Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 5, Houston 4
When: 2:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 16, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Gary Cederstrom
Attendance: 26415

Garrett Jones belted a three-run home run as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Houston Astros 5-4 on Thursday to finish off a three-game sweep.

Andrew McCutchen extended his hitting streak to 15 games and scored the go-ahead run as the Pirates won their fourth consecutive game. Pittsburgh lost all nine games here last season.

James McDonald (5-4) notched his second straight victory by allowing three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. Jose Veras worked the ninth for his first save of the year.

Jones hit his first home since May 2, a two-out blast in the first off rookie Jordan Lyles (0-2) to stake the Pirates to an early 3-0 lead.

Lyles, making his fourth career start, retired the next 15 batters before giving up a two-out single to McCutchen, who scored on an error prior to Josh Harrison's RBI double in the sixth.

Hunter Pence went 3-for-5 with an RBI double and Jeff Keppinger added a run-scoring single in the ninth for the Astros, who have lost three straight and 11 of 13.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   Houston
James McDonald Player Jordan Lyles
Win W/L Loss
5.2 IP 5.2
4 Strikeouts 8
7 Hits 4
4.76 ERA 4.76
Hitting
Pittsburgh   Houston
Matt Diaz Player Hunter Pence
1 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
1 TB 4
1.000 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 7 1 11 .212 8 11 4 1 1 0
Houston 9 0 13 .265 17 5 4 5 1 2