Pittsburgh Pirates vs Washington Nationals
May 4, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 2008 at Nationals Park. The Washington Nationals 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, Washington Nationals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 4 0 1 0
Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 0 1 0
Doumit c 4 0 0 0
Nady rf 4 1 2 0
LaRoche 1b 4 1 3 2
Bautista 3b 4 0 1 0
Bixler ss 2 0 0 0
  Mientkiewicz ph 1 0 0 0
  Gomez ss 1 0 0 0
Snell p 2 0 0 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 1 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Washington Nationals ab   r   h rbi
Lopez 2b 4 0 1 1
Guzman ss 4 1 2 0
Milledge cf 3 1 1 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 1 1
Kearns rf 4 1 2 1
Boone 3b 4 1 1 1
Lo Duca c 4 0 1 0
Mackowiak lf 3 0 2 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
  Ayala p 0 0 0 0
  Pena ph 1 0 1 1
  Colome p 0 0 0 0
Redding p 1 0 0 0
  Harris lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 33 5 13 5
Pittsburgh 000 010 001290
Washington 200 100 11x5130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Snell  L(2-2) 6.0 10 4 4 1 2
  Marte   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Grabow   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
3
1
1
0
1
  Washington Nationals IP H R ER BB SO
Redding  W(4-2) 6.1 6 1 1 0 5
  Rivera   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Ayala   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Colome   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
2
1
1
0
0

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3. J. Bautista-F. Sanchez-Adam LaRoche, Snell-Bixler-F. Sanchez, Adam LaRoche-Marte.  2B–Pittsburgh Adam LaRoche (4,off Redding); Nady (11,off Colome), Washington Harris (3,off Snell); Pena (1,off Grabow).  HR–Pittsburgh Adam LaRoche (2,5th inning off Redding 0 on 1 out), Washington Boone (1,4th inning off Snell 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Redding (3,off Snell).  HBP–Milledge (4,by Snell).  Team–7.  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Gary Cederstrom, 2B–Fieldin Culbreth, 3B–Jim Reynolds.  T–2:39.  A–30,564.
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