Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
July 16, 2002 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 2002 at Enron Field. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Nunez 2b 4 2 2 0
Wilson ss 5 2 3 3
Giles lf 4 1 1 4
Ramirez 3b 4 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
Mackowiak rf 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 4 0 1 0
Hermansen cf 4 1 2 0
Osik c 4 0 0 0
Fogg p 2 1 1 0
  Lincoln p 1 0 0 0
  Benjamin 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lugo ss 3 0 0 0
  Zaun ph 1 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0
Berkman cf 2 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0
Ward lf 3 1 1 1
  Vizcaino ph,3b 0 0 0 0
Hidalgo rf 4 2 2 1
Blum 3b 4 0 2 1
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Mann p 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
  Zinter ph 1 0 0 0
Oswalt p 3 0 0 0
  Borbon p 0 0 0 0
  Merced lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 000 240 0017110
Houston 000 120 000370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fogg  W (10-6) 5.0 7 3 3 4 2
  Lincoln   2.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sauerbeck   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Boehringer  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  L (10-6) 7.0 9 6 6 0 8
  Borbon   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Stone   0.2 2 1 1 2 1
  Mann   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Houston 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Mackowiak (17,off Oswalt); Hermansen (10,off Oswalt), Houston Hidalgo (15,off Fogg).  3B–Pittsburgh J Wilson (3,off Oswalt).  HR–Pittsburgh Giles (26,5th inning off Oswalt 2 on, 2 out), Houston Ward (6,5th inning off Fogg 0 on, 2 out); Hidalgo (14,5th inning off Fogg 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Giles (1,off Oswalt).  U-HP–John Shulock, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Doug Eddings.  T–2:49.  A–27,042.
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