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Pirates
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
September 21, 2012
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 21, 2012 at Minute Maid Park.
Game Summary
Date | September 21, 2012 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
Houston Astros
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 21, 2012 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jeff Locke |
Home Starting Pitcher | Edgar Gonzalez |
Ballpark | Minute Maid Park |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 17,093 |
Time of Game | 3 hours 24 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Eric Cooper 1B: Jeff Kellogg 2B: Tim Timmons 3B: Marty Foster |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Starling Marte | Left Fielder |
Clint Barmes | Shortstop |
Andrew McCutchen | Center Fielder |
Garrett Jones | Right Fielder |
Gaby Sanchez | First Baseman |
Pedro Alvarez | Third Baseman |
Michael McKenry | Catcher |
Brock Holt | Second Baseman |
Jeff Locke | Pitcher |
Clint Hurdle | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jose Altuve | Second Baseman |
Brandon Barnes | Center Fielder |
Matt Dominguez | Third Baseman |
Justin Maxwell | Right Fielder |
Jed Lowrie | Shortstop |
Brett Wallace | First Baseman |
J.D. Martinez | Left Fielder |
Chris Snyder | Catcher |
Edgar Gonzalez | Pitcher |
Tony DeFrancesco | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
September 21, 2012
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Marte vs. Gonzalez
Marte hits a line drive into center field. Barnes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Barmes vs. Gonzalez
Barmes hits a line drive into right field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
McCutchen vs. Gonzalez
McCutchen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dominguez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Altuve vs. Locke
Altuve strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Locke
Barnes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Dominguez vs. Locke
Dominguez hits a fly ball into right field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Locke
Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Barnes moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Lowrie vs. Locke
Lowrie hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallace vs. Locke
Wallace hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sanchez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wallace for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Gonzalez
Jones hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Gonzalez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Gonzalez
Sanchez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Gonzalez
Alvarez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
McKenry vs. Gonzalez
McKenry takes first base on ball four. Alvarez moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Holt vs. Rodriguez
Fernando Rodriguez now pitching.
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lowrie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Alvarez moves to third. McKenry moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Locke vs. Rodriguez
Locke strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Locke
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Locke
Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. McCutchen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Rodriguez vs. Locke
Rodriguez strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Marte vs. Rodriguez
Marte hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Barmes vs. Rodriguez
Barmes bunts in front of the plate. Snyder scoops up the ball and tags Barmes for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCutchen vs. Rodriguez
There goes Marte. The throw from Snyder and he is out, Altuve applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCutchen vs. Rodriguez
McCutchen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altuve vs. Locke
Altuve hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Marte. Altuve reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Barnes vs. Locke
Barnes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dominguez vs. Locke
There goes Altuve. The throw from McKenry and he is safe. Altuve steals third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Dominguez vs. Locke
Dominguez hits a popup towards short. Barmes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Maxwell vs. Locke
Maxwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Lowrie vs. Locke
Lowrie strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Rodriguez
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Sanchez vs. Rodriguez
Sanchez hits a line drive into right field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Rodriguez
Alvarez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lowrie scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallace vs. Locke
Wallace hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Holt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Locke
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Locke
Snyder strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
McKenry vs. Rodriguez
McKenry hits a fly ball into center field. Barnes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Rodriguez
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Altuve scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Locke vs. Rodriguez
Locke strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Laird vs. Locke
Brandon Laird pinch hits for Fernando Rodriguez.
Laird strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Altuve vs. Locke
Altuve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barmes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Barnes vs. Locke
Barnes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Dominguez vs. Locke
Dominguez hits a fly ball into center field. McCutchen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marte vs. Valdez
Jose Valdez now pitching.
Marte hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Barmes vs. Valdez
Barmes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Altuve fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
McCutchen vs. Valdez
McCutchen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Barmes moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Cedeno
Xavier Cedeno now pitching.
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Barnes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Barmes moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Sanchez vs. Cedeno
Sanchez takes first base on ball four. McCutchen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Alvarez vs. Cedeno
Alvarez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. McDonald
Garrett Jones now playing first base. James McDonald now pitching. Jose Tabata now playing right field.
Maxwell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. McDonald
Lowrie is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Wallace vs. McDonald
Wallace hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Tabata who is chasing the ball. Wallace reaches third base with a triple. Lowrie goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Bogusevic vs. McDonald
Brian Bogusevic pinch hits for J.D. Martinez.
