Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
April 22, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 22, 2006 at Minute Maid 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Duffy cf 3 0 0 0
Wilson J. ss 4 0 1 0
Bay lf 4 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 3 0 1 0
Wilson C. 1b 3 0 0 0
Randa 3b 3 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 3 0 0 0
Paulino c 2 0 0 0
  Sanchez ph 1 0 0 0
Snell p 2 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Vogelsong p 0 0 0 0
  McLouth ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 2 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 3 3 1
  Bruntlett 2b 0 0 0 0
Taveras cf 4 0 3 0
Berkman 1b 3 0 2 1
Ensberg 3b 2 0 1 1
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Lane rf 2 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 0 0
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Buchholz p 4 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 9 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 000021
Houston 100 010 10x391
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Snell  L (0-2) 6.0 6 2 2 2 4
  Grabow   0.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Torres   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Vogelsong   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
4
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Buchholz  W (1-1) 8.2 2 0 0 0 5
  Lidge  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
0
6

  E–Castillo (1), Bruntlett (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. J. Wilson-Castillo-C. Wilson, Torres-J. Wilson-C. Wilson, Houston 1. Biggio-Everett-Berkman.  2B–Houston Biggio (7,off Snell).  HR–Houston Biggio (2,7th inning off Grabow 0 on 1 out).  HBP–Duffy (3,by Buchholz); Ausmus (3,by Vogelsong).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Berkman (3,off Snell).  Team–10.  U-HP–Tim Tschida, 1B–Ted Barrett, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Rick Reed.  T–2:31.  A–38,575.
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