Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 8, 2006 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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 1, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Duffy cf 3 0 0 0
Wilson ss 4 0 0 0
Sanchez 3b 3 0 2 0
Bay lf 4 1 1 0
Burnitz rf 3 0 1 0
Nady 1b 4 0 0 0
Castillo 2b 2 0 0 1
Paulino c 3 0 0 0
Maholm p 2 0 0 0
  McLouth ph 1 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Sharpless p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
  Randa ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 4 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 2 0 1 0
Biggio 2b 4 2 1 1
Berkman 1b 2 0 0 0
Ensberg 3b 2 1 0 0
Wilson lf 4 0 1 1
Burke rf 4 0 1 0
Everett ss 4 0 1 1
Munson c 3 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Backe p 2 0 0 0
  Scott ph 1 0 1 0
  Wheeler p 0 0 0 0
  Ausmus c 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Pittsburgh 000 100 000140
Houston 101 001 00x360
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Maholm  L (4-10) 6.0 5 3 3 4 6
  Grabow   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Sharpless   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Capps   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
6
3
3
5
9
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe  W (3-1) 7.0 3 1 1 4 2
  Wheeler   1.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Lidge  SV (25) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
5
8

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Sanchez (37,off Wheeler), Houston Everett (21,off Maholm); Scott (8,off Grabow).  HR–Houston Biggio (15,3rd inning off Maholm 0 on 1 out).  SF–Castillo (4,off Backe).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Taveras (8,off Grabow).  Team–7.  U-HP–Mark Wegner, 1B–Marvin Hudson, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–2:40.  A–38,856.
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