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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2003-07-04 · Day game · PNC Park · Att: 30082 · 83°F, sunny · Wind 13 mph R to L · 2:47

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Brian Boehringer earned the win and Mike Williams picked up the save. Reggie Sanders went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Brian Boehringer L: Peter Munro SV: Mike Williams

Umpires — HP: Bill Miller · 1B: Lance Barksdale · 2B: Joe West · 3B: Paul Emmel · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Hunter	3	0	1	1	0	1
Geoff Blum	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	4	0	0	0	0	1
Lance Berkman	3	0	1	1	1	1
Richard Hidalgo	4	0	0	0	0	0
Morgan Ensberg	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brad Ausmus	3	1	1	0	0	1
Eric Bruntlett	3	0	1	0	0	1
Ron Villone	2	0	1	0	0	0
Adam Everett	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gregg Zaun	1	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Merced	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jason Kendall	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jeff Reboulet	4	0	0	0	0	2
Brian Giles	2	1	0	0	1	0
Aramis Ramirez	4	0	0	0	0	2
Reggie Sanders	4	2	2	1	0	1
Craig Wilson	3	0	0	0	0	2
Adam Hyzdu	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Wilson	3	0	2	1	0	0
Kris Benson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Stairs	1	0	0	0	1	1
Kenny Lofton	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Villone	5.2	3	3	7
Brandon Puffer	0.0	1	0	0
Mike Gallo	0.1	0	0	0
Peter Munro	2.0	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Kris Benson	6.0	5	0	6
Brian Boehringer	2.0	1	1	0
Mike Williams	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian Hunter: K
Geoff Blum: S9/F89S
Jeff Bagwell: 4/P34D
Lance Berkman: D9/L9S.1-H;B-3
Richard Hidalgo: 2/P23F/FL

Bot 1

Jason Kendall: 9/F9LM
Jeff Reboulet: K
Brian Giles: 6/P6D

Top 2

Morgan Ensberg: E5/G56
Brad Ausmus: K
Eric Bruntlett: 64(1)/FO/P6MD-
Ron Villone: S7/L8LS.1-3
Brian Hunter: 53/G56S-

Bot 2

Aramis Ramirez: K
Reggie Sanders: K
Craig Wilson: K

Top 3

Geoff Blum: 31/G3
Jeff Bagwell: 53/G5
Lance Berkman: 43/G4S

Bot 3

Adam Hyzdu: 9/F89D
Jack Wilson: S8/G6M
Kris Benson: 24/SH.1-2
Jason Kendall: W
Jeff Reboulet: K

Top 4

Richard Hidalgo: 63/G6+
Morgan Ensberg: 6/P
Brad Ausmus: S8/L8RS+
Eric Bruntlett: K

Bot 4

Brian Giles: HP
Aramis Ramirez: K
Reggie Sanders: 5/P5SF/FL
Craig Wilson: HP.1-2
Adam Hyzdu: 43/G4S

Top 5

Ron Villone: 8/L8LD+
Brian Hunter: DGR/L78D+
Geoff Blum: 7/F7M
Jeff Bagwell: K

Bot 5

Jack Wilson: E6/G6
Kris Benson: 2(B)6(1)/GDP/BG2L-
Jason Kendall: D7/F7D+
Jeff Reboulet: 8/F8RM

Top 6

Lance Berkman: K
Richard Hidalgo: 9/F89XD+
Morgan Ensberg: K

Bot 6

Brian Giles: W
Aramis Ramirez: 7/F7D+
Reggie Sanders: S7/G56+.1-2
Craig Wilson: K
Matt Stairs: W+WP.2-H;1-3
Jack Wilson: S8/G6+.3-H;1-3
Kenny Lofton: 6(1)/FO/G6M

Top 7

Brad Ausmus: HP
Eric Bruntlett: S9/L9M+.1-2
Adam Everett: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Brian Hunter: 7/SF/F7D+.3-H
Geoff Blum: 63/G6

Bot 7

Jason Kendall: 9/F9D+
Jeff Reboulet: 63/G6MS-
Brian Giles: 9/L9D+

Top 8

Jeff Bagwell: 9/F9M
Lance Berkman: W
Richard Hidalgo: SB2
Richard Hidalgo: 53/G56S-
Morgan Ensberg: 7/F8LS

Bot 8

Aramis Ramirez: 53/G5L
Reggie Sanders: HR/F7D+
Craig Wilson: 53/G5-
Matt Stairs: K

Top 9

Brad Ausmus: 4/L4
Gregg Zaun: 13/G
Orlando Merced: 7/F7LMF

Notes & reviews

1:12 delay during game
Huge rain after Puffer announced, but before he threw a pitch. Delay of 72 minutes
Walk credited to Stairs but charged to Villone, who never faced Stairs; WP charged to Puffer.

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