Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 15, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 2003 at PNC Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 1 2 2
Blum 3b 5 0 1 1
Bagwell 1b 5 0 0 0
Berkman lf 3 1 1 0
Hidalgo rf 4 2 2 2
Vizcaino 2b 4 0 3 1
Ausmus c 4 1 1 0
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Oswalt p 3 1 1 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Dotel p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 2 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
Wilson J. ss 2 1 1 0
Giles lf 4 0 0 0
Simon 1b 4 0 1 1
Stairs rf 3 0 1 1
Wilson C. c 4 0 1 0
Mackowiak 3b 2 0 1 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Kendall ph 1 0 0 0
Nunez 2b 4 0 1 0
Benson p 1 0 0 0
  Reboulet 3b 2 0 1 0
Totals 32 2 9 2
Houston 000 201 1026110
Pittsburgh 002 000 000290
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (3-4) 6.0 7 2 2 2 5
  Stone   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Dotel   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Wagner   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson  L (4-5) 6.0 6 3 3 1 5
  Meadows   3.0 5 3 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
1
8

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Hidalgo (11,off Benson); Vizcaino (4,off Benson); Oswalt (1,off Meadows); Biggio (11,off Meadows); Ausmus (4,off Meadows); Blum (8,off Meadows), Pittsburgh C Wilson (4,off Oswalt); Simon (7,off Dotel).  HR–Houston Hidalgo (6,6th inning off Benson 0 on, 2 out).  SH–J Wilson (2,off Oswalt); Benson (2,off Oswalt).  WP–Benson (2).  U-HP–Gary Darling, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:33.  A–16,752.
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