Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 21, 2003 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 2003 at PNC Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio cf 5 0 1 0
Blum ss 5 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 1
Kent 2b 4 1 1 1
Berkman lf 4 1 2 0
Hidalgo rf 4 0 1 0
Ensberg 3b 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 3 1
Redding p 1 0 0 0
  Munro p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Zaun ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lofton cf 4 1 1 0
Kendall c 4 1 2 1
Giles lf 4 1 1 1
Ramirez 3b 3 1 0 0
Stairs rf 3 1 2 2
  Sanders ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Simon 1b 3 0 0 0
  Tavarez p 1 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Lincoln p 0 0 0 0
Wilson ss 3 0 2 1
Nunez 2b 3 0 1 0
Fogg p 2 0 1 0
  Rivera 1b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 10 5
Houston 010 002 000390
Pittsburgh 311 000 00x5101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Redding  L (6-9) 2.1 7 5 5 2 1
  Munro   2.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Gallo   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Stone   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
5
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fogg  W (6-4) 5.1 6 3 3 2 2
  Tavarez   1.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Lincoln  SV (2) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
2

  E–Ramirez (23).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Berkman 2 (19,off Fogg 2); Biggio (30,off Lincoln), Pittsburgh Giles (19,off Redding); Lofton (19,off Redding).  HR–Houston Bagwell (21,6th inning off Fogg 0 on, 0 out); Kent (13,6th inning off Fogg 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Stairs (11,3rd inning off Redding 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Rivera (1,off Gallo); Nunez (3,off Stone).  IBB–Kendall (2,by Gallo).  CS–Sanders (2,2nd base by Gallo/Ausmus).  IBB–Gallo (1,Kendall).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Jim Wolf, 2B–Chris Guccione, 3B–Jerry Meals.  T–2:33.  A–14,271.
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