Astros 10, Pirates 9

Preview - Box Score - Recap

	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Pittsburgh 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 9 12 1 Houston 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 X 10 9 2 WP: N. Bland (1-0) S: B. Wagner (7) LP: S. Sauerbeck (0-3)

Scoring Summary

Top 1st: Pittsburgh

-R. Simon doubled to deep left center, K. Lofton and J. Kendall scored, R. Simon to third

-A. Ramirez hit sacrifice fly to center, R. Simon scored

Top 2nd: Pittsburgh

-R. Sanders singled to left center, J. Wilson and K. Lofton scored

Bot 2nd: Houston

-L. Berkman homered to left

Bot 4th: Houston

-M. Ensberg homered to left, A. Everett and R. Hidalgo scored

Top 5th: Pittsburgh

-A. Ramirez doubled to center, J. Kendall and R. Simon scored

Top 6th: Pittsburgh

-K. Lofton homered to right

-R. Sanders homered to right

Bot 8th: Houston

-G. Zaun walked, J. Kent scored, L. Berkman to third, R. Hidalgo to second

-B. Hunter walked, L. Berkman scored, R. Hidalgo to third, G. Zaun to second

-O. Merced singled to right, R. Hidalgo and G. Zaun scored, B. Hunter to third

-G. Blum hit sacrifice fly to center, B. Hunter scored

-J. Bagwell singled to right, O. Merced scored

Pittsburgh
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
K. Lofton cf	4	3	3	1	1	0	2	.250
R. Sanders rf	5	1	2	3	0	3	1	.265
J. Kendall c	3	2	1	0	2	1	1	.296
R. Simon 1b	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	.298
K. Young 1b	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.212
A. Ramirez 3b	4	0	1	3	0	0	3	.230
M. Williams p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Stairs lf	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.206
C. Wilson ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237
P. Reese 2b	4	0	0	0	1	2	3	.217
J. Wilson ss	5	1	2	0	0	0	2	.261
K. Wells p	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250
A. Hyzdu ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111
B. Boehringer p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
S. Sauerbeck p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Nunez 3b	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205
Totals	38	9	12	9	5	9	16

Batting 2B - R Simon (5, K Saarloos); K Lofton (4, K Saarloos); A Ramirez (9, P Munro); K Young (3, N Bland). HR - K Lofton (2, 6th inning off P Munro 0 on, 1 Out), R Sanders (6, 6th inning off P Munro 0 on, 1 Out). SF - A Ramirez. RBI - R Simon 2 (16), A Ramirez 3 (10), R Sanders 3 (18), K Lofton (11). 2-out RBI - R Sanders 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - K Lofton 2, P Reese 1, A Ramirez 1, J Wilson 1. Team LOB - 8.

Base Running SB - K Lofton (6, 2nd base off K Saarloos/G Zaun), J Wilson (2, 2nd base off N Bland/G Zaun), P Reese (4, 3rd base off N Bland/G Zaun). CS - K Lofton (2, 2nd base by B Puffer/G Zaun).    Fielding E - J Kendall (1, throw). PB - J Kendall.

Houston
	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	Season Avg
C. Biggio cf	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	.254
G. Blum ss	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	.271
J. Bagwell 1b	4	0	1	1	1	2	2	.318
J. Kent 2b	4	1	1	0	1	0	2	.308
L. Berkman lf	3	2	1	1	1	0	2	.245
R. Hidalgo rf	2	2	1	0	2	1	0	.318
G. Zaun c	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	.286
A. Everett ss	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.235
N. Bland p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
B. Hunter ph	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	.200
B. Wagner p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
K. Saarloos p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Vizcaino ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.140
B. Puffer p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Ensberg ph	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	.306
P. Munro p	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
O. Merced 3b	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	.310
Totals	32	10	9	10	7	6	14

Batting 2B - C Biggio (5, K Wells). HR - L Berkman (4, 2nd inning off K Wells 0 on, 0 Out), M Ensberg (3, 4th inning off K Wells 2 on, 1 Out). SF - G Blum. RBI - L Berkman (12), M Ensberg 3 (11), G Zaun (4), B Hunter (3), O Merced 2 (8), G Blum (10), J Bagwell (22). 2-out RBI - J Bagwell. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - J Kent 1, J Vizcaino 1, L Berkman 2. Team LOB - 6.

Base Running SB - O Merced (3, 2nd base off M Williams/J Kendall).    Fielding E - A Everett 2 (2, pop up, throw).

Pittsburgh
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
K. Wells	6.0	5	4	4	3	5	2	3.25
B. Boehringer	1.0	2	3	3	2	1	0	10.03
S. Sauerbeck (L, 0-3)	0.0	1	3	3	2	0	0	5.54
M. Williams	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.68
Houston
	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	Season ERA
K. Saarloos	2.0	4	5	4	2	4	0	18.00
B. Puffer	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6.14
P. Munro	2.0	5	4	4	2	1	2	3.86
N. Bland (W, 1-0)	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0.00
B. Wagner (S, 7)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.37

Game Details

Umpires: HP--Ted Barrett. 1B--C.B. Bucknor. 2B--Tony Randazzo. 3B--Tim Mcclelland. Ejections: HOUSTON's Williams by Barrett (1st). Time: 3:08. Attendance: 27,023.

Updated at Tue May 6, 20:38:26 2003 PT