Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
July 21, 2008 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 2008 at Minute Maid Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 9, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McLouth cf 6 1 3 0
Sanchez 2b 6 2 3 4
Doumit c 6 0 0 0
Bay lf 5 1 4 2
Nady rf 5 1 3 0
LaRoche 1b 4 1 2 2
Bautista J. 3b 5 1 2 0
Van Benschoten p 1 0 0 0
  Mientkiewicz ph 0 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Gomez ph 1 0 0 0
  Yates p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 0 1 0 0
  Bautista D. p 0 0 0 0
Wilson ss 5 1 1 1
Totals 44 9 18 9
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 5 1 3 0
Bourn cf 3 1 1 0
Berkman 1b 3 0 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 2 2
  Erstad lf 1 0 1 0
Tejada ss 5 0 0 0
Pence rf 5 1 1 0
Wigginton 3b 2 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
  Newhan ph 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Valverde p 0 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Blum ph 1 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 0 2 1
Hernandez p 2 0 0 0
  Loretta 3b 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 3
Pittsburgh 001 010 0079181
Houston 001 110 0003100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Van Benschoten   5.0 6 3 2 4 4
  Burnett   0.1 1 0 0 2 0
  Grabow   1.2 2 0 0 0 2
  Yates  W(4-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bautista   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   5.1 8 2 2 2 3
  Geary   1.2 2 0 0 1 2
  Brocail   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
  Valverde  L(4-3) 0.1 5 6 6 1 0
  Byrdak   0.2 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
1
1
1
0
2

  E–J. Bautista (11).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. J. Bautista-F. Sanchez-Adam LaRoche, Houston 1. Tejada-Matsui-Berkman.  2B–Pittsburgh McLouth (34,off Hernandez), Houston Matsui (18,off Van Benschoten); Ausmus (7,off Van Benschoten).  HR–Pittsburgh Bay (20,9th inning off Valverde 0 on 1 out); Adam LaRoche (12,9th inning off Valverde 1 on 1 out); F. Sanchez (6,9th inning off Byrdak 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–12.  Team–13.  SB–Matsui (16,2nd base off Van Benschoten/Doumit); Pence (6,2nd base off Van Benschoten/Doumit).  U-HP–Fieldin Culbreth, 1B–Jim Reynolds, 2B–Chris Tiller, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–3:42.  A–34,624.
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