Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 5, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 2003 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 1, Houston Astros 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 0 1 0
Wilson J. ss 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 2 0 0 0
  Wilson C. c 1 0 0 0
Simon 1b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0
Stairs lf 3 1 1 1
Sanders rf 3 0 0 0
Reese 2b 3 0 1 0
Benson p 1 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph 1 0 0 0
  Reyes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 1 2 1
Blum 3b 4 1 1 2
Bagwell 1b 5 2 2 2
Kent 2b 3 1 1 0
Berkman lf 3 1 1 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 3 3
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0
Everett ss 4 1 1 0
Miller p 3 1 1 0
  Hunter ph 1 0 0 0
  Bland p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 8
Pittsburgh 000 000 010140
Houston 105 000 11x8130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson  L (3-4) 2.1 8 6 6 0 0
  Meadows   4.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Reyes   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
8
8
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  W (1-3) 8.0 3 1 1 1 4
  Bland   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Stone   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Biggio (4,off Benson); Hidalgo (9,off Benson); Everett (2,off Reyes).  HR–Pittsburgh Stairs (1,8th inning off Miller 0 on, 0 out), Houston Blum (2,1st inning off Benson 0 on, 1 out); Bagwell (11,3rd inning off Benson 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Meadows (1,off Miller).  SF–Blum (1,off Benson).  SB–Hidalgo (4,2nd base off Benson/Kendall).  U-HP–Tim McClelland, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–C.B. Bucknor, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–2:17.  A–22,765.
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