Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 30, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 4 0 1 0
Tejada ss 4 0 2 2
Berkman 1b 4 0 1 1
Lee lf 4 1 1 0
Pence rf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez I. c 4 0 0 0
Keppinger 3b 4 0 1 1
Maysonet 2b 2 2 1 0
Rodriguez W. p 1 0 0 0
  Fulchino p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Backe p 0 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Morgan cf 4 1 0 0
LaRoche 3b 4 2 2 1
Sanchez 2b 4 1 2 1
Monroe lf 5 0 1 1
Hinske 1b 3 1 3 0
Young rf 4 0 1 1
Diaz c 3 0 1 2
Wilson ss 4 1 2 0
Karstens p 2 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Moss ph 1 1 1 1
  Gorzelanny p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 13 7
Houston 001 100 002480
Pittsburgh 300 020 02x7130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  L(5-4) 4.2 9 5 5 3 6
  Fulchino   1.1 0 0 0 2 1
  Byrdak   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Backe   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
5
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Karstens  W(2-2) 7.0 6 2 2 1 4
  Grabow   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Gorzelanny   0.2 1 2 2 2 0
  Capps  SV(10) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
4

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2. Tejada-Maysonet-Berkman, Keppinger-Maysonet-Berkman, Pittsburgh 1. Wilson-Sanchez-Hinske.  2B–Houston Tejada 2 (19,off Karstens 2); Lee (11,off Karstens); Keppinger (7,off Karstens); Bourn (8,off Grabow); Michaels (5,off Gorzelanny), Pittsburgh Wilson 2 (9,off W. Rodriguez,off Backe); Moss (9,off Backe); Andy LaRoche (13,off Backe).  SH–W. Rodriguez (3,off Karstens).  HBP–Tejada (4,by Capps).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Diaz (1,off W. Rodriguez).  Team–9.  U-HP–Marvin Hudson, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Wally Bell, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–2:54.  A–37,167.
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