Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 8, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 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 2, Houston Astros 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Reese 2b 4 1 1 0
Wilson J. ss 5 1 1 0
Giles lf 4 0 2 2
Simon 1b 4 0 1 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0
Stairs rf 3 0 0 0
Wilson C. c 4 0 0 0
Mackowiak cf 2 0 0 0
Suppan p 1 0 1 0
  Beimel p 0 0 0 0
  Young 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 3 1 1 1
Blum 3b 3 1 3 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 1
Kent 2b 4 1 1 0
Berkman lf 3 1 1 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 0 0
Vizcaino ss 3 1 2 0
  Everett pr,ss 1 1 1 2
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Redding p 1 0 0 0
  Hunter ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Bland p 0 0 0 0
  Munro p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Ensberg ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 10 5
Pittsburgh 200 000 000261
Houston 002 001 12x6101
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Suppan  L (4-3) 6.2 7 4 4 2 2
  Beimel   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Boehringer   1.1 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
6
3
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding   5.0 5 2 1 5 2
  Stone  W (3-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Bland   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Munro   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Dotel   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
5
7

  E–Ramirez (10), Vizcaino (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Houston 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Giles (4,off Redding), Houston Vizcaino (2,off Suppan); Blum (7,off Suppan); Biggio (6,off Suppan); Everett (3,off Boehringer).  SH–Suppan 2 (3,off Redding 2); Ausmus (1,off Suppan).  IBB–Berkman (1,by Suppan).  SB–Reese (5,2nd base off Stone/Ausmus); Biggio (3,3rd base off Boehringer/C Wilson).  CS–Hidalgo (1,2nd base by Suppan/C Wilson).  WP–Suppan 2 (3).  IBB–Suppan (1,Berkman).  U-HP–Tony Randazzo, 1B–Tim McClelland, 2B–Ted Barrett, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–3:01.  A–28,836.
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