September 15, 2000 Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros Play by Play and Box Score

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SEA 10
@BAL 2 TOR 6
@CHW 5 BOS 7
@DET 6 ANA 16
@MIN 5 CLE 11
@NYY 1 OAK 17
@TBD 3 TEX 12
KCR 11
(10) ARI 2
ATL 1 CIN 6
MIL 4 HOU 16
PIT 7 LAD 4
COL 3
(10) MON 4
NYM 3 PHI 7
FLA 4 SDP 5
SFG 4 STL 3
CHC 2

Standings at end of play this day

Minute Maid Park, Attendance: 32,661

Friday, September 15, 2000, 7:05PM
Time of Game: 3:24

Pirates

61-86

Lost 7

5th, 25½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  5  0   2  0  0   0  0  0    7 12  3
Astros          0  3  3   0  2  1   1  6  X   16 19  0

W: B Powell (2-1), L: M Skrmetta (1-2), S: J Slusarski (3)

Astros

65-83

Won 2

3rd, 22 GB

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Brown CF                    5   0   1   2    0   1  .329  .823   16    3   1   
J Kendall C                   5   1   2   0    0   1  .323  .896   22    2   1   2B
B Giles LF                    5   1   2   2    0   1  .313 1.029   19    1   0   HR
J Vander Wal RF               5   1   2   1    0   2  .295  .971   21    2   0   HR,SB
K Young 1B                    4   1   0   0    1   2  .258  .743   30   12   0   
W Morris 2B                   4   1   2   0    0   0  .252  .666   16    1   2   
K Osik 3B                     3   1   1   0    0   1  .313  .879   16    2   1   HBP
P Meares SS                   4   1   1   2    0   0  .232  .673   18    1   6   2B
J Anderson P                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .146  .313    5    0   0   
  M Skrmetta P                1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   
  B Smith P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Wallace P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  E Wilson PH                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .292  .765    1    0   0   
  R Loiselle P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
Totals                       39   7  12   7    1  10              168   24  12

BATTING

2B: P Meares (20, off T McKnight); J Kendall (30, off S Linebrink).

HR: B Giles (33, off S Linebrink; 4th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF); J Vander Wal (22, off T McKnight; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to CF).

HBP: K Osik (4, by T McKnight).

TB: B Giles 5; J Vander Wal 5; J Kendall 3; P Meares 2; W Morris 2; E Wilson; K Osik; A Brown.

RBI: A Brown 2 (18); P Meares 2 (44); B Giles 2 (117); J Vander Wal (82).

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 3 for 9.

FIELDING

E: P Meares 2 (20); W Morris (13).

BASERUNNING

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

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Lugo 2B                     5   2   1   0    1   1  .287  .778   23    1   2   2B,SB
M Meluskey C                  5   0   2   1    0   1  .305  .914   21   10   0   
J Bagwell 1B                  5   1   2   1    0   0  .314 1.045   11    8   0   
R Hidalgo CF-RF               5   3   4   0    0   0  .298  .979   21    3   0   2B
M Alou RF                     5   4   3   4    0   0  .360 1.066   13    0   0   HR,2·2B
  G Barker CF                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .220  .642         0   0   
L Berkman LF                  3   3   2   1    2   0  .295  .944   21    2   0   2B
C Truby 3B                    5   3   3   5    0   0  .272  .793   14    2   3   HR,3B,2B
T Bogar SS                    5   0   1   3    0   0  .201  .592   19    1   1   
T McKnight P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  S Linebrink P               1   0   1   0    0   0 1.000 2.000    3    0   0   
  J Green P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  R Cedeno PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .264  .748    2    0   0   
  B Powell P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .222  .633         0   0   
  B Spiers PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .312  .798    5    0   0   
  M Valdes P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  E Zosky PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    1    0   0   
  J Slusarski P               1   0   0   1    0   0  .111  .222    4    0   0   
Totals                       43  16  19  16    3   2              158   27   6

BATTING

2B: L Berkman (23, off J Anderson); R Hidalgo (38, off B Smith); C Truby (13, off R Loiselle); J Lugo (20, off R Loiselle); M Alou 2 (26, off R Loiselle, off J Anderson).

3B: C Truby (4, off J Anderson).

HR: C Truby (9, off J Anderson; 3rd inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF); M Alou (29, off M Skrmetta; 5th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF).

TB: C Truby 9; M Alou 8; R Hidalgo 5; L Berkman 3; M Meluskey 2; J Bagwell 2; J Lugo 2; S Linebrink; T Bogar.

RBI: C Truby 5 (49); M Alou 4 (101); T Bogar 3 (30); L Berkman (60); M Meluskey (65); J Slusarski (1); J Bagwell (121).

2-out RBI: C Truby 2; M Meluskey; L Berkman; T Bogar.

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 12 for 20.

BASERUNNING

SB: J Lugo (15, 2nd base off B Smith/J Kendall).

PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Anderson                     3     7   6   6    1   1   1   4.81   17   58-37   24· 4· 9    8· 1· 5· 1     21    -     0.90  -0.37
M Skrmetta, L (1-2)            2     3   2   2    0   1   1  13.50    8   23-16    9· 2· 5    1· 3· 2· 1          0-0    1.12  -0.14
B Smith                        1.1   2   2   2    1   0   0  10.38    7   31-17   14· 2· 1    1· 3· 2· 0          0-0    0.72  -0.08
J Wallace                      0.2   1   0   0    1   0   0   5.88    4   10-5     3· 0· 2    0· 1· 2· 0          1-1    0.71  -0.03
R Loiselle                     1     6   6   6    0   0   0   6.17   10   30-20   16· 1· 3    5· 0· 5· 0          0-0    0.07  -0.03
Totals                         8    19  16  16    3   2   2          46  152-95   66· 9·20   15· 8·16· 2          1-1

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
T McKnight                     1.1   4   5   5    1   2   1   5.59   10   43-29   17· 4· 8    1· 2· 2· 1     27    -     1.00  -0.32
S Linebrink                    2     6   2   2    0   3   1  10.50   12   48-32   17· 7· 8    1· 1· 6· 1          1-0    0.91  -0.16
J Green                        0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   6.61    2    7-5     2· 2· 1    1· 0· 0· 0          1-0    1.10   0.06
B Powell, W (2-1)              2     0   0   0    0   1   0   5.93    6   28-17    8· 2· 7    2· 3· 0· 0          0-0    0.89   0.15
M Valdes, H (7)                1     0   0   0    0   1   0   4.96    3   19-11    6· 4· 1    1· 1· 0· 0          0-0    0.97   0.08
J Slusarski, S (3)             2     2   0   0    0   2   0   3.69    8   21-15    8· 3· 4    3· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.31   0.05
Totals                         9    12   7   7    1  10   2          41  166-109  58·22·29    9· 8·10· 2          2-0

Balks: None.

WP: J Anderson (6).

IBB: None.

HBP: T McKnight (2; K Osik).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Tim Timmons, 1B - Doug Eddings, 2B - Charlie Reliford, 3B - Morris Hodges.

Time of Game: 3:24.

Attendance: 32,661.

