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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2003-07-06 · Day game · PNC Park · Att: 18741 · 88°F, sunny · Wind 6 mph R to L · 2:15

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Astros 8–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 6th. Jeff D'Amico earned the win. Aramis Ramirez went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	4
PIT	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1		8	14

W: Jeff D'Amico L: Wade Miller SV: (none)

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	0	1	0	0	1
Geoff Blum	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lance Berkman	3	2	1	2	1	0
Morgan Ensberg	3	0	0	0	0	0
Orlando Merced	4	0	1	1	0	0
Brad Ausmus	3	0	0	0	0	1
Adam Everett	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Miller	2	0	0	0	0	1
Brian Hunter	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kenny Lofton	4	2	2	0	1	0
Jason Kendall	5	1	1	0	0	0
Brian Giles	5	1	2	1	0	1
Aramis Ramirez	5	1	2	4	0	1
Matt Stairs	4	1	1	0	1	1
Craig Wilson	3	1	2	1	0	0
Jack Wilson	3	1	1	0	0	0
Abraham Nunez	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jeff D'Amico	4	0	2	0	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wade Miller	5.2	11	2	4
Peter Munro	1.1	1	0	0
Brandon Puffer	1.0	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jeff D'Amico	9.0	4	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Biggio: 3/P3SF/FL
Geoff Blum: 3/G3L+
Jeff Bagwell: 7/F7D+

Bot 1

Kenny Lofton: 8/F78XD+
Jason Kendall: 63/G6+
Brian Giles: D9/L9LM+
Aramis Ramirez: K

Top 2

Lance Berkman: 53/G15-
Morgan Ensberg: 53/G5
Orlando Merced: 8/L8LM+

Bot 2

Matt Stairs: S8/L8RS+
Craig Wilson: 3/P13
Jack Wilson: S7/G56.1-2
Abraham Nunez: D8/L8RD+.2-H;1-H
Jeff D'Amico: S8/G4M.2XH(82)
Kenny Lofton: W.1-2
Jason Kendall: 6/L6

Top 3

Brad Ausmus: K
Adam Everett: 8/F8RS
Wade Miller: K

Bot 3

Brian Giles: HR/F8LXD+
Aramis Ramirez: 9/F89D+
Matt Stairs: K
Craig Wilson: HR/F8RXD+
Jack Wilson: 53/G56S

Top 4

Craig Biggio: K
Geoff Blum: S7/L7S
Jeff Bagwell: E5/G5.1-3;B-2
Lance Berkman: 43/G4.3-H(UR);2-3
Morgan Ensberg: 63/G6

Bot 4

Abraham Nunez: 43/G34-
Jeff D'Amico: S8/L8RS
Kenny Lofton: 8/F8RD+
Jason Kendall: 7/F78M

Top 5

Orlando Merced: 5/P56
Brad Ausmus: 9/F9D
Adam Everett: 9/F9M

Bot 5

Brian Giles: K
Aramis Ramirez: 2/P23F/FL
Matt Stairs: W
Craig Wilson: HP.1-2
Jack Wilson: HP.2-3;1-2
Abraham Nunez: 43/G4S-

Top 6

Wade Miller: 8/F8LD
Craig Biggio: S9/G34+
Geoff Blum: 4(1)3/GDP/G4S-

Bot 6

Jeff D'Amico: K
Kenny Lofton: D8/L89D+
Jason Kendall: S6/G6.2-3
Brian Giles: 4/P34
Aramis Ramirez: HR/F8LXD+.3-H;1-H
Matt Stairs: 43/G4+

Top 7

Jeff Bagwell: E5/G5+
Lance Berkman: W.1-2
Morgan Ensberg: 5(2)3/GDP/G5-.1-2
Orlando Merced: S9/L89S.2-H
Brad Ausmus: 9/F9M

Bot 7

Craig Wilson: S8/L6M+
Jack Wilson: 53/G6S-.1-2
Abraham Nunez: 8/F8RS-
Jeff D'Amico: 63/G6

Top 8

Adam Everett: 9/F9LD
Brian Hunter: 6/P7LSF
Craig Biggio: 5!/L5+

Bot 8

Kenny Lofton: D8/F8RM
Jason Kendall: 63/G6M.2-3
Brian Giles: 6/P6
Aramis Ramirez: S8/F8RS-.3-H
Matt Stairs: 43/G4

Top 9

Geoff Blum: 43/G4S-
Jeff Bagwell: 4/P4D-
Lance Berkman: HR/F9D+
Morgan Ensberg: HP
Orlando Merced: 13/G15S-