Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - July 08, 2009 - ESPN

Scores for Jul 8, 2009

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Houston won 2-1

Game 1: Monday, July 6
Pittsburgh	1	Final
Houston	4	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, July 7
Pittsburgh	6	Final
Houston	3	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, July 8
Pittsburgh	0	Final
Houston	5	Final
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Pirates 0

(38-47, 16-30 away)

Astros 5

(41-43, 21-22 home)

Alerts

2:05 PM ET, July 8, 2009

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
HOU	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	-	5	13	0

W: W. Rodriguez (8-6)

L: C. Morton (1-2)

Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A McCutchen CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	14	.291	.346	.440
J Wilson SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	19	.270	.304	.403
D Young LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	19	.315	.388	.403
G Jones RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.290	.333	.613
An LaRoche 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	.269	.346	.387
Ad LaRoche 1B	3	0	1	0	0	0	10	.259	.345	.464
R Diaz C	3	0	0	0	0	2	15	.295	.314	.375
R Vazquez 2B	2	0	1	0	1	1	13	.243	.351	.279
C Morton P	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.000	.000
a-S Pearce PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	.083	.214	.167
S Jackson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
E Meek P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-B Moss PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.253	.305	.369
J Karstens P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.167	.063
Totals	30	0	5	0	1	11	125
a-struck out looking for C Morton in the 5th b-grounded to shortstop for E Meek in the 8th
BATTING GIDP: An LaRoche, B Moss Pirates RISP: 0-2 (R Vazquez 0-1, R Diaz 0-1) Team LOB: 4
FIELDING DP: 1 (R Vazquez-J Wilson-Ad LaRoche). Outfield Assist: A McCutchen (M Tejada at Home).

Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Morton (L, 1-2)	4.0	10	5	5	1	3	0	84-49	4.29
S Jackson	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	28-16	3.44
E Meek	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15-9	2.75
J Karstens	1.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	19-12	4.85
Totals	8.0	13	5	5	3	7	0	146-86
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Morton 8/22; S Jackson 3/8; E Meek 2/3; J Karstens 3/5 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Morton 11-9-11-18; S Jackson 3-3-4-6; E Meek 2-4-3-0; J Karstens 1-3-4-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Morton 7-1; S Jackson 3-2; E Meek 0-0; J Karstens 3-0 Game Scores: C Morton 24

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
M Bourn CF	3	2	2	1	2	0	21	.285	.362	.395
M Tejada SS	5	0	2	1	0	0	21	.327	.356	.473
L Berkman 1B	4	1	2	2	0	1	18	.277	.402	.536
C Lee LF	4	0	2	1	0	1	20	.301	.347	.471
G Blum 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	15	.268	.340	.346
H Pence RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	12	.300	.368	.485
K Matsui 2B	4	1	2	0	0	2	18	.236	.295	.311
H Quintero C	3	0	1	0	1	0	10	.243	.263	.311
W Rodriguez P	4	1	0	0	0	1	11	.030	.059	.030
Totals	35	5	13	5	3	7	146
BATTING 2B: L Berkman 2 (18, C Morton 2); C Lee (14, C Morton); H Quintero (3, J Karstens) 3B: M Bourn (7, C Morton) RBI: M Tejada (43), C Lee (47), M Bourn (19), L Berkman 2 (51) 2-out RBI: C Lee, M Bourn, L Berkman 2 GIDP: M Tejada Astros RISP: 5-16 (M Tejada 2-4, G Blum 0-1, H Pence 0-1, H Quintero 0-2, M Bourn 1-1, C Lee 1-2, L Berkman 1-2, W Rodriguez 0-2, K Matsui 0-1) Team LOB: 9
BASERUNNING SB: K Matsui (8, 2nd base off C Morton/R Diaz); H Pence (9, 2nd base off S Jackson/R Diaz); M Bourn (28, 2nd base off S Jackson/R Diaz)
FIELDING DP: 2 (M Tejada-K Matsui-L Berkman, K Matsui-M Tejada-L Berkman).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
W Rodriguez (W, 8-6)	9.0	5	0	0	1	11	0	125-85	2.96
Totals	9.0	5	0	0	1	11	0	125-85
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: W Rodriguez 20/31 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: W Rodriguez 26-14-27-18 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W Rodriguez 9-7 Game Scores: W Rodriguez 87

Scoring Summary

			PIT	HOU
	3rd	M Tejada singled to right, M Bourn scored.	0	1
	3rd	C Lee doubled to right, L Berkman scored.	0	2
	4th	M Bourn singled to center, K Matsui scored, W Rodriguez to second.	0	3
	4th	L Berkman doubled to deep right, W Rodriguez and M Bourn scored, M Tejada to third.	0	5
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Game Information

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	29,243 (69.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:36
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Gerry Davis, First Base - C.B. Bucknor, Second Base - Mike Everitt, Third Base - Brian Gorman