Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 26, 2007 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 2007 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."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 5 0 2 0
Bautista rf 4 1 0 0
Sanchez F. 2b 3 2 1 1
Phelps c 3 0 1 0
  Maldonado c 0 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 1 1 0
LaRoche 1b 4 0 2 2
Castillo 3b 4 0 0 0
Izturis ss 4 0 1 1
Armas, Jr. p 3 0 0 0
  Osoria p 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez R. p 0 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
  Chacon p 0 0 0 0
  Nady ph 0 0 0 0
  Snell pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Burke 2b 2 1 0 0
Pence cf 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 4 1 3 1
Lee lf 4 1 1 0
Scott rf 4 1 3 1
Wigginton 3b 3 1 1 2
Loretta ss 4 0 1 1
  Bruntlett ss 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph 1 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Biggio ph 1 0 0 0
  McLemore p 0 0 0 0
  Lidge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 012 010 000480
Houston 100 002 02x5100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Armas, Jr.   5.1 7 3 3 1 4
  Osoria   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Sanchez   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
  Marte   0.2 1 1 1 0 2
  Chacon  L (4-4) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez   5.0 7 4 4 3 7
  Borkowski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McLemore  W (3-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Lidge  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
12

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. R. Sanchez-Izturis-LaRoche.  2B–Pittsburgh Bay (22,off Rodriguez), Houston Berkman (16,off Armas); Lee (37,off Armas); Scott (24,off Marte).  HR–Pittsburgh F. Sanchez (10,5th inning off Rodriguez 0 on 1 out), Houston Wigginton (3,8th inning off Chacon 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Burke (8,by Armas).  Team–6.  SB–Bautista (6,2nd base off Rodriguez/Ausmus).  CS–McLouth (1,2nd base by Rodriguez/Ausmus).  U-HP–Adam Dowdy, 1B–Alfonso Marquez, 2B–Chuck Meriwether, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–3:04.  A–42,564.
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