Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 8, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 2008 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 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Erstad cf 5 0 0 0
Loretta 2b 4 0 0 0
Berkman 1b 1 1 0 0
Lee lf 4 1 2 2
  Bourn pr 0 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 0 0 0
Pence rf 4 1 1 1
Wigginton 3b 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 1 0 1 0
Backe p 2 0 0 0
  Borkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Newhan ph 1 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph 0 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 5 1 2 3
Sanchez 2b 5 0 2 0
  Marte p 0 0 0 0
Doumit c 4 0 0 0
Bay lf 4 0 2 0
Nady rf 4 0 1 0
LaRoche 1b 4 1 3 1
Bautista 3b 2 1 0 0
Snell p 1 0 0 0
  Beam p 1 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Mientkiewicz ph 1 0 1 0
  Rivas pr,2b 0 1 0 0
Wilson ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Houston 000 120 000350
Pittsburgh 000 010 03x4110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Backe   3.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Borkowski   2.0 4 1 1 1 1
  Wright   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Geary   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Brocail  L(4-4) 0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Valverde   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Snell   3.2 4 1 1 3 1
  Beam   2.1 1 2 2 2 1
  Grabow  W(5-2) 2.0 0 0 0 4 0
  Marte  SV(3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
0

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Bay (21,off Borkowski); Adam LaRoche (17,off Wright).  HR–Houston Pence (11,4th inning off Snell 0 on 1 out); Lee (21,5th inning off Beam 1 on 2 out), Pittsburgh McLouth (17,5th inning off Borkowski 0 on 1 out); Adam LaRoche (10,8th inning off Brocail 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Blum (2,by Grabow); J. Bautista (3,by Borkowski).  Team LOB–11.  HBP–J. Bautista (2,by Brocail).  Team–10.  U-HP–Paul Schrieber, 1B–Kerwin Danley, 2B–Laz Diaz, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:58.  A–17,867.
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