Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 21, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 2005 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 12, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 6 2 3 0
Biggio 2b 1 2 0 0
  Burke 2b,lf 2 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 3 3 2 0
Berkman rf 4 1 2 5
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Gallo p 0 0 0 0
  Astacio p 0 0 0 0
Lamb 1b 5 2 3 3
Lane lf,rf 5 2 3 1
Everett ss 5 0 1 0
Ausmus c 5 0 1 0
Oswalt p 3 0 0 0
  Bagwell ph 1 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Gipson lf 0 0 0 0
  Vizcaino ph,2b 1 0 0 1
Totals 41 12 15 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Sanchez 2b 5 3 3 1
Wilson J. ss 4 0 3 1
Bay lf 5 0 1 1
Mackowiak 3b 4 1 1 0
  Wigginton ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Wilson C. rf 4 1 1 0
Eldred 1b 5 1 1 1
Doumit c 5 1 3 3
McLouth cf 4 1 2 0
Wells p 0 0 0 0
  Bautista ph 1 0 0 0
  Vogelsong p 1 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Meadows p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
  Redman ph 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Cota ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 8 15 7
Houston 440 001 10212151
Pittsburgh 001 210 2118153
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  W (18-12) 6.0 9 4 3 2 6
  Springer   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
  Wheeler   0.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Gallo   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Astacio   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
8
7
2
11
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Wells  L (7-17) 2.0 5 8 7 3 2
  Vogelsong   3.0 4 0 0 0 1
  Meadows   2.0 3 2 2 0 2
  Capps   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  White   1.0 3 2 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
12
9
3
5

  E–Ensberg (13), Mackowiak (11), Eldred (7), Doumit (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Mackowiak-Sanchez-Eldred.  2B–Houston Ensberg (28,off Meadows); Lamb (13,off White), Pittsburgh Sanchez (20,off Oswalt); Bay (43,off Oswalt); J. Wilson (21,off Wheeler).  3B–Pittsburgh C. Wilson (1,off Oswalt).  HR–Houston Berkman (20,1st inning off Wells 2 on 0 out); Lamb (10,2nd inning off Wells 2 on 2 out); Lane (24,7th inning off Meadows 0 on 0 out), Pittsburgh Doumit (6,7th inning off Springer 1 on 2 out); Sanchez (4,8th inning off Wheeler 0 on 1 out); Eldred (11,9th inning off Astacio 0 on 1 out).  SF–Berkman (2,off Wells).  HBP–Burke (6,by Capps).  Team LOB–7.  SH–J. Wilson (10,off Oswalt).  Team–10.  SB–Taveras (34,2nd base off Wells/Doumit); Ausmus (5,2nd base off Vogelsong/Doumit).  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Ron Kulpa, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Dale Scott.  T–3:04.  A–16,266.
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