Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 7,
Pittsburgh 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, September 21, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Marty Foster
Attendance: 17093
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Tim Timmons, 3B - Marty Foster
Attendance: 17093
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Houston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Pittsburgh
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Starling Marte | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .254 |
| Clint Barmes | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .228 |
| Andrew McCutchen | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .338 |
| Garrett Jones | RF-1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .276 |
| Gaby Sanchez | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .225 |
| James McDonald | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 |
| Bryan Morris | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Hisanori Takahashi | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Presley | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| Justin Wilson | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .244 |
| Michael McKenry | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .249 |
| Brock Holt | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Jeff Locke | SP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .125 |
| Jose Tabata | RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .241 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Garrett Jones (24) | |||||||||
| TB - Starling Marte 2, Andrew McCutchen, Garrett Jones 4, Pedro Alvarez, Michael McKenry, Brock Holt | |||||||||
| RBI - Garrett Jones (78) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Garrett Jones (26) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Pedro Alvarez 2 (54), Jeff Locke 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Starling Marte (4, 2nd by Rodriguez/Snyder) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Locke (L 0-2) | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 5.47 |
| James McDonald | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.21 |
| Bryan Morris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Hisanori Takahashi | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.50 |
| Justin Wilson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2.70 |
| WP - Justin Wilson | ||||||||
| HBP - Jed Lowrie (by McDonald), Jose Altuve (by Morris) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Locke 83-51, James McDonald 15-6, Bryan Morris 22-13, Hisanori Takahashi 15-10, Justin Wilson 23-12 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Locke 2-3, James McDonald 0-0, Bryan Morris 1-0, Hisanori Takahashi 2-0, Justin Wilson 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Locke 21, James McDonald 4, Bryan Morris 5, Hisanori Takahashi 4, Justin Wilson 5 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Bryan Morris 2-1 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .291 |
| Brandon Barnes | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .224 |
| Matt Dominguez | 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .291 |
| Justin Maxwell | RF-LF | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .237 |
| Jed Lowrie | SS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .253 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | SS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Brett Wallace | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .265 |
| J.D. Martinez | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .241 |
| Brian Bogusevic | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| Chris Snyder | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .181 |
| Edgar Gonzalez | SP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Fernando Rodriguez | RP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Brandon Laird | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
| Jose Valdez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Xavier Cedeno | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Scott Moore | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .243 |
| Mickey Storey | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rhiner Cruz | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Downs | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .202 |
| Wilton Lopez | RP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 30 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jose Altuve (34) | |||||||||
| 3B - Brett Wallace (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Justin Maxwell (17), Jed Lowrie (15), Brett Wallace (8) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 2, Brandon Barnes, Justin Maxwell 4, Jed Lowrie 4, Brett Wallace 7 | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (35), Justin Maxwell (50), Jed Lowrie 3 (41), Brett Wallace 2 (21) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jed Lowrie 3 (15), Brett Wallace (4) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Dominguez 3 (11), Jed Lowrie (37) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Jose Altuve (32, 3rd off Locke/McKenry), Brian Bogusevic (15, 2nd off Morris/McKenry) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Mickey Storey (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Edgar Gonzalez | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.94 |
| Fernando Rodriguez (W 2-10) | 3.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.46 |
| Jose Valdez (H 3) | 0.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Xavier Cedeno (H 5) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.03 |
| Mickey Storey | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.21 |
| Rhiner Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6.32 |
| Wilton Lopez | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Edgar Gonzalez 33-20, Fernando Rodriguez 43-33, Jose Valdez 6-4, Xavier Cedeno 11-6, Mickey Storey 13-11, Rhiner Cruz 18-12, Wilton Lopez 20-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Edgar Gonzalez 2-0, Fernando Rodriguez 3-1, Jose Valdez 1-0, Xavier Cedeno 0-1, Mickey Storey 1-0, Rhiner Cruz 1-0, Wilton Lopez 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Edgar Gonzalez 7, Fernando Rodriguez 11, Jose Valdez 3, Xavier Cedeno 3, Mickey Storey 4, Rhiner Cruz 4, Wilton Lopez 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Fernando Rodriguez 2-0, Xavier Cedeno 2-0 | ||||||||