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Houston Astros 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
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Houston
0 1 1 1 0 3 0 0 0   6 10 0
Pittsburgh
2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   3 10 0
Pittsburgh Pirates

Houston AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Bourn, CF 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 .286
Tejada, SS 4 1 2 0 1 0 1 .353
Berkman, 1B 4 1 1 3 1 1 4 .219
Lee, LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .212
  Sampson, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Byrdak, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  c-Erstad, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Hawkins, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pence, RF 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .303
Blum, 3B 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 .269
Rodriguez, I, C 4 0 1 0 1 1 2 .194
Keppinger, 2B 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .467
  b-Smith, PH-2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Ortiz, P 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 .250
  Wright, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Michaels, PH-LF 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .111
Totals 36 6 10 6 7 6 18  

a-Struck out for Wright in the 6th. b-Struck out for Keppinger in the 7th. c-Popped out for Byrdak in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Lee (3, Hansen), Bourn (1, Burnett).
3B: Keppinger (1, Karstens).
HR: Pence (3, 2nd inning off Karstens, 0 on, 1 out), Berkman (2, 6th inning off Burnett, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Bourn 2; Tejada 2; Berkman 4; Lee 2; Pence 4; Blum; Rodriguez, I; Keppinger 3; Ortiz.
RBI: Pence (5), Lee (5), Ortiz (1), Berkman 3 (5).
2-out RBI: Ortiz; Berkman 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Ortiz; Berkman 2; Rodriguez, I 2; Michaels.
GIDP: Berkman.
Team RISP: 3-for-13.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Pence (1, 2nd base off Capps/Jaramillo, J), Bourn (1, 2nd base off Karstens/Jaramillo, J).

FIELDING
DP: 2 (Sampson-Tejada-Berkman, Tejada-Smith-Berkman).

 
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Morgan, LF 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 .400
Wilson, Ja, SS 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .310
Sanchez, F, 2B 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .308
McLouth, CF 4 1 1 0 0 1 3 .219
LaRoche, Ad, 1B 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 .294
Moss, RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .259
LaRoche, An, 3B 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .050
Jaramillo, J, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333
  c-Hinske, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Karstens, P 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000
  a-Monroe, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125
  Hansen, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Burnett, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Yates, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  b-Vazquez, R, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188
  Grabow, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Capps, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  d-Doumit, PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .235
Totals 34 3 10 2 3 4 14  

a-Struck out for Karstens in the 4th. b-Grounded out for Yates in the 7th. c-Flied out for Jaramillo, J in the 9th. d-Singled for Capps in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Morgan (2, Ortiz), LaRoche, Ad 2 (3, Ortiz, Sampson).
3B: Morgan (2, Ortiz).
TB: Morgan 6; McLouth; LaRoche, Ad 4; Moss; LaRoche, An; Jaramillo, J; Doumit.
RBI: LaRoche, Ad (6), Morgan (8).
2-out RBI: LaRoche, Ad; Morgan.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moss; Wilson, Ja; McLouth.
S: Wilson, Ja.
GIDP: Jaramillo, J; LaRoche, An.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 8.

FIELDING
DP: (LaRoche, An-Sanchez, F-LaRoche, Ad).

 
Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Ortiz 4.2 5 3 3 2 2 0 6.23
Wright (W, 1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.80
Sampson (H, 2) 1.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Byrdak (H, 1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1.93
Hawkins (S, 1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.50
 
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Karstens 4.0 4 3 3 5 1 1 6.75
Hansen 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Burnett (L, 0-1) 1.0 2 3 3 1 1 1 7.36
Yates 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 9.00
Grabow 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Capps 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00

WP: Ortiz.
Pitches-strikes: Ortiz 99-54, Wright 3-1, Sampson 45-30, Byrdak 16-11, Hawkins 16-10, Karstens 87-47, Hansen 18-9, Burnett 30-17, Yates 19-12, Grabow 7-5, Capps 14-6.
Groundouts-flyouts: Ortiz 6-6, Wright 0-1, Sampson 3-2, Byrdak 2-0, Hawkins 2-1, Karstens 5-6, Hansen 2-1, Burnett 1-1, Yates 0-0, Grabow 3-0, Capps 0-2.
Batters faced: Ortiz 21, Wright 1, Sampson 8, Byrdak 4, Hawkins 4, Karstens 21, Hansen 4, Burnett 6, Yates 5, Grabow 3, Capps 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Wright 1-0, Byrdak 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Randy Marsh. 1B: Brian Knight. 2B: Mike Winters. 3B: James Hoye.
Weather: 55 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 1 mph, In from LF.
T: 3:28.
Att: 13,877.
April 16, 2009


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