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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2000-09-28 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 17710 · 53°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph L to R · 2:17

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 9th. Jose Silva earned the win. Brian Giles went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Jose Silva L: Octavio Dotel SV: (none)

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

Houston Astros — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Adrian Brown	4	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Benjamin	3	1	0	0	1	2
Brian Giles	3	1	1	1	1	0
John Vander Wal	3	1	0	0	1	0
Emil Brown	3	0	0	0	0	2
Warren Morris	4	0	1	1	0	0
Keith Osik	3	0	0	0	0	2
Pat Meares	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Silva	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Kendall	1	0	1	1	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Lima	8.0	1	1	6
Octavio Dotel	0.2	1	2	1
Wayne Franklin	0.0	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Silva	9.0	10	2	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Spiers: S9/L9M
Tim Bogar: 54(1)3/GDP
Jeff Bagwell: 53/G5

Bot 1

Adrian Brown: 43/G4
Mike Benjamin: K
Brian Giles: 5/P15

Top 2

Richard Hidalgo: K/C
Moises Alou: 53/G56
Lance Berkman: S8/G6M
Chris Truby: 7/L78M

Bot 2

John Vander Wal: 9/F9LD
Emil Brown: K/C
Warren Morris: 63/G6

Top 3

Raul Chavez: K/C
Jose Lima: 3/FL/P3F
Bill Spiers: 5/P5-

Bot 3

Keith Osik: K/C
Pat Meares: 13/G
Jose Silva: 8/F8RS

Top 4

Tim Bogar: 3/G3
Jeff Bagwell: W
Richard Hidalgo: 3/FL
Moises Alou: S7/L7LM.1-3
Lance Berkman: 9/L9M

Bot 4

Adrian Brown: 5/P56-
Mike Benjamin: 5/FL
Brian Giles: HR/L8LXD+
John Vander Wal: 4/P7LS

Top 5

Chris Truby: S7/G56
Raul Chavez: S8/L8RM+.1-2
Jose Lima: 34/SH/BG23-.2-3;1-2
Bill Spiers: 6/SF/P7S.3-H
Tim Bogar: 9/FL/F9LMF

Bot 5

Emil Brown: 63/G6
Warren Morris: 43/G4
Keith Osik: K

Top 6

Jeff Bagwell: 53/G5
Richard Hidalgo: 8/F8RS
Moises Alou: S8/L8RM
Lance Berkman: K

Bot 6

Pat Meares: 8/L8LXD+
Jose Silva: 8/L8LM
Adrian Brown: 8/F8RXD+

Top 7

Chris Truby: 63/G6
Raul Chavez: S8/L8RS-
Jose Lima: 34/SH/BG23-.1-2
Bill Spiers: 43/G4

Bot 7

Mike Benjamin: K
Brian Giles: W
John Vander Wal: E9/F9S.1-2
Emil Brown: K
Warren Morris: 43/G4+

Top 8

Tim Bogar: 63/G6
Jeff Bagwell: 63/G6
Richard Hidalgo: S9/F89M
Moises Alou: 9/F9S

Bot 8

Keith Osik: 63/G6
Pat Meares: 8/F8LD
Jose Silva: 53/G5

Top 9

Lance Berkman: D8/L8LXD+
Chris Truby: 9/F9D+.2-3
Mitch Meluskey: IW
Daryle Ward: K
Bill Spiers: S7/P78S.3-H;1-2
Tim Bogar: 5/P5

Bot 9

Adrian Brown: K
Mike Benjamin: W
Brian Giles: 53/G5.1-2
John Vander Wal: W
Jason Kendall: S9/L9S-.2-H;1-3
Warren Morris: SB2
Warren Morris: S7/L5D.3-H;2-3

Notes & reviews

48th homer surrendered by Lima; new NL record

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