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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

2000-08-14 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 30220 · 72°F, dome, dry · Wind from CF · 2:47

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 16–2. Houston Astros put up 5 in the 3rd. Chris Holt earned the win. Moises Alou went 3-for-3 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5
HOU	4	0	5	2	3	0	2	0		16	19

W: Chris Holt L: Jose Silva SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Miller · 1B: Jerry Meals · 2B: Larry Young · 3B: Travis Katzenmeier · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adrian Brown	3	0	0	0	1	0
Jason Kendall	3	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Giles	2	0	1	0	1	1
Kevin Young	4	1	1	0	0	0
Aramis Ramirez	0	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Morris	3	0	1	0	1	1
Alex Ramirez	3	0	1	1	1	1
Pat Meares	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Silva	1	0	0	0	0	1
Enrique Wilson	2	0	0	1	0	0
Keith Osik	2	0	0	0	0	0
John Vander Wal	1	0	0	0	0	0
Emil Brown	1	1	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julio Lugo	4	1	0	0	1	1
Bill Spiers	4	2	2	1	1	0
Jeff Bagwell	3	1	1	2	1	1
Lance Berkman	5	3	2	1	1	0
Moises Alou	3	3	3	5	1	0
Richard Hidalgo	4	2	1	1	1	0
Tony Eusebio	5	1	4	3	0	0
Tim Bogar	5	1	4	2	0	0
Chris Holt	4	0	0	0	0	4
Daryle Ward	2	1	2	1	0	0
Tripp Cromer	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Silva	2.2	9	3	1
Marc Wilkins	2.1	6	2	3
Jeff Wallace	2.0	3	1	2
Rich Loiselle	1.0	1	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Holt	9.0	5	4	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Adrian Brown: 8/F8LM
Jason Kendall: 43/G34
Brian Giles: W
Kevin Young: WP.1-2
Kevin Young: 5/L5S

Bot 1

Julio Lugo: W
Bill Spiers: CS2(26)
Bill Spiers: S9/L34D
Jeff Bagwell: W.1-2
Lance Berkman: D7/L7D+.2-H;1-3
Moises Alou: 8/SF/L8LD+.3-H
Richard Hidalgo: S7/L7S+.2-H;B-2
Tony Eusebio: S9/L9S.2-H
Tim Bogar: S7/L8LM.1-3
Chris Holt: K

Top 2

Aramis Ramirez: HP
Warren Morris: 46(1)3/GDP/G4
Alex Ramirez: W
Pat Meares: K

Bot 2

Julio Lugo: 8/F8LD
Bill Spiers: 7/F7M
Jeff Bagwell: 8/F8LD

Top 3

Jose Silva: K/C
Adrian Brown: W
Jason Kendall: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Bot 3

Lance Berkman: S7/L7S-
Moises Alou: S7/L7S+.1-2
Richard Hidalgo: 8/F8LD
Tony Eusebio: D9/L8RXD+.2-H;1-H
Tim Bogar: S7/L7S.2-3
Chris Holt: 14/SH.1-2
Julio Lugo: HP
Bill Spiers: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jeff Bagwell: D7/L7LS+.3-H;2-H;1-3
Lance Berkman: 3/G3

Top 4

Brian Giles: K/C
Kevin Young: 8/F8RM
Enrique Wilson: 43/G4

Bot 4

Moises Alou: HR/F8LXD+
Richard Hidalgo: W
Tony Eusebio: 13/G13-.1-2
Tim Bogar: D7/L7M+.2-H
Chris Holt: K
Julio Lugo: K/C

Top 5

Warren Morris: K
Alex Ramirez: K
Pat Meares: 3/L34

Bot 5

Bill Spiers: S9/L4D
Jeff Bagwell: K
Lance Berkman: W.1-2
Moises Alou: HR/F7D+.2-H;1-H
Richard Hidalgo: 3/FL
Tony Eusebio: D8/L8RXD+
Tim Bogar: 9/F9LD

Top 6

Keith Osik: 7/L7M
Adrian Brown: 9/F89M
Jason Kendall: 3/P3-

Bot 6

Chris Holt: K
Julio Lugo: 7/F7D
Bill Spiers: 9/F89D

Top 7

Brian Giles: S/G6MD
Kevin Young: 7/F7LM
Enrique Wilson: 8/F8RXD+
Warren Morris: S8/G4M.1-2
Alex Ramirez: 53/G5+

Bot 7

Daryle Ward: HR/F8RXD+
Lance Berkman: 9/F9M
Moises Alou: W
Richard Hidalgo: 9/P89S
Tony Eusebio: S8/G6M.1-2
Tim Bogar: S7/L78S.2-H;1-2
Chris Holt: K

Top 8

Pat Meares: 63/G6
Keith Osik: 7/F8LS
Adrian Brown: 3/G3

Bot 8

Julio Lugo: 3/L3
Tripp Cromer: 3/P34S
Daryle Ward: S7/G56
Lance Berkman: 43/G4-

Top 9

John Vander Wal: 8/F8RS
Emil Brown: S7/G56
Kevin Young: S9/L89S+.1-3
Enrique Wilson: 7/SF/F7M.3-H
Warren Morris: W.1-2
Alex Ramirez: S8/L6D-.2-H;1-2
Pat Meares: 8/F8RM

Notes & reviews

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