Final

Series: Game 1 of 3

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Houston leads 1-0 (as of 5/11)

Game 1: Friday, May 11
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Pittsburgh0
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Game 2: Saturday, May 12
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Game 3: Sunday, May 13
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Astros 1

(15-17, 5-9 away)

Pirates 0

(14-18, 8-8 home)

Coverage:  ROOT Sports

7:05 PM ET, May 11, 2012

PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

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W: B. Norris (3-1)

L: J. McDonald (2-2)

S: B. Myers (9)

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Houston - Top of 1st		SCORE
James McDonald pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
J Schafer struck out swinging.00
J Lowrie struck out swinging.00
J Altuve walked.00
C Lee flied out to right.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 1st		SCORE
Bud Norris pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
J Tabata flied out to right.00
N McLouth struck out swinging.00
A McCutchen struck out looking.00
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 2nd		SCORE
James McDonald pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
B Bogusevic singled to left center.00
C Johnson singled to right, B Bogusevic to third.00
J Maxwell grounded into double play, third to second to first, B Bogusevic scored, C Johnson out at second.10
J Castro walked.10
B Norris grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Castro out at second.10
1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 2nd		SCORE
Bud Norris pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
P Alvarez struck out swinging.10
N Walker flied out to center.10
G Jones flied out to center.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 3rd		SCORE
James McDonald pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
J Schafer popped out to second.10
J Lowrie grounded out to first.10
J Altuve grounded out to third.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 3rd		SCORE
Bud Norris pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
R Barajas flied out to left.10
C Barmes struck out swinging.10
J McDonald struck out swinging.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 4th		SCORE
James McDonald pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
C Lee grounded out to shortstop.10
B Bogusevic grounded out to pitcher.10
C Johnson grounded out to third.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 4th		SCORE
Bud Norris pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
J Tabata tripled to deep right.10
N McLouth fouled out to third.10
A McCutchen grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, J Tabata out at home.10
A McCutchen caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop.10
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 5th		SCORE
James McDonald pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
J Maxwell struck out swinging.10
J Castro grounded out to second.10
B Norris struck out swinging.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 5th		SCORE
Bud Norris pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
P Alvarez struck out looking.10
N Walker flied out to center.10
G Jones flied out to center.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 6th		SCORE
James McDonald pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
J Schafer struck out swinging.10
J Lowrie doubled to deep right center, J Lowrie out stretching at third.10
J Altuve grounded out to third.10
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 6th		SCORE
Bud Norris pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
R Barajas doubled to deep center.10
C Barmes singled to right, R Barajas to third.10
J McDonald sacrificed to first, C Barmes to second, J McDonald safe at first on error by pitcher B Norris.10
J Tabata struck out swinging.10
N McLouth popped out to second.10
A McCutchen struck out swinging.10
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors
Houston - Top of 7th		SCORE
James McDonald pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
C Lee struck out swinging.10
B Bogusevic flied out to right.10
C Johnson singled to center.10
J Maxwell grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Johnson out at second.10
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 7th		SCORE
Wesley Wright pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
W Wright relieved B Norris.10
P Alvarez struck out swinging.10
N Walker grounded out to shortstop.10
C McGehee hit for G Jones.10
W Lopez relieved W Wright.10
T Buck in left field.10
C McGehee struck out looking.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 8th		SCORE
James McDonald pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
C McGehee at first base.10
J Castro flied out to right.10
T Buck struck out swinging.10
J Schafer struck out swinging.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 8th		SCORE
Wilton Lopez pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
R Barajas singled to center.10
J Harrison ran for R Barajas.10
Houston's Manager B Mills ejected by J Joyce in the 8th.10
J Harrison caught stealing second, pitcher to first.10
C Barmes grounded out to shortstop.10
A Presley hit for J McDonald.10
A Presley struck out swinging.10
0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors
Houston - Top of 9th		SCORE
Jared Hughes pitching for PittsburghHOUPIT
M McKenry catching.10
J Hughes relieved J McDonald.10
J Lowrie grounded out to second.10
J Altuve flied out to left.10
C Lee grounded out to third.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors
Pittsburgh - Bottom of 9th		SCORE
Brett Myers pitching for HoustonHOUPIT
B Myers relieved W Lopez.10
J Tabata grounded out to shortstop.10
N McLouth grounded out to second.10
A McCutchen flied out to right.10
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors