Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

38-47, 16-30 Away

Final

41-43, 21-22 Home

hitters	H-AB	AVG
A. McCutchenCF	0-4	.291
J. WilsonSS	0-4	.270
D. YoungLF	1-4	.315
G. JonesRF	1-4	.290
An. LaRoche3B	1-3	.269
A. LaRoche1B	1-3	.259
R. DiazC	0-3	.295
R. Vazquez2B	1-2	.243
C. MortonP	0-1	.000
S. PearcePH	0-1	.083
S. JacksonP	0-0	.000
E. MeekP	0-0	.000
B. MossPH	0-1	.253
J. KarstensP	0-0	.063

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
C. Morton	4.0	10	5	1	3	84-49	4.29
S. Jackson	2.0	1	0	1	1	28-16	3.44
E. Meek	1.0	0	0	0	3	15-9	2.76
J. Karstens	1.0	2	0	1	0	19-12	4.85

PIT

HOU

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Daikin Park

11:35 PM, 8 July 2009

Houston, Texas

Attendance: 29,243

Game Time:2:36

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Gerry Davis
First Base Umpire - C.B. Bucknor
Second Base Umpire - Mike Everitt
Third Base Umpire - Brian Gorman


PIT
HOU

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	-	5	13	0

W. Rodriguez8-6

9.0 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 11 K, 1 BB

C. Morton1-2

4.0 IP, 10 H, 5 ER, 3 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		HOU
3rd	M Tejada singled to right, M Bourn scored.	1
3rd	C Lee doubled to right, L Berkman scored.	2
4th	M Bourn singled to center, K Matsui scored, W Rodriguez to second.	3
4th	L Berkman doubled to deep right, W Rodriguez and M Bourn scored, M Tejada to third.	5

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Pirates
1
Astros
4

Game 1

7/7

Pirates
6
Astros
3

Game 2

8/7

Pirates
0
Astros
5

Game 3

8/7

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	74	47	.612	-	L3
Chicago	71	50	.587	3	W3
St. Louis	61	60	.504	13	W2
Cincinnati	57	62	.479	16	L1
Pittsburgh	58	64	.475	16.5	L3

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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

W. Rodriguez8-6

C. Morton1-2

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