1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	3
Houston	0	3	3	0	2	1	1	6	x	16	19	0

PITTSBURGH	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
A Brown cf Kendall c Giles lf Vander Wal rf K Young 1b W Morris 2b Osik 3b Meares ss J Anderson p Skrmetta p Br Smith p J Wallace p a-E Wilson ph Loiselle p Totals	5 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 39	0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	1 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 12	2 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1	1 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10	1 0 2 3 2 1 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 15	.329 .323 .313 .295 .258 .252 .313 .232 .146 .000 .000 .000 .259 .000

a-singled for J Wallace in the 8th.

BATTING
2B: Meares (20, Mcknight); Kendall (30, Linebrink).
HR: Vander Wal (22, 2nd inning off Mcknight 0 on, 0 out); Giles (33, 4th inning off Linebrink 1 on, 1 out).
Rbi: Vander Wal (82), Meares 2 (44), A Brown 2 (18), Giles 2 (117).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Vander Wal 1, J Anderson 1, W Morris 1.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Vander Wal (11, 2nd base off J Green/Meluskey).

FIELDING
E: Meares 2 (20, ground ball, catch); W Morris (13, throw).
Outfield assists: A Brown (Bagwell at 3rd base).

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lugo 2b Meluskey c Bagwell 1b Hidalgo cf-rf Alou rf G Barker cf L Berkman lf Truby 3b Bogar ss Mcknight p Linebrink p J Green p a-R Cedeno ph B Powell p b-Spiers ph M Valdes p c-Zosky ph Slusarski p Totals	5 5 5 5 5 0 3 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 43	2 0 1 3 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16	1 2 2 4 3 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19	0 1 1 0 4 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16	1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2	2 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10	.287 .305 .314 .298 .360 .220 .295 .272 .201 .000 1.000 .000 .264 .222 .312 .000 .000 .111

a-flied to center for J Green in the 4th; b-grounded to shortstop for B Powell in the 6th; c-lined to shortstop for M Valdes in the 7th.

BATTING
2B: Alou 2 (26, J Anderson, Loiselle); L Berkman (23, J Anderson); Hidalgo (38, Br Smith); Lugo (20, Loiselle); Truby (13, Loiselle).
3B: Truby (4, J Anderson).
HR: Truby (9, 3rd inning off J Anderson 1 on, 2 out); Alou (29, 5th inning off Skrmetta 1 on, 1 out).
Rbi: Truby 5 (49), Bogar 3 (30), L Berkman (60), Alou 4 (101), Meluskey (65), Bagwell (121), Slusarski (1).
2-out rbi: L Berkman, Truby 2, Meluskey, Bogar.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Zosky 1, Lugo 1.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Lugo (15, 2nd base off Br Smith/Kendall).


Pitching

PITTSBURGH	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
J Anderson Skrmetta (L, 1-2) Br Smith J Wallace Loiselle	3 2 1 1/3 2/3 1	7 3 2 1 6	6 2 2 0 6	6 2 2 0 6	1 0 1 1 0	1 1 0 0 0	1 1 0 0 0	4.81 13.50 10.38 5.88 6.17

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Mcknight Linebrink J Green B Powell (W, 2-1) M Valdes (H, 7) Slusarski (S, 3)	1 1/3 2 2/3 2 1 2	4 6 0 0 0 2	5 2 0 0 0 0	5 2 0 0 0 0	1 0 0 0 0 0	2 3 1 1 1 2	1 1 0 0 0 0	5.59 10.50 6.61 5.93 4.96 3.69

WP: J Anderson.
HBP: Osik (by Mcknight).
Pitches-strikes: Mcknight 43-29; Linebrink 48-32; J Green 7-5; B Powell 28-17; M Valdes 19-11; Slusarski 21-15; J Anderson 58-37; Skrmetta 23-16; Br Smith 31-17; J Wallace 10-5; Loiselle 30-20.
Ground balls-fly balls: Mcknight 0-2; Linebrink 1-2; J Green 1-0; B Powell 2-3; M Valdes 1-1; Slusarski 3-1; J Anderson 6-1; Skrmetta 1-3; Br Smith 1-3; J Wallace 0-2; Loiselle 3-0.
Batters faced: Mcknight 10; Linebrink 12; J Green 2; B Powell 6; M Valdes 3; Slusarski 8; J Anderson 17; Skrmetta 8; Br Smith 7; J Wallace 4; Loiselle 10.
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B--Doug Eddings. 2B--Charles Reliford. 3B--Morris Hodges.
T: 3:24.
Att: 32,661.