Major League Baseball
                          Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros
                     29-Jul-2012 at Houston, TX (Minute Maid Park)

Pittsburgh Pirates 5 (58-43)                  Houston Astros 9 (35-68)

Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
Starling Marte cf..........  5  1  2  0       Jose Altuve 2b.............  3  2  1  0
Alex Presley lf............  5  0  1  0       Marwin Gonzalez ss.........  5  1  3  3
Neil Walker 2b.............  3  1  1  2       J.D. Martinez lf...........  3  1  1  1
Garrett Jones rf...........  5  1  1  2       Scott Moore 3b.............  4  0  2  2
Casey McGehee 1b...........  5  0  1  0       Steve Pearce 1b............  4  1  1  0
Pedro Alvarez 3b...........  3  0  2  0        Wesley Wright p...........  0  0  0  0
Michael McKenry c..........  3  0  1  0        Francisco Cordero p.......  0  0  0  0
Jordy Mercer ss............  2  0  0  0        Ben Francisco ph..........  1  0  1  0
 Andrew McCutchen ph.......  1  0  0  0        Chuckie Fick p............  0  0  0  0
 Kevin Correia p...........  0  0  0  0        Xavier Cedeno p...........  0  0  0  0
 Drew Sutton ph............  1  0  0  0        Wilton Lopez p............  0  0  0  0
 Jared Hughes p............  0  0  0  0       Brian Bogusevic rf.........  4  0  0  0
James McDonald p...........  1  0  0  0       Chris Snyder c.............  3  2  1  0
 Josh Harrison ss..........  2  2  2  0       Jordan Schafer cf..........  3  1  1  3
                                              Lucas Harrell p............  3  0  0  0
                                               Fernando Rodriguez p......  0  0  0  0
                                               Matt Downs 1b.............  1  1  1  0
Totals..................... 36  5 11  4       Totals..................... 34  9 12  9

Score by Innings                    R  H  E
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Pittsburgh Pirates.. 000 200 102 -  5 11  0
Houston Astros...... 001 221 30X -  9 12  0
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DP - Pirates 1. LOB - Pirates 9; Astros 10. 2B - Walker; Harrison; Altuve; Gonzalez
2; Pearce; Francisco. 3B - Martinez. HR - Jones(16); Schafer(4). SH - McDonald. SF -
Walker; Martinez. SB - Marte.

Pittsburgh Pirates             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
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James McDonald  L,10-5.....   5.0  6  5  5  7  5   0  0  0  1   19 27   4  5
Kevin Correia .............   2.0  5  4  4  1  2   0  0  0  0   11 12   1  3
Jared Hughes ..............   1.0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    4  4   2  1

Houston Astros                 IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lucas Harrell  W,8-7.......   5.2  5  2  2  3  5   1  0  0  0   21 25   4  8
Fernando Rodriguez ........   1.0  2  1  1  0  1   0  0  0  0    5  5   2  0
Wesley Wright .............   0.2  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  0
Francisco Cordero .........   0.2  0  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    2  2   0  0
Chuckie Fick ..............   0.0  3  2  2  0  0   1  0  0  0    3  3   0  0
Xavier Cedeno .............   0.2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  2   1  1
Wilton Lopez ..............   0.1  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    1  1   0  0

WP - Fick; Harrell.

Strikeouts - Presley 3; Walker; McGehee 2; Alvarez; McKenry; Sutton; McDonald;
Gonzalez; Pearce; Bogusevic; Schafer; Harrell 3. Walks - Walker; Alvarez; McKenry;
Altuve 2; Martinez; Moore; Bogusevic; Snyder 2; Schafer.

