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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-09-26 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 14311 · 58°F, sunny · Wind 3 mph R to L · 3:04

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Astros 9–4. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 5 in the 7th. Kris Benson earned the win. Brian Giles went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	7
PIT	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	0		9	10

W: Kris Benson L: Chris Holt SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Reynolds · 1B: John Hirschbeck · 2B: Charlie Williams · 3B: Mark Wegner · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adrian Brown	4	1	0	0	1	0
Jason Kendall	4	1	1	0	1	0
Brian Giles	3	3	2	3	1	0
John Vander Wal	4	1	1	0	1	1
Kevin Young	3	1	1	2	1	0
Warren Morris	4	1	2	2	0	0
Keith Osik	3	0	0	0	1	2
Pat Meares	4	1	3	2	0	0
Kris Benson	3	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Hyzdu	1	0	0	0	0	1
Emil Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Holt	6.0	5	5	3
Wayne Franklin	0.1	4	0	0
Marc Valdes	0.2	1	0	2
Scott Linebrink	1.0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Benson	7.0	4	3	9
Josias Manzanillo	0.2	3	2	0
Scott Sauerbeck	0.1	0	0	0
Mike Williams	1.0	0	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Julio Lugo: K
Mitch Meluskey: 7/F7S
Jeff Bagwell: K/C

Bot 1

Adrian Brown: W
Jason Kendall: S9/P9S.1-3
Brian Giles: HR/F8RXD+.3-H;1-H
John Vander Wal: K/C
Kevin Young: 53/G5
Warren Morris: 7/F7S

Top 2

Daryle Ward: K
Moises Alou: K/C
Richard Hidalgo: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 2

Keith Osik: K/C
Pat Meares: S7/G5.B-2(E5)
Kris Benson: K
Adrian Brown: 3/L3

Top 3

Chris Truby: 7/F7LM
Tim Bogar: K/C
Chris Holt: 8/F8RD

Bot 3

Jason Kendall: 8/F8RD
Brian Giles: 13/G13-
John Vander Wal: 8/F8RD

Top 4

Julio Lugo: HR/L7D+
Mitch Meluskey: 43/G34S-
Jeff Bagwell: W
Daryle Ward: K
Moises Alou: W.1-2
Richard Hidalgo: K

Bot 4

Kevin Young: 7/F7LD+
Warren Morris: D/L89D+
Keith Osik: W
Pat Meares: S/G56.2-3;1-2
Kris Benson: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Adrian Brown: 43/G4S

Top 5

Chris Truby: 7/L7M
Tim Bogar: 9/F9LM
Chris Holt: K

Bot 5

Jason Kendall: 7/F78D
Brian Giles: W
John Vander Wal: W.1-2
Kevin Young: W.2-3;1-2
Warren Morris: 46(1)/FO/G4.3-H;2-3
Keith Osik: 3/P3

Top 6

Julio Lugo: W
Mitch Meluskey: 7/F78M
Jeff Bagwell: 9/F89D+
Daryle Ward: S7/L7S.1-2
Moises Alou: 8/F8RD

Bot 6

Pat Meares: 7/F78XD+
Kris Benson: 3/L3
Adrian Brown: 8/F8LM

Top 7

Richard Hidalgo: D7/G5
Chris Truby: K
Tim Bogar: S7/G56.2-H
Lance Berkman: 7/F78M
Julio Lugo: 54(1)/FO/G56

Bot 7

Jason Kendall: 7/L7M
Brian Giles: S/G56
John Vander Wal: S8/G6M.1-2
Kevin Young: D7/L7M.2-H;1-H
Warren Morris: D/L89M.2-H
Keith Osik: K/C
Pat Meares: HR/F7D+.2-H
Adam Hyzdu: K

Top 8

Mitch Meluskey: S9/L9S
Jeff Bagwell: W.1-2
Daryle Ward: S9/L89S.2-3;1-2
Moises Alou: S7/L7M.3-H;2-H;1-2
Richard Hidalgo: 3/FL/P3F
Chris Truby: 53/G56.2-3;1-2
Tim Bogar: W
Bill Spiers: 5/FL

Bot 8

Adrian Brown: 9/F89XD+
Jason Kendall: W
Emil Brown: 8/F8LD
John Vander Wal: 43/G4

Top 9

Julio Lugo: K
Mitch Meluskey: W
Jeff Bagwell: K
Daryle Ward: K