Cleveland Indians vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 23, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 2009 at PNC Park. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Cleveland Indians 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Carroll 2b 4 1 0 0
Sizemore cf 5 1 2 2
Martinez c 3 1 0 0
Choo lf 3 0 1 0
DeRosa rf 3 0 0 0
Peralta 3b 4 1 2 3
Valbuena ss 4 0 0 0
Gimenez 1b 4 1 2 0
Huff p 2 0 0 0
  Barfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Herges p 0 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 7 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
McCutchen cf 5 0 1 1
Morgan lf 3 0 1 0
Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0
LaRoche A. 1b 5 1 2 1
Diaz c 4 1 2 0
LaRoche A. 3b 4 0 0 0
Pearce rf 3 0 0 0
  Moss ph 1 1 1 1
Wilson ss 4 1 2 1
Snell p 0 0 0 0
  Karstens p 1 0 0 0
  Burnett p 0 0 0 0
  Hinske ph 0 0 0 0
  Meek p 0 0 0 0
  Vazquez ph 1 0 0 0
  Chavez p 0 0 0 0
  Capps p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4
Cleveland 004 001 000570
Pittsburgh 000 000 004490
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Huff  W(3-2) 8.0 4 0 0 2 2
  Herges   0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Wood  SV(9) 0.2 2 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Snell  L(2-8) 2.2 4 4 4 3 1
  Karstens   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Burnett   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Meek   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  Chavez   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Capps   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
4
7

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh Wilson 2 (16,off Huff,off Wood); Moss (14,off Herges).  3B–Cleveland Sizemore (2,off Snell).  HR–Cleveland Peralta (4,6th inning off Meek 0 on 0 out), Pittsburgh Adam LaRoche (10,9th inning off Herges 0 on 0 out).  SH–Huff (2,off Snell).  Team LOB–6.  Team–9.  U-HP–Chris Guccione, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Jerry Layne, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–3:00.  A–19,109.
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