Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 6, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 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 9, Houston Astros 10

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 3 3 1
Sanders rf 5 1 2 3
Kendall c 3 2 1 0
Simon 1b 4 2 2 2
  Young ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 4 0 1 3
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Stairs lf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson C. ph 1 0 0 0
Reese 2b 4 0 0 0
Wilson J. ss 5 1 2 0
Wells p 3 0 0 0
  Hyzdu ph 1 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Nunez 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 12 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 0 1 0
Blum 3b,ss 4 0 1 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 1
Kent 2b 4 1 1 0
Berkman lf 3 2 1 1
Hidalgo rf 2 2 1 0
Zaun c 3 1 1 1
Everett ss 3 1 0 0
  Bland p 0 0 0 0
  Hunter ph 0 1 0 1
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Saarloos p 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph 1 0 0 0
  Puffer p 0 0 0 0
  Ensberg ph 1 1 1 3
  Munro p 0 0 0 0
  Merced 3b 2 1 1 2
Totals 32 10 9 10
Pittsburgh 320 022 0009121
Houston 010 300 06x1092
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells   6.0 5 4 4 3 5
  Boehringer   1.0 2 3 3 2 1
  Sauerbeck  L (0-3) 0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Williams   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
10
10
7
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Saarloos   2.0 4 5 4 2 4
  Puffer   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Munro   2.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Bland  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Wagner  SV (7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
9
8
5
9

  E–Kendall (1), Everett 2 (2).  PB–Kendall (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Simon (5,off Saarloos); Lofton (4,off Saarloos); Ramirez (9,off Munro); Young (3,off Bland), Houston Biggio (5,off Wells).  HR–Pittsburgh Lofton (2,6th inning off Munro 0 on, 1 out); Sanders (6,6th inning off Munro 0 on, 1 out), Houston Berkman (4,2nd inning off Wells 0 on, 0 out); Ensberg (3,4th inning off Wells 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Ramirez (2,off Saarloos); Blum (2,off Williams).  IBB–Stairs (1,by Munro).  SB–Lofton (6,2nd base off Saarloos/Zaun); Reese (4,3rd base off Bland/Zaun); J Wilson (2,2nd base off Bland/Zaun); Merced (3,2nd base off Williams/Kendall).  CS–Lofton (2,2nd base by Puffer/Zaun).  IBB–Munro (2,Stairs).  U-HP–Ted Barrett, 1B–C.B. Bucknor, 2B–Tony Randazzo, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:08.  A–27,023.
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