Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
September 21, 2012 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 2012 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 1, Houston Astros 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Marte lf 4 0 2 0
Barmes ss 4 0 0 0
McCutchen cf 4 0 1 0
Jones rf,1b 4 1 1 1
Sanchez 1b 2 0 0 0
  McDonald p 0 0 0 0
  Morris p 0 0 0 0
  Takahashi p 0 0 0 0
  Presley ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson p 0 0 0 0
Alvarez 3b 4 0 1 0
McKenry c 3 0 1 0
Holt 2b 4 0 1 0
Locke p 2 0 0 0
  Tabata rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Altuve 2b 4 0 1 1
Barnes cf 3 1 1 0
Dominguez 3b 5 0 0 0
Maxwell rf,lf 2 2 1 1
Lowrie ss 3 2 1 3
  Gonzalez M. ss 0 0 0 0
Wallace 1b 4 2 2 2
Martinez lf 2 0 0 0
  Bogusevic ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Snyder c 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez E. p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 1 0 0 0
  Laird ph 1 0 0 0
  Valdez p 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno p 0 0 0 0
  Moore ph 0 0 0 0
  Storey p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
  Downs ph 1 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 6 7
Pittsburgh 000 000 010170
Houston 300 003 10x761
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Locke  L(0-2) 5.0 3 3 3 3 8
  McDonald   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Morris   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Takahashi   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Wilson   1.0 0 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
0
0
0
2
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Gonzalez   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Rodriguez  W(2-10) 3.1 2 0 0 0 4
  Valdez   0.1 2 0 0 0 0
  Cedeno   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Storey   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Cruz   1.0 1 1 1 0 2
  Lopez   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
0
1

  E–Storey (1).  DP–Houston 1. Dominguez-Wallace.  2B–Houston Altuve (34,off Locke).  3B–Houston Wallace (1,off McDonald).  HR–Pittsburgh Jones (24,8th inning off Cruz 0 on 2 out), Houston Lowrie (15,1st inning off Locke 2 on 2 out); Maxwell (17,6th inning off McDonald 0 on 0 out); Wallace (8,7th inning off Takahashi 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Lowrie (2,by McDonald); Altuve (6,by Morris).  Team–8.  SB–Altuve (32,3rd base off Locke/McKenry); Bogusevic (15,2nd base off Morris/McKenry).  U-HP–Eric Cooper, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Tim Timmons, 3B–Marty Foster.  T–3:24.  A–17,093.
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