Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 21, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 2007 at PNC Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Burke rf 5 0 0 0
Pence cf 5 0 2 1
Loretta 2b 4 0 1 0
Lee lf 5 0 1 0
Ensberg 3b 4 1 1 0
Lamb 1b 4 1 3 1
Bruntlett ss 4 1 3 1
Ausmus c 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0
  Qualls p 0 0 0 0
  Biggio ph 1 0 0 0
  Albers p 0 0 0 0
  Berkman ph 1 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Kata 3b 4 2 2 1
Sanchez 2b 3 3 2 1
LaRoche 1b 4 0 3 2
Nady cf,rf 3 0 0 1
Bay lf 2 0 0 2
Doumit rf 4 0 1 0
  Chacon p 0 0 0 0
Paulino c 4 0 1 0
Wilson ss 4 1 1 0
Maholm p 3 1 0 0
  Torres p 0 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
  McLouth cf 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 10 7
Houston 000 000 2103111
Pittsburgh 000 240 10x7100
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L (6-9) 5.0 7 6 4 1 6
  Qualls   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Albers   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Borkowski   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
5
1
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Maholm  W (6-12) 6.2 8 2 2 2 5
  Torres   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
  Marte   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Chacon   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
9

  E–Ensberg (11).  DP–Houston 2. Bruntlett-Loretta-Lamb, Ensberg-Loretta-Lamb, Pittsburgh 1. LaRoche-Wilson-LaRoche.  2B–Houston Pence (25,off Maholm), Pittsburgh Kata (2,off Rodriguez); Doumit (17,off Borkowski)..  HR–Houston Lamb (10,7th inning off Maholm 0 on 0 out), Pittsburgh F. Sanchez (5,7th inning off Albers 0 on 1 out).  SH–Rodriguez (8,off Maholm).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Bay 2 (8,off Rodriguez 2).  HBP–Nady (9,by Rodriguez).  IBB–F. Sanchez (2,by Rodriguez).  Team–4.  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Ed Hickox, 2B–CB Bucknor, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:52.  A–32,068.
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