Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - August 30, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 30, 2011

Final

Series: Game 2 of 3

Houston leads 2-0 (as of 8/30)

Game 1: Monday, August 29
Pittsburgh	4	Final
Houston	7	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, August 30
Pittsburgh	2	Final
Houston	8	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, August 31
Pittsburgh	0	Final
Houston	2	Final
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Pirates 2

(62-73, 31-36 away)

Astros 8

(46-90, 25-42 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, August 30, 2011

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

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

W: H. Sosa (2-2)

L: C. Morton (9-8)

Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A Presley LF	4	0	1	1	0	1	20	.298	.362	.433
J Harrison 3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	15	.279	.288	.382
D McCutchen P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
C Resop P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-C D'Arnaud PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	.205	.224	.268
N Walker 2B	4	0	0	0	0	3	20	.274	.340	.403
A McCutchen CF	4	1	1	1	0	1	24	.274	.373	.475
G Jones 1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	17	.247	.329	.447
X Paul RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	10	.258	.289	.346
R Cedeno SS	2	1	2	0	1	0	8	.262	.306	.355
M McKenry C	3	0	0	0	0	2	12	.239	.277	.344
C Morton P	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.047	.065	.093
C Leroux P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
B Wood 3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.216	.274	.344
Totals	30	2	4	2	1	11	139
a-grounded to shortstop for C Resop in the 9th
BATTING 2B: R Cedeno (24, H Sosa) HR: A Mccutchen (20, 9th inning off B Myers 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: A Presley (11), A McCutchen (81) S: C Morton 2-out RBI: A Presley, A McCutchen Pirates RISP: 1-4 (C Morton 0-1, M McKenry 0-1, J Harrison 0-1, A Presley 1-1) Team LOB: 3
BASERUNNING SB: A Presley (5, 2nd base off H Sosa/C Corporan)

Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
C Morton (L, 9-8)	5.1	6	4	4	4	8	1	96-58	3.74
C Leroux	0.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	12-8	2.77
D McCutchen	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	34-23	2.84
C Resop	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9-7	4.65
Totals	8.0	13	8	8	5	10	1	151-96
PITCHING C Leroux pitched to 4 batters in the 6th WP: C Morton 2 IBB: C Corporan 2 (By C Morton) HBP: C Barmes (By C Morton) Balk: C Morton First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: C Morton 15/27; C Leroux 3/4; D McCutchen 7/9; C Resop 2/3 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: C Morton 15-16-13-14; C Leroux 2-1-1-4; D McCutchen 7-3-6-7; C Resop 0-3-3-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: C Morton 6-2; C Leroux 0-0; D McCutchen 0-5; C Resop 1-0 Game Scores: C Morton 44

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Schafer CF	4	1	2	0	1	2	19	.253	.324	.332
J Altuve 2B	5	2	2	2	0	0	10	.313	.329	.413
J Martinez LF	5	1	3	3	0	2	17	.295	.331	.518
C Lee 1B	5	0	2	1	0	0	23	.274	.336	.436
B Bogusevic RF	4	0	0	0	1	2	24	.287	.354	.495
J Paredes 3B	4	1	2	1	1	0	18	.296	.333	.449
C Barmes SS	4	0	0	0	0	2	14	.243	.314	.374
C Corporan C	2	2	1	0	2	0	15	.194	.264	.269
H Sosa P	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.111	.000
a-M Downs PH	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	.280	.356	.510
W Wright P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
b-J Michaels PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.261	.303
B Myers P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.140	.204	.160
Totals	37	8	13	8	5	10	151
a-singled to left for H Sosa in the 6th b-flied out to center for W Wright in the 7th
BATTING 2B: J Paredes (7, D McCutchen) HR: J Altuve (2, 5th inning off C Morton 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: J Altuve 2 (11), M Downs (32), J Martinez 3 (29), C Lee (75), J Paredes (13) 2-out RBI: J Paredes, J Martinez Astros RISP: 7-19 (C Barmes 0-3, M Downs 1-1, J Paredes 1-1, H Sosa 0-2, J Altuve 1-2, J Martinez 2-3, J Schafer 1-1, C Lee 1-3, B Bogusevic 0-2, C Corporan 0-1) Team LOB: 11
BASERUNNING SB: J Altuve (4, 2nd base off C Morton/M McKenry); J Paredes (3, 3rd base off C Morton/M McKenry)

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
H Sosa (W, 2-2)	6.0	2	1	1	1	7	0	89-60	4.34
W Wright	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16-10	1.42
B Myers	2.0	2	1	1	0	3	1	34-23	4.81
Totals	9.0	4	2	2	1	11	1	139-93
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: H Sosa 13/21; W Wright 0/3; B Myers 3/8 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: H Sosa 17-14-16-13; W Wright 5-0-3-2; B Myers 5-6-8-4 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: H Sosa 4-7; W Wright 2-0; B Myers 1-2 Game Scores: H Sosa 70

Scoring Summary

			PIT	HOU
	3rd	A Presley singled to center, R Cedeno scored.	1	0
	5th	J Altuve homered to left (339 feet).	1	1
	6th	M Downs singled to left, J Paredes scored, C Corporan to second.	1	2
	6th	J Altuve singled to left center, C Corporan scored, M Downs to third, J Schafer to second.	1	3
	6th	J Martinez singled to center, M Downs and J Schafer scored, J Altuve to second.	1	5
	6th	C Lee singled to right, J Altuve scored, J Martinez to third.	1	6
	6th	J Paredes doubled to deep left, J Martinez scored, C Lee to third.	1	7
	7th	J Martinez reached on infield single to second, C Corporan scored, J Schafer to second.	1	8
	9th	A McCutchen homered to right (363 feet).	2	8
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Game Information

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	21,750 (51.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:51
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Winters, First Base - Mike Everitt, Second Base - Chris Guccione, Third Base - Mike Muchlinski