Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 9, 2004 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 2004 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 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio lf 4 0 1 0
Beltran cf 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Berkman rf 4 0 0 0
Kent 2b 4 0 1 0
Lamb 3b 3 0 0 0
Vizcaino ss 3 0 0 0
Chavez c 2 0 0 0
  Burke ph 0 1 0 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
Hernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
  Lane ph 1 0 0 0
  Ausmus c 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 3 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Kendall c 3 0 0 1
Wilson J. ss 3 0 0 0
Bay lf 3 1 0 0
Wilson C. 1b 3 0 0 0
  Ward 1b 0 0 0 0
Alvarez cf 2 0 1 1
  Redman ph,cf 0 1 0 0
Wigginton 3b 3 0 1 1
Bautista rf 3 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 4 1 3 0
Perez p 1 0 1 0
  Hill ph 1 0 0 0
  Mesa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 6 3
Houston 000 000 010131
Pittsburgh 100 100 10x361
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez  L (1-2) 5.2 5 2 2 4 3
  Harville   1.1 1 1 0 1 1
  Wheeler   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Perez  W (10-8) 8.0 3 1 0 1 14
  Mesa  SV (38) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
0
1
14

  E–Chavez (4), Mackowiak (9).  2B–Houston Biggio (42,off Perez), Pittsburgh Castillo (15,off Hernandez).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Perez 2 (10,off Hernandez 2).  SF–Kendall (4,off Hernandez).  HBP–C Wilson (28,by Hernandez); J Wilson (3,by Hernandez).  Team–10.  SB–Redman (14,2nd base off Harville/Chavez).  HBP–Hernandez 2 (5,C Wilson,J Wilson).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Darren Spagnardi, 2B–Ron Kulpa, 3B–Bill Miller.  T–2:27.
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