Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Pittsburgh 4,
Houston 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, July 28, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - David Rackley, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 34146
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - David Rackley, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Alan Porter
Attendance: 34146
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Starling Marte | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .154 |
| Alex Presley | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .236 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .369 |
| Garrett Jones | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .267 |
| Brad Lincoln | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Jason Grilli | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Neil Walker | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .290 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .226 |
| Rod Barajas | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .206 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .208 |
| Wandy Rodriguez | SP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chris Resop | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Casey McGehee | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Totals | 32 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Garrett Jones (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Alex Presley (8), Neil Walker (10) | |||||||||
| TB - Alex Presley 4, Andrew McCutchen, Garrett Jones 4, Neil Walker 4, Rod Barajas, Clint Barmes 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Alex Presley (16), Neil Walker (48), Rod Barajas (20) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Rod Barajas (11) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Presley 2 (20), Neil Walker (34), Rod Barajas (22) | |||||||||
| S - Wandy Rodriguez 2 (7) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Pedro Alvarez (6) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 6 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Wandy Rodriguez | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3.82 |
| Chris Resop (W 1-3) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.10 |
| Brad Lincoln (H 6) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.73 |
| Jason Grilli (SV 2) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.86 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Wandy Rodriguez 103-57, Chris Resop 20-12, Brad Lincoln 16-13, Jason Grilli 15-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Wandy Rodriguez 5-5, Chris Resop 1-1, Brad Lincoln 0-0, Jason Grilli 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Wandy Rodriguez 29, Chris Resop 3, Brad Lincoln 4, Jason Grilli 3 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .296 |
| Matt Downs | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Chuckie Fick | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .252 |
| Chris Johnson | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .279 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | .244 |
| Justin Maxwell | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| Ben Francisco | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .273 |
| Chris Snyder | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .178 |
| Brian Bixler | SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .193 |
| Brian Bogusevic | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .214 |
| Carlos Corporan | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .409 |
| Jordan Schafer | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| Wilton Lopez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Armando Galarraga | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .000 |
| Wesley Wright | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Scott Moore | PH-1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 3B - Justin Maxwell (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Matt Downs, Justin Maxwell 3, Carlos Corporan 2, Scott Moore | |||||||||
| RBI - Justin Maxwell 2 (31), Carlos Corporan (6) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Justin Maxwell 2 (15) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Jose Altuve (25), Matt Downs (17), Ben Francisco (3), Scott Moore (11) | |||||||||
| S - Brian Bixler (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jordan Schafer (25, 2nd off Lincoln/Barajas) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Matt Downs (5) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - J.D. Martinez (Jones at 3rd) | |||||||||
| PB - Carlos Corporan (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Armando Galarraga | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3.60 |
| Wesley Wright (BS 1) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.23 |
| Chuckie Fick (L 0-1) | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.90 |
| Wilton Lopez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.54 |
| WP - Armando Galarraga | ||||||||
| HBP - Neil Walker (by Wright) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Armando Galarraga 81-52, Wesley Wright 10-6, Chuckie Fick 25-13, Fernando Rodriguez 13-9, Wilton Lopez 11-8 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Armando Galarraga 6-4, Wesley Wright 1-0, Chuckie Fick 2-0, Fernando Rodriguez 0-0, Wilton Lopez 2-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Armando Galarraga 22, Wesley Wright 3, Chuckie Fick 6, Fernando Rodriguez 3, Wilton Lopez 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Wesley Wright 2-1, Fernando Rodriguez 2-1 | ||||||||