Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cleveland Indians
May 21, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 2006 at Jacobs Field. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Cleveland Indians 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 5 1 3 0
Wilson J. ss 5 0 1 0
Sanchez 3b 5 1 2 1
Bay lf 3 0 0 0
Burnitz rf 4 0 2 1
Doumit dh 3 0 1 0
  DeCaster pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Wilson C. 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hernandez J. ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 4 0 0 0
Cota c 4 0 0 0
Maholm p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 9 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Sizemore cf 6 0 1 1
Michaels lf 5 2 2 0
Peralta ss 4 0 3 1
Hafner dh 3 0 0 0
Martinez c 3 0 1 1
Perez 1b 3 0 1 0
  Broussard ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Blake rf 4 0 1 0
Boone 3b 4 1 1 0
Merloni 2b 3 0 0 0
  Belliard 2b 2 0 1 0
Byrd p 0 0 0 0
  Betancourt p 0 0 0 0
  Wickman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 3 11 3
Pittsburgh 000 002 000 0291
Cleveland 100 000 100 13111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Maholm   5.1 4 1 1 3 7
  Capps   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Grabow   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Torres   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Hernandez   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Gonzalez  L (1-3) 0.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.2
11
3
3
5
12
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Byrd   7.0 6 2 2 0 4
  Betancourt   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Wickman  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
9
2
2
0
6

  E–Maholm (2), Boone (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. J. Wilson-Castillo-C. Wilson, Cleveland 3. E. Perez-Peralta-Byrd, Byrd-Peralta-E. Perez, Peralta-Belliard-Broussard.  2B–Pittsburgh Sanchez (11,off Byrd); McLouth (4,off Betancourt); J. Wilson (7,off Wickman)., Cleveland Michaels (10,off Maholm); Martinez (13,off Maholm); Peralta 2 (9,off Maholm,off Capps); E. Perez (8,off Maholm); Blake (12,off Torres); Belliard (6,off Gonzalez)..  SH–Doumit (1,off Wickman).  HBP–Bay (4,by Byrd); Peralta (1,by Maholm); Boone (5,by Maholm).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Blake (3,by Maholm).  Team–14.  SB–McLouth (6,2nd base off Byrd/Martinez).  U-HP–Jeff Nelson, 1B–Derryl Cousins, 2B–Tim Timmons, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–3:19.  A–31,589.
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