Pittsburgh 4, Houston 3
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(41-50)
  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 4 11 0
WP: J. Grabow (5-2) S: D. Marte (3)
LP: D. Brocail (4-4)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 4th: Houston
- H. Pence homered to deep center
Top 5th: Houston
- C. Lee homered to deep left center, L. Berkman scored
Bot 5th: Pittsburgh
- N. McLouth homered to deep right
Bot 8th: Pittsburgh
- A. LaRoche homered to deep right
- N. McLouth singled to right, L. Rivas and J. Bautista scored, J. Wilson to third, N. McLouth to second advancing on throw
 Houston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
D. Erstad cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .295
M. Loretta 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .262
L. Berkman 1b 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 .347
C. Lee lf 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 .294
    M. Bourn pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
M. Tejada ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .277
H. Pence rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .265
T. Wigginton 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
B. Ausmus c 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 .216
B. Backe p 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .308
    D. Borkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    D. Newhan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .286
    W. Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    G. Geary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    G. Blum ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .220
    D. Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    J. Valverde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 31 3 5 3 10 2 12  
 Batting
HR - H Pence (11, 4th inning off I Snell 0 on, 1 Out), C Lee (21, 5th inning off T Beam 1 on, 2 Out).
RBI - H Pence (42), C Lee 2 (72).
2-out RBI - C Lee 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - D Erstad 1, M Tejada 3.
Team LOB - 11.
 Base Running
SB - M Bourn (32, 2nd base off D Marte/R Doumit).
CS - T Wigginton (3, 2nd base by I Snell/R Doumit).
 Pittsburgh
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
N. McLouth cf 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 .280
F. Sanchez 2b 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 .228
    D. Marte p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R. Doumit c 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .319
J. Bay lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .292
X. Nady rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .322
A. LaRoche 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 .250
J. Bautista 3b 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 .254
I. Snell p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .148
    T.J. Beam p 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
    J. Michaels ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245
    J. Grabow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    D. Mientkiewicz ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .274
    L. Rivas pr-2b 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243
J. Wilson ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .298
 Totals 35 4 11 4 2 6 17  
 Batting
2B - J Bay (21, D Borkowski); A LaRoche (17, W Wright).
HR - N Mclouth (17, 5th inning off D Borkowski 0 on, 1 Out), A Laroche (10, 8th inning off D Brocail 0 on, 2 Out).
RBI - N McLouth 3 (60), A LaRoche (41).
2-out RBI - A LaRoche, N McLouth 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - X Nady 1, Ja Wilson 1, F Sanchez 2, I Snell 1, T Beam 1.
Team LOB - 10.
 Houston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
B. Backe 3.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 5.07
D. Borkowski 2.0 4 1 1 1 1 1 5.67
W. Wright (H, 10) 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.18
G. Geary (H, 4) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.48
D. Brocail (L, 4-4; BS, 2) 0.2 3 3 3 1 0 1 3.86
J. Valverde 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.98
 Pittsburgh
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
I. Snell 3.2 4 1 1 3 1 1 5.84
T.J. Beam 2.1 1 2 2 2 1 1 7.20
J. Grabow (W, 5-2) 2.0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3.35
D. Marte (S, 3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3.38
WP - J Grabow.
IBB - J Bautista (by D Borkowski), G Blum (by J Grabow).
HBP - J Bautista (by D Brocail).
Pitches-strikes - B Backe 48-31; D Borkowski 44-28; W Wright 10-5; G Geary 17-12; D Brocail 29-15; J Valverde 8-6; I Snell 88-57; T Beam 35-22; J Grabow 40-16; D Marte 9-4.
Ground balls-fly balls - B Backe 3-3; D Borkowski 3-2; W Wright 0-0; G Geary 4-1; D Brocail 0-2; J Valverde 0-0; I Snell 6-3; T Beam 3-3; J Grabow 1-5; D Marte 2-1.
Batters faced - B Backe 12; D Borkowski 11; W Wright 2; G Geary 5; D Brocail 7; J Valverde 1; I Snell 17; T Beam 10; J Grabow 10; D Marte 4.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Paul Schrieber. 1B--Kerwin Danley. 2B--Laz Diaz. 3B--Wally Bell.
Time: 2:58. (Plus 2 rain delays totaling 186 minutes in the 4th, 6th).
Attendance: 17,867.
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 9 mph, right to left.
Game Notes
HOUSTON'S CARLOS LEE EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 11 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE FIRST INNING.

Updated on Wednesday, Jul 9, 2008 4:53 am ET

  
 Top Batters
 Houston
C. Lee Carlos Lee
2-4, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Pittsburgh
N. McLouth Nate McLouth
2-5, 1 HR
3 RBI