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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

2011-08-31 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 22918 · 73°F, dome, dry · 2:28

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 4th. J.A. Happ earned the win and Mark Melancon picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: J.A. Happ L: James McDonald SV: Mark Melancon

Umpires — HP: Mike Everitt · 1B: Chris Guccione · 2B: Mike Muchlinski · 3B: Mike Winters · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Jose Tabata	4	0	0	1
Alex Presley	4	0	0	0
Andrew McCutchen	3	0	0	1
Ryan Doumit	4	1	0	1
Neil Walker	3	1	0	0
Garrett Jones	3	0	0	1
Josh Harrison	2	1	1	1
Ronny Cedeno	3	0	0	1
James McDonald	2	1	0	1
Xavier Paul	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jordan Schafer	4	0	1	1	0	0
Jose Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	1
J. D. Martinez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Carlos Lee	4	0	2	0	0	1
Brian Bogusevic	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jimmy Paredes	3	1	1	0	1	2
Angel Sanchez	4	1	2	0	0	0
Humberto Quintero	3	0	0	1	0	0
J. A. Happ	1	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Michaels	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
James McDonald	6.0	7	2	6
Tony Watson	1.0	0	0	0
Jose Veras	0.2	1	1	1
Joel Hanrahan	0.1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
J. A. Happ	7.0	3	1	6
Fernando Rodriguez	1.0	1	0	0
Mark Melancon	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Tabata: K
Alex Presley: 7/L7LS
Andrew McCutchen: K

Bot 1

Jordan Schafer: 8/F8LM
Jose Altuve: K
J. D. Martinez: S8/G6M
Carlos Lee: 3/F13-

Top 2

Ryan Doumit: S8/L78S
Neil Walker: 9/F9LM+
Garrett Jones: K
Josh Harrison: K

Bot 2

Brian Bogusevic: S7/L56-
Jimmy Paredes: S7/F78S.1-2
Angel Sanchez: S5/G25-.2-3;1-2
Humberto Quintero: 4/F34D-
J. A. Happ: K
Jordan Schafer: 31/G3

Top 3

Ronny Cedeno: 63/G6
James McDonald: S68/G6M
Jose Tabata: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 3

Jose Altuve: 6/F7LS
J. D. Martinez: 6/F6MD-
Carlos Lee: S8/L8RM
Brian Bogusevic: K

Top 4

Alex Presley: 8/F8LXD+
Andrew McCutchen: 63/G56-
Ryan Doumit: 8/F8LXD

Bot 4

Jimmy Paredes: W
Angel Sanchez: S7/G56+.1-3
Humberto Quintero: 23/G2L-.3-H(RBI);1-3(E3/THH)
J. A. Happ: W
Jordan Schafer: S3/BG34S.3-H(UR);1-2
Jose Altuve: 6(1)3/GDP/G6M

Top 5

Neil Walker: 63/G6-
Garrett Jones: 43/G34
Josh Harrison: W
Ronny Cedeno: K

Bot 5

J. D. Martinez: K
Carlos Lee: K
Brian Bogusevic: 6/F6-

Top 6

James McDonald: K
Jose Tabata: 43/G4M
Alex Presley: 8/F8LS

Bot 6

Jimmy Paredes: K
Angel Sanchez: 7/F78D
Humberto Quintero: 8/F8LD

Top 7

Andrew McCutchen: 9/F89D
Ryan Doumit: 8/F8RXD
Neil Walker: S9/F8RS-
Garrett Jones: 7/F78D+

Bot 7

Jason Michaels: 7/F7S
Jordan Schafer: 43/G4
Jose Altuve: 8/F8RXD+

Top 8

Josh Harrison: S5/BG25
Ronny Cedeno: 46!(1)3/GDP/G4
Xavier Paul: 43/G4

Bot 8

J. D. Martinez: 8/F8LS
Carlos Lee: D7/F7D+
Brian Bogusevic: W
Jimmy Paredes: K
Angel Sanchez: 5!3/G56+

Top 9

Jose Tabata: 43/G4MD
Alex Presley: 43/G4-
Andrew McCutchen: HP
Ryan Doumit: K

Notes & reviews

Play originally scored as no RBI, but RBI added next day $Jimmy Paredes ran towards home after catcher Ryan Doumit threw to 1B; there was no one at the plate to catch the return throw by 1B Garrett Jones.

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