Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 13, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 13, 2009 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Matsui 2b 3 0 0 0
  Blum 3b 1 0 0 0
Tejada ss 4 0 2 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0
Lee lf 4 0 0 0
Pence rf 3 0 0 0
Michaels cf 4 0 1 0
Keppinger 3b,2b 2 0 1 0
Quintero c 3 0 0 0
Moehler p 1 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph 1 0 0 0
  Geary p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 0 4 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Morgan lf 5 0 1 2
Sanchez 2b 5 2 3 0
McLouth cf 4 1 1 1
Doumit c 5 1 2 2
LaRoche 1b 4 1 3 2
Moss rf 5 0 1 0
Vazquez 3b 3 1 1 0
Wilson ss 3 1 1 0
Duke p 2 0 1 0
Totals 36 7 14 7
Houston 000 000 000040
Pittsburgh 105 000 01x7140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Moehler  L(0-2) 2.1 7 5 5 1 0
  Byrdak   0.2 1 1 1 2 0
  Ortiz   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Sampson   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Wright   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Geary   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
5
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Duke  W(2-0) 9.0 4 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
5

  E–None.  2B–Houston Tejada (1,off Duke); Keppinger (1,off Duke), Pittsburgh Sanchez 3 (6,off Moehler 2,off Sampson); Duke (2,off Sampson); Adam LaRoche (1,off Geary).  HR–Pittsburgh Adam LaRoche (2,3rd inning off Moehler 1 on 1 out); Doumit (2,8th inning off Geary 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Duke (3,off Moehler).  Team–11.  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–James Hoye, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Brian Knight.  T–2:41.  A–38,411.
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