Pittsburgh 8, Houston 2
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  Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pittsburgh 1 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 8 11 0
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 0
WP: P. Maholm (7-6)
LP: J. Cassel (1-1)
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  Box Score Play by Play
Scoring Summary
Top 1st: Pittsburgh
- F. Sanchez homered to deep left center
Top 2nd: Pittsburgh
- J. Bautista grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, X. Nady scored, A. LaRoche out at second
Top 3rd: Pittsburgh
- N. McLouth homered to deep center
Top 5th: Pittsburgh
- F. Sanchez singled to left, J. Wilson scored
- J. Bay singled to left, F. Sanchez scored
Top 7th: Pittsburgh
- R. Doumit homered to deep left, J. Wilson and F. Sanchez scored
Bot 7th: Houston
- H. Pence singled to deep left, L. Berkman scored
Bot 9th: Houston
- T. Wigginton singled to center, C. Lee scored
 Pittsburgh
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
N. McLouth cf 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 .279
F. Sanchez 2b 5 3 3 2 0 0 0 .239
R. Doumit c 5 1 2 3 0 0 0 .323
J. Bay lf 4 0 2 1 0 2 0 .289
X. Nady rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 .327
A. LaRoche 1b 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .258
J. Bautista 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .249
P. Maholm p 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .116
    S. Burnett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
J. Wilson ss 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 .280
 Totals 36 8 11 7 3 5 8  
 Batting
2B - X Nady (26, J Cassel); J Bay (23, J Cassel); Ja Wilson (9, J Cassel); F Sanchez (15, T Byrdak).
HR - F Sanchez (7, 1st inning off J Cassel 0 on, 1 Out), N Mclouth (20, 3rd inning off J Cassel 0 on, 1 Out), R Doumit (12, 7th inning off T Byrdak 2 on, 1 Out).
RBI - F Sanchez 2 (41), N McLouth (67), J Bay (57), R Doumit 3 (33).
2-out RBI - J Bay.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - P Maholm 1.
GIDP - J Bautista.
Team LOB - 4.
 Houston
  AB R H RBI BB K LOB Season Avg 
K. Matsui 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .279
M. Bourn cf 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 .222
L. Berkman 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .338
C. Lee lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .306
M. Tejada ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .276
H. Pence rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .265
T. Wigginton 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .270
H. Quintero c 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222
J. Cassel p 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
    C. Paronto p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
    M. Loretta ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254
    T. Byrdak p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
    G. Blum ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .212
    W. Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
 Totals 33 2 6 2 1 6 9  
 Batting
RBI - H Pence (49), T Wigginton (23).
2-out RBI - H Pence, T Wigginton.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - M Tejada 1, L Berkman 1.
Team LOB - 6.
 Fielding
Outfield assists - H Pence (R Doumit at 2nd base).
DP - 1 (M Tejada-K Matsui-L Berkman).
 Pittsburgh
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
P. Maholm (W, 7-6) 8.0 5 1 1 1 5 0 3.92
S. Burnett 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.64
 Houston
  IP H R ER BB K HR Season ERA 
J. Cassel (L, 1-1) 4.2 9 5 5 1 2 2 7.11
C. Paronto 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.24
T. Byrdak 2.0 2 3 3 2 3 1 2.88
W. Wright 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.84
WP - S Burnett.
IBB - A LaRoche (by J Cassel).
HBP - C Lee (by S Burnett).
Pitches-strikes - P Maholm 108-69; S Burnett 23-16; J Cassel 79-46; C Paronto 13-8; T Byrdak 37-21; W Wright 14-10.
Ground balls-fly balls - P Maholm 14-5; S Burnett 1-1; J Cassel 7-4; C Paronto 1-3; T Byrdak 0-3; W Wright 2-1.
Batters faced - P Maholm 30; S Burnett 5; J Cassel 22; C Paronto 4; T Byrdak 10; W Wright 3.
Game Details
Umpires: HP--Jim Reynolds. 1B--Chris Tiller. 2B--Tim Timmons. 3B--Fieldin Culbreth.
Time: 2:31.
Attendance: 33,996.
Weather: INDOORS
Game Notes
PITTSBURGH'S XAVIER NADY EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK TO 11 GAMES WITH A DOUBLE IN THE SECOND INNING.

Updated on Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008 5:21 am ET

 
 Top Batters
 Pittsburgh
F. Sanchez Freddy Sanchez
3-5, 1 HR
2 RBI
 Houston
M. Bourn Michael Bourn
2-4