Pittsburgh Pirates vs Arizona Diamondbacks
May 8, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 2005 at Bank One Ballpark. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 16, Arizona Diamondbacks 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lawton rf 5 3 3 5
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
Wilson ss 5 1 1 2
Bay cf,lf 4 1 2 1
Ward 1b 6 1 2 3
Castillo 2b 6 1 1 0
Wigginton 3b 3 4 3 1
Cota c 4 2 2 2
Sadler lf 3 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 1 1 0
  Redman cf 1 0 0 0
Wells p 3 0 0 0
  Hill ph 1 1 1 1
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Mackowiak ph,rf 1 1 1 1
Totals 43 16 17 16
Arizona Diamondbacks ab   r   h rbi
Counsell 2b 3 0 0 0
Cintron ss 5 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 3 2 1 1
Glaus 3b 3 0 1 0
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Tracy 1b 3 0 1 1
Hill c 4 0 1 0
Terrero cf 4 0 1 0
Halsey p 0 0 0 0
  Bruney p 0 0 0 0
  Kata ph 1 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Ligtenberg p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Pittsburgh 110 002 05716171
Arizona 000 101 000260
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  W (3-3) 7.0 4 2 2 3 5
  Grabow   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Torres   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
5
  Arizona Diamondbacks IP H R ER BB SO
Halsey  L (2-1) 6.2 7 4 4 4 4
  Bruney   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Valverde   0.0 1 3 3 2 0
  Lopez   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Ligtenberg   1.0 7 7 7 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
16
16
6
4

  E–Wigginton (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Ward-J. Wilson-Ward.  2B–Pittsburgh Bay 2 (8,off Halsey,off Ligtenberg); Cota (3,off Halsey); Lawton (9,off Ligtenberg), Arizona Glaus (10,off Wells); Terrero (4,off Wells).  HR–Pittsburgh Wigginton (1,2nd inning off Halsey 0 on 1 out); Lawton (3,8th inning off Lopez 3 on 0 out); Ward (6,9th inning off Ligtenberg 2 on 2 out), Arizona L. Gonzalez (5,6th inning off Wells 0 on 0 out).  SF–Bay (1,off Halsey); Tracy (4,off Wells).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Halsey (2,off Wells).  Team–9.  SB–Lawton 2 (6,2nd base off Halsey/Hill 2); Bay (2,3rd base off Halsey/Hill).  U-HP–Chuck Meriwether, 1B–Mike Everitt, 2B–Tim Timmons, 3B–Tim McClelland.  T–3:04.  A–24,526.
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