Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 29, 2011 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Tabata lf,rf 4 0 0 0
Harrison 3b 4 1 1 0
  Veras p 0 0 0 0
  Watson p 0 0 0 0
McCutchen cf 3 1 1 2
Walker 2b 4 1 1 0
Doumit c 4 0 1 1
Diaz rf 1 0 0 0
  Presley lf 1 0 0 0
Wood 1b,3b 4 0 0 0
d'Arnaud ss 3 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Jones 1b 0 1 0 0
Ohlendorf p 2 0 0 0
  Cedeno ss 2 0 1 1
Totals 32 4 5 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Schafer cf 4 1 2 1
Altuve 2b 5 1 3 1
Martinez lf 4 2 1 1
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
  Downs ph 1 0 0 0
  Abreu p 0 0 0 0
  Melancon p 0 0 0 0
Lee 1b 3 1 2 3
Bogusevic rf 4 0 2 1
Paredes 3b 3 0 0 0
Barmes ss 4 1 2 0
Corporan c 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez p 2 0 0 0
  Bourgeois ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Totals 36 7 13 7
Pittsburgh 000 300 001450
Houston 000 110 41x7130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ohlendorf   5.0 5 2 2 1 6
  Grilli  L(1-1) 1.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Veras   0.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Watson   1.0 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
2
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Rodriguez  W(10-9) 7.0 4 3 3 4 13
  Carpenter   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Abreu   0.2 1 1 1 1 2
  Melancon  SV(15) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
5
16

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Grilli-Cedeno-B. Wood, Cedeno-Jones-Walker.  2B–Pittsburgh Harrison (9,off W. Rodriguez); Walker (23,off W. Rodriguez); Doumit (5,off W. Rodriguez), Houston Bogusevic 2 (9,off Ohlendorf,off Veras); Barmes (21,off Ohlendorf); Altuve (9,off Grilli).  3B–Pittsburgh Cedeno (2,off Abreu).  HR–Pittsburgh A. McCutchen (19,4th inning off W. Rodriguez 1 on 0 out), Houston Lee (13,7th inning off Veras 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Schafer (2,by Grilli).  Team–8.  U-HP–Mike Muchlinski, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Mike Everitt, 3B–Chris Guccione.  T–3:02.  A–19,250.
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