Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
July 16, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 2011 at Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Presley lf 5 0 0 0
d'Arnaud ss 4 0 1 0
Walker 2b 5 1 4 2
McCutchen A. cf 5 0 0 0
Jones rf 4 0 0 0
  Resop p 0 0 0 0
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Leroux p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
Overbay 1b 4 1 2 1
Wood 3b 3 1 1 1
McKenry c 4 1 3 0
Maholm p 3 0 0 0
  McCutchen D. p 0 0 0 0
  Paul rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Bourn cf 5 0 3 1
Sanchez 3b 3 1 0 0
Keppinger 2b 4 1 2 2
Pence rf 3 1 0 0
Lee 1b,lf,1b 4 1 2 0
Michaels lf 3 0 1 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Escalona p 0 0 0 0
  Wallace ph 1 0 0 1
  Bogusevic pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Barmes ss 4 1 1 0
Quintero c 4 0 2 1
Norris p 1 0 0 0
  Downs 1b 2 0 0 0
  Melancon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 11 5
Pittsburgh 000 013 0004111
Houston 012 000 03x6111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Maholm   5.0 9 3 3 1 3
  McCutchen   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Resop   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Veras  L(2-3) 0.1 1 3 2 1 0
  Leroux   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
6
5
2
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Norris   5.2 9 4 4 2 5
  Lopez   1.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Escalona  W(2-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Melancon  SV(7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
2
7

  E–B. Wood (1), Norris (1).  PB–McKenry (1).  2B–Pittsburgh McKenry (4,off Norris), Houston Lee (25,off Maholm); Keppinger (8,off Maholm).  HR–Pittsburgh Walker (9,5th inning off Norris 0 on 1 out); Overbay (7,6th inning off Norris 0 on 0 out); B. Wood (5,6th inning off Norris 0 on 0 out), Houston Keppinger (3,3rd inning off Maholm 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Sanchez (7,off Maholm); Norris (9,off Maholm).  Team–8.  SB–Pence (7,3rd base off Veras/McKenry).  CS–Bourn (5,2nd base by Maholm/McKenry).  U-HP–Tim Timmons, 1B–Eric Cooper, 2B–Jeff Kellogg, 3B–Mark Carlson.  T–3:04.  A–35,081.
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