Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

80-78, 36-41 Away

Final/15

65-93, 41-36 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
W. TaverasCF	2-5	2	0	0	.279
M. Lamb3B	1-6	1	0	2	.308
L. Berkman1B	2-4	1	1	2	.317
L. ScottLF	1-5	0	0	1	.357
D. WheelerP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
H. GimenezPH	0-1	0	0	0	.000
F. NieveP	0-0	0	0	0	.125
C. SampsonP	0-1	0	0	0	.000
T. MillerP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
A. HuffRF	2-3	1	0	0	.267
E. BruntlettPR-SS	1-2	0	0	0	.280
C. Biggio2B	1-6	1	0	0	.245
A. EverettSS	0-2	0	0	1	.238
O. PalmeiroPH-RF	1-4	0	0	0	.250
H. QuinteroC	1-3	1	0	0	.389
B. AusmusC	0-2	0	0	1	.228
J. HirshP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
R. SpringerP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
C. JimersonPH	0-1	0	0	0	.333
D. BorkowskiP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
C. QuallsP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
M. EnsbergPH	0-0	0	0	0	.236
B. LidgeP	0-0	0	0	0	.000
J. LanePH-LF	0-4	0	0	0	.203

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Hirsh	3.0	6	3	1	1	51-31	6.04
R. Springer	1.0	0	0	0	0	3-2	3.53
D. Borkowski	1.1	4	2	4	1	38-15	4.69
C. Qualls	0.2	0	0	0	0	3-3	3.83
B. Lidge	2.0	1	0	0	3	25-16	5.35
D. Wheeler	3.0	0	0	3	1	46-24	2.41
F. Nieve	1.0	1	0	1	1	22-15	4.09
C. Sampson	2.2	1	0	0	1	27-19	2.10
T. Miller	0.1	0	0	0	1	6-5	2.96

HOU

PIT

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

PNC Park

12:05 AM, 28 September 2006

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 16,352

Game Time:4:50

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Jim Joyce
First Base Umpire - Paul Schrieber
Second Base Umpire - Doug Eddings
Third Base Umpire - Dana Demuth


HOU
PIT

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	R	H	E
0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	12	3
1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	12	0

Scoring Summary

		HOU	PIT
1st	F Sanchez singled to left, C Duffy scored.	0	1
2nd	R Doumit homered to right center.	0	2
3rd	M Lamb hit sacrifice fly to right, H Quintero scored.	1	2
3rd	J Bay grounded out to shortstop, J Wilson scored, F Sanchez to third.	1	3
5th	X Nady singled to right, C Duffy and J Wilson scored, J Bay to third, J Bay scored, X Nady to second on throwing error by right fielder A Huff.	1	6
6th	M Lamb doubled to deep right, W Taveras scored.	2	6
6th	L Berkman homered to right center, M Lamb scored.	4	6
6th	A Everett hit sacrifice fly to left, A Huff scored.	5	6
9th	L Scott singled to center, W Taveras scored, L Berkman to second.	6	6
15th	B Ausmus hit sacrifice fly to center, C Biggio scored.	7	6

Data is currently unavailable.

Astros
7
Pirates
4

Game 1

27/9

Astros
7
Pirates
6

Game 2

28/9

Astros
3
Pirates
0

Game 3

28/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Milwaukee	97	65	.599	-	W1
Chicago	92	70	.568	5	W3
Cincinnati	83	79	.512	14	L1
St. Louis	78	84	.481	19	L4
Pittsburgh	71	91	.438	26	L1

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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

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J. Bayliss1-1

T. Miller1

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