Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Nationals
May 2, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 2008 at Nationals Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Washington Nationals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Washington Nationals 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 3 3 2 0
Sanchez 2b 5 0 0 0
Bay lf 3 1 2 1
  Yates p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
Doumit c 5 1 3 2
Nady rf 3 2 1 1
Mientkiewicz 1b 5 1 0 1
Bautista 3b 4 3 2 4
Gomez ss 5 0 2 2
Dumatrait p 3 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche ph 1 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 11 12 11
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Lopez 2b,lf 4 0 2 1
Guzman ss 4 0 0 0
Zimmerman 3b 4 1 1 0
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0
Milledge cf 4 1 1 0
Kearns rf 3 1 0 0
Pena lf 2 0 0 1
  Hanrahan p 0 0 0 0
  Harris 2b 1 0 1 0
Nieves c 4 0 1 2
Lannan p 0 0 0 0
  Lo Duca ph 1 1 1 0
  O'Connor p 1 0 0 0
  Boone 2b,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Pittsburgh 006 110 21011121
Washington 001 300 000471
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dumatrait   4.0 6 4 4 1 4
  Marte  W(2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Grabow   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Yates   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Capps   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
0
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Lannan  L(2-3) 3.0 6 6 5 2 0
  O'Connor   3.2 3 4 4 3 3
  Hanrahan   1.1 3 1 1 1 3
  Colome   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
0
1

  E–F. Sanchez (5), Lopez (3).  DP–Washington 2. Lopez-Guzman-Johnson, Zimmerman-Lopez-Johnson.  2B–Pittsburgh McLouth (13,off Lannan); Bay (2,off Hanrahan), Washington Lopez (3,off Dumatrait); Milledge (9,off Dumatrait); Nieves (1,off Dumatrait).  HR–Pittsburgh J. Bautista 2 (3,3rd inning off Lannan 2 on 1 out,5th inning off O'Connor 0 on 1 out).  HBP–McLouth (2,by Lannan).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Pena (1,off Dumatrait).  Team–4.  SB–McLouth (3,2nd base off O'Connor/Nieves).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Tim Timmons, 3B–Gary Cederstrom.  T–2:56.  A–26,001.
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