Bogusevic takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Snyder vs. Morris
Bryan Morris now pitching.
Snyder strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Moore vs. Morris
Scott Moore pinch hits for Xavier Cedeno.
There goes Bogusevic. The throw from McKenry and he is safe. Bogusevic steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Moore vs. Morris
Moore takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Altuve vs. Morris
Altuve is hit by the pitch. Wallace scores. Bogusevic moves to third. Moore moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Barnes vs. Morris
Barnes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Dominguez vs. Morris
Dominguez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barmes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
McKenry vs. Storey
Justin Maxwell now playing left field. Brian Bogusevic now playing right field. Mickey Storey now pitching.
McKenry strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Storey
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Storey juggles the ball. That's an error on Storey. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Tabata vs. Storey
Tabata strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Marte vs. Storey
Marte strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Takahashi
Hisanori Takahashi now pitching.
Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barmes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Takahashi
Lowrie hits a ball on the ground towards short. Barmes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wallace vs. Takahashi
Wallace hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bogusevic vs. Takahashi
Bogusevic hits a line drive into center field. McCutchen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Barmes vs. Cruz
Marwin Gonzalez now playing shortstop. Rhiner Cruz now pitching.
Barmes strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
McCutchen vs. Cruz
McCutchen strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Cruz
Jones hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Presley vs. Cruz
Alex Presley pinch hits for Hisanori Takahashi.
Presley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Altuve scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Wilson
Justin Wilson now pitching.
Snyder takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Downs vs. Wilson
Matt Downs pinch hits for Rhiner Cruz.
Downs strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Altuve vs. Wilson
Altuve strikes out. There goes Snyder. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Barnes vs. Wilson
Barnes takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Dominguez vs. Wilson
Dominguez hits a fly ball into center field. McCutchen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Lopez
Wilton Lopez now pitching.
Alvarez strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McKenry vs. Lopez
McKenry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Holt vs. Lopez
Holt hits a line drive towards third. Dominguez catches it and throws to first to double up McKenry. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/21/2012 -- Pittsburgh at Houston (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Marte S, lf 4 0 2 0 Altuve J, 2b 4 0 1 1 Barmes C, ss 4 0 0 0 Barnes B, cf 3 1 1 0 McCutchen A, cf 4 0 1 0 Dominguez M, 3b 5 0 0 0 Jones G, rf-1b 4 1 1 1 Maxwell J, rf-lf 2 2 1 1 Sanchez G, 1b 2 0 0 0 Lowrie J, ss 3 2 1 3 McDonald J, p 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez M, ss 0 0 0 0 Morris B, p 0 0 0 0 Wallace B, 1b 4 2 2 2 Takahashi H, p 0 0 0 0 Martinez J, lf 2 0 0 0 Presley A, ph 1 0 0 0 Bogusevic B, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Wilson J, p 0 0 0 0 Snyder C, c 3 0 0 0 Alvarez P, 3b 4 0 1 0 Gonzalez E, p 0 0 0 0 McKenry M, c 3 0 1 0 Rodriguez F, p 1 0 0 0 Holt B, 2b 4 0 1 0 Laird B, ph 1 0 0 0 Locke J, p 2 0 0 0 Valdez J, p 0 0 0 0 Tabata J, rf 1 0 0 0 Cedeno X, p 0 0 0 0 Moore S, ph 0 0 0 0 Storey M, p 0 0 0 0 Cruz R, p 0 0 0 0 Downs M, ph 1 0 0 0 Lopez W, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 1 7 1 30 7 6 7 Pittsburgh 000 000 010 -- 1 Houston 300 003 10x -- 7 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Locke J (L) 5.0 3 3 3 3 8 McDonald J* 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 Morris B 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 Takahashi H 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 Wilson J 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Gonzalez E 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 Rodriguez F (W) 3.1 2 0 0 0 4 Valdez J 0.1 2 0 0 0 0 Cedeno X 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 Storey M 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 Cruz R 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 Lopez W 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 * Pitched to 4 batters in 6th E -- Storey M DP -- Houston 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, Houston 8 2B -- Altuve J 3B -- Wallace B HR -- Lowrie J, Maxwell J, Wallace B, Jones G SB -- Altuve J, Bogusevic B CS -- Marte S HBP -- by McDonald J (Lowrie J), by Morris B (Altuve J) WP -- Wilson J T -- 3:24 A -- 17093
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