Umpires - HP: Jim Wolf  1B: Derryl Cousins  2B: Alan Porter  3B: David Rackley
Start: 13:06   Time: 3:26   Attendance: 20,453

Weather: Roof closed
Fick faced 3 batters in the 9th.
Game: 0729

Major League Baseball
Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros - Play-by-Play
29-Jul-2012 at Houston, TX (Minute Maid Park)

Pittsburgh Pirates starters: 6/cf Marte; 7/lf Presley; 18/2b Walker; 46/rf Jones; 14/1b McGehee; 24/3b Alvarez; 55/c McKenry; 69/ss Mercer; 53/p McDonald
Houston Astros starters: 27/2b Altuve; 9/ss Gonzalez; 14/lf Martinez; 46/3b Moore; 13/1b Pearce; 19/rf Bogusevic; 18/c Snyder; 1/cf Schafer; 64/p Harrell

Pittsburgh Pirates 1st - Marte flied out to rf. Presley struck out swinging. Walker struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Houston Astros 1st - Altuve grounded out to ss. Gonzalez flied out to lf. Martinez walked. Moore flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 2nd - Jones fouled out to 3b. McGehee grounded out to 3b. Alvarez singled to left field. McKenry grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Houston Astros 2nd - Pearce struck out swinging. Bogusevic grounded out to 2b. Snyder walked. Schafer walked; Snyder advanced to second. Harrell struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 3rd - Mercer grounded out to p. McDonald struck out swinging. Marte grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Houston Astros 3rd - Altuve walked. Gonzalez doubled to shortstop; Altuve advanced to third. Martinez flied out to rf, SF, RBI; Altuve scored. Moore walked. Pearce grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Moore out on the play. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 4th - Presley grounded out to 3b. Walker walked. Walker advanced to second on a wild pitch. Jones homered to right field, 2 RBI; Walker scored. McGehee flied out to cf. Alvarez struck out swinging. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Houston Astros 4th - Bogusevic flied out to rf. Snyder walked. Schafer homered to right field, 2 RBI; Snyder scored. Harrell struck out swinging. Altuve doubled to left center. Gonzalez struck out swinging. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 5th - McKenry singled up the middle. Mercer reached on a fielder's choice; McKenry out at second ss to 2b. McDonald out at first 1b to 2b, SAC; Mercer advanced to second. Marte singled to second base; Mercer advanced to third. Marte stole second. Presley struck out swinging. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Houston Astros 5th - Martinez tripled to right field. Moore singled to right field, RBI; Martinez scored. Pearce doubled down the lf line; Moore advanced to third. Bogusevic intentionally walked. Snyder reached on a fielder's choice; Bogusevic advanced to second; Pearce advanced to third; Moore out at home c unassisted. Schafer grounded out to 2b, RBI; Snyder advanced to second; Bogusevic advanced to third; Pearce scored. Harrell struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 6th - Walker flied out to cf. Jones grounded out to 2b. McGehee singled to left field. Alvarez walked; McGehee advanced to second. McKenry walked; Alvarez advanced to second; McGehee advanced to third. Rodriguez to p for Harrell. McCutchen pinch hit for Mercer. McCutchen popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Houston Astros 6th - Correia to p for McCutchen. Harrison to ss for McDonald. Altuve flied out to rf. Gonzalez singled to right field. Martinez grounded out to p; Gonzalez advanced to second. Moore singled to left field, RBI; Gonzalez scored. Pearce grounded out to ss. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 7th - Harrison doubled down the lf line. Marte fouled out to 1b. Presley struck out looking. Walker doubled to right center, RBI; Harrison scored. Wright to p for Pearce. Downs to 1b for Rodriguez. Jones flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Houston Astros 7th - Bogusevic struck out swinging. Snyder singled to right field. Schafer struck out looking. Downs singled to left center; Snyder advanced to third. Altuve walked; Downs advanced to second. Gonzalez doubled to left field, 3 RBI; Altuve scored; Downs scored; Snyder scored. Martinez grounded out to 2b. 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 8th - McGehee struck out looking. Alvarez singled to left field. Cordero to p for Wright. McKenry struck out swinging. Sutton pinch hit for Correia. Sutton struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Houston Astros 8th - Hughes to p for Sutton. Moore grounded out to 2b. Francisco pinch hit for Cordero. Francisco doubled to left field. Bogusevic flied out to rf. Snyder flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Pittsburgh Pirates 9th - Fick to p for Francisco. Harrison singled to left field. Marte singled to center field; Harrison advanced to third. Marte advanced to second on a wild pitch; Harrison scored. Presley singled to first base; Marte advanced to third. Cedeno to p for Fick. Walker flied out to lf, SF, RBI; Marte scored. Jones grounded out to 1b unassisted; Presley advanced to second. Lopez to p for Cedeno. McGehee struck out looking. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.


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