Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
June 6, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 2009 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 6, Houston Astros 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McCutchen cf 5 0 1 2
Morgan lf 5 0 0 0
Sanchez 2b 5 0 1 0
LaRoche A. 1b 4 1 2 0
LaRoche A. 3b 4 2 2 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
Moss rf 4 2 1 1
Jaramillo c 3 1 1 1
Wilson ss 4 0 2 1
Maholm p 3 0 1 1
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
  Grabow p 0 0 0 0
  Vazquez 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 5 0 0 0
Tejada ss 5 2 3 0
Pence rf 4 2 2 2
Lee lf 4 0 2 2
Berkman 1b 3 0 0 0
Rodriguez c 4 0 1 0
Keppinger 3b 4 0 1 0
Maysonet 2b 4 0 1 0
Oswalt p 2 0 0 0
  Michaels ph 1 0 0 0
  Byrdak p 0 0 0 0
  Sampson p 0 0 0 0
  Hawkins p 0 0 0 0
  Erstad ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
Pittsburgh 033 000 0006110
Houston 201 010 0004102
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Maholm  W(4-2) 7.0 8 4 4 1 4
  Grabow   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Capps  SV(13) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  L(2-3) 6.0 9 6 6 1 3
  Byrdak   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Sampson   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Hawkins   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
5

  E–Keppinger (1), Maysonet (1), Keppinger (1), Maysonet (1).  2B–Pittsburgh Adam LaRoche (19,off Oswalt); Moss (10,off Oswalt); Wilson 2 (11,off Oswalt,off Sampson); Jaramillo (9,off Oswalt), Houston Lee (12,off Maholm); Tejada (21,off Maholm).  3B–Houston Pence (4,off Maholm).  HR–Houston Pence (7,1st inning off Maholm 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Morgan (12,2nd base off Hawkins/I. Rodriguez).  CS–Adam LaRoche (1,2nd base by Byrdak/I. Rodriguez); Morgan (6,3rd base by Hawkins/I. Rodriguez).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Larry Vanover, 2B–Dan Iassogna, 3B–Sam Holbrook.  T–2:45.  A–26,099.
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