 0
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds p 3 0 0 0
  Stone p 1 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 7 7
Pittsburgh 100 021 000463
Houston 020 003 02x771
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   3.2 4 2 1 5 6
  Lowe   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Villone  L (2-5) 2.0 2 3 3 2 3
  Fetters   2.0 1 2 2 3 2
Totals
8.0
7
7
6
10
11
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds   5.1 5 4 3 1 4
  Stone  W (2-1) 2.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Borbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Dotel  SV (1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
1
7

  E–Reese (1), D Williams 2 (2), Ensberg (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Brown (5,off Reynolds); Mackowiak (8,off Dotel).  HR–Pittsburgh Giles (7,6th inning off Reynolds 0 on, 0 out), Houston Ensberg (3,2nd inning off D Williams 0 on, 0 out); Bagwell (9,6th inning off Villone 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Benjamin (1,off Reynolds).  HBP–Biggio (10,by D Williams).  CS–Kendall (4,2nd base by Reynolds/Ausmus); Mackowiak (1,2nd base by Stone/Ausmus).  HBP–D Williams (4,Biggio).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–3:11.  A–28,861.
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