Weather: 72° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Houston Astros                       
1. A Brown              CF    1. J Lugo               2B 
2. J Kendall            C     2. M Meluskey           C  
3. B Giles              LF    3. J Bagwell            1B 
4. J Vander Wal         RF    4. R Hidalgo            CF 
5. K Young              1B    5. M Alou               RF 
6. W Morris             2B    6. L Berkman            LF 
7. K Osik               3B    7. C Truby              3B 
8. P Meares             SS    8. T Bogar              SS 
9. J Anderson           P     9. T McKnight           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 5   1  7-6  -2-  5   22%  67% M Alou          M Skrmetta      Home Run; Hidalgo Scores
   b 3   2  5-4  -2-  2   19%  62% C Truby         J Anderson      Home Run; Berkman Scores
   t 4   1  6-5  -2-  4  -18%  41% B Giles         S Linebrink     Home Run; Kendall Scores
   b 2   1  5-0  12-  3   14%  31% C Truby         J Anderson      Triple to CF (Line Drive); Alou Scores; Berkman Scores
   t 2   0  0-1  123  6  -11%  16% P Meares        T McKnight      Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Young Scores; Morris Scores; Osik to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Tony McKnight facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   52%  A Brown         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  7   54%  J Kendall       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   55%  B Giles         Popfly: SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Jimmy Anderson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   53%  J Lugo          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---  6   51%  M Meluskey      Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   50%  J Bagwell       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Tony McKnight facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  5   41%  J Vander Wal    Home Run
          ---  8   37%  K Young         Walk
          1--  2   33%  W Morris        Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Young to 2B
          12-  4   27%  K Osik          Hit By Pitch; Young to 3B; Morris to 2B
   RR     123  6   16%  P Meares        Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Young Scores; Morris Scores; Osik to 3B
   O      -23  1   19%  J Anderson      Popfly: 1B
   RR     -23  3   13%  A Brown         Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Osik Scores; Meares Scores
                  Scott Linebrink replaces Tony McKnight pitching and batting 9th
          1--  4   10%  J Kendall       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Brown to 3B
   O      1-3  5   13%  B Giles         Strikeout Looking
   O      1-3  4   15%  J Vander Wal    Strikeout Swinging
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Behind 0-5, Jimmy Anderson facing 4-5-6
          ---  6   18%  R Hidalgo       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   15%  M Alou          Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
          1--      16%  L Berkman       Wild Pitch; Alou to 2B
          -2-  6   18%  " "             Walk
   RR     12-  3   31%  C Truby         Triple to CF (Line Drive); Alou Scores; Berkman Scores
   RO     --3  6   32%  T Bogar         Groundout: SS-1B; Truby Scores
          ---  3   33%  S Linebrink     Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
          1--  5   35%  J Lugo          Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Linebrink to 2B
   O      12-  1   31%  M Meluskey      Single (Ground Ball); Linebrink out at 3B/3B; Lugo to 2B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 3.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Ahead 5-3, Scott Linebrink facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  7   33%  K Young         Lineout: 3B
          ---  4   31%  W Morris        Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  4   28%  K Osik          Single to LF (Line Drive to Short LF); Morris to 2B
   O      12-  4   31%  P Meares        Foul Flyball: 3B (Deep 3B)
   O      12-  4   35%  J Anderson      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Behind 3-5, Jimmy Anderson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  2   32%  J Bagwell       Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   30%  R Hidalgo       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  1   33%  M Alou          Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   R      -2-  3   43%  L Berkman       Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line); Alou Scores
   RR     -2-  2   62%  C Truby         Home Run; Berkman Scores
   O      ---  2   61%  T Bogar         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 6.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-6, Scott Linebrink facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   64%  A Brown         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---  2   59%  J Kendall       Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   RR     -2-  4   41%  B Giles         Home Run; Kendall Scores
          ---  2   39%  J Vander Wal    Single to CF (Line Drive)
                  Jason Green replaces Scott Linebrink pitching and batting 9th
   O      1--  4   42%  K Young         Strikeout Swinging
          1--      41%  W Morris        Vander Wal Steals 2B
   O      -2-  3   45%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Behind 6-7, Matt Skrmetta facing 9-1-2
                  Matt Skrmetta replaces Jimmy Anderson pitching and batting 9th; Roger Cedeno pinch hits for Jason Green batting 9th
   O      ---  2   41%  R Cedeno        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   39%  J Lugo          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   38%  M Meluskey      Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 6.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Ahead 7-6, Brian Powell facing 7-8-9
                  Brian Powell replaces Roger Cedeno pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   40%  K Osik          Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   42%  P Meares        Flyball: CF
   O      ---  4   44%  M Skrmetta      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Behind 6-7, Matt Skrmetta facing 3-4-5
          ---  1   49%  J Bagwell       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  2   46%  R Hidalgo       Single to CF (Line Drive to LF-CF); Bagwell out at 3B/CF-3B; Hidalgo to 2B/Adv on throw to 3B
   RR     -2-  5   67%  M Alou          Home Run; Hidalgo Scores
   O      ---  2   66%  L Berkman       Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   64%  C Truby         Popfly: 1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 8.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 7-8, Brian Powell facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   68%  A Brown         Groundout: 1B unassisted
   O      ---  6   71%  J Kendall       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   73%  B Giles         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 8.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 8-7, Brian Smith facing 8-9-1
                  Brian Smith replaces Matt Skrmetta pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4   70%  T Bogar         Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  Bill Spiers pinch hits for Brian Powell batting 9th
   O      ---  5   69%  B Spiers        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   70%  J Lugo          Walk
          1--      72%  M Meluskey      Lugo Steals 2B; Lugo to 3B/Adv on E6
   R      --3  7   81%  " "             Single to RF (Line Drive); Lugo Scores
   O      1--  1   79%  J Bagwell       Flyball: RF
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 9.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 7-9, Marc Valdes facing 4-5-6
                  Marc Valdes replaces Bill Spiers pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   83%  J Vander Wal    Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  9   86%  K Young         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  5   87%  W Morris        Flyball: CF (Short CF)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 9.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 9-7, Brian Smith facing 4-5-6
          ---  7   91%  R Hidalgo       Double (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
   O      -2-  3   88%  M Alou          Foul Flyball: 1B (1B Foul)
                  Jeff Wallace replaces Brian Smith pitching and batting 9th
          -2-  4   89%  L Berkman       Walk
   O      12-  3   87%  C Truby         Flyball: CF
   R      12-  2   93%  T Bogar         Single to RF (Line Drive); Hidalgo Scores; Berkman to 3B
                  Eddie Zosky pinch hits for Marc Valdes batting 9th
   O      1-3  1   92%  E Zosky         Lineout: SS
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 10.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 7-10, Joe Slusarski facing 7-8-9
                  Joe Slusarski replaces Eddie Zosky pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   94%  K Osik          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   96%  P Meares        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  Enrique Wilson pinch hits for Jeff Wallace batting 9th
          ---  1   95%  E Wilson        Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   97%  A Brown         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 10.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 10-7, Rich Loiselle facing 1-2-3
                  Rich Loiselle replaces Enrique Wilson pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   98%  J Lugo          Double to RF (Line Drive to RF Line)
   O      -2-  2   97%  M Meluskey      Groundout: P-1B
   R      -2-  3   99%  J Bagwell       Single to CF (Line Drive to Short CF); Lugo Scores; Bagwell to 2B/Adv on throw to Hm
          -2-  2   99%  R Hidalgo       Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF); Bagwell to 3B
   RR     1-3  3  100%  M Alou          Double (Line Drive to LF-CF); Bagwell Scores; Hidalgo Scores
          -2-  2  100%  L Berkman       Single to LF (Line Drive); Alou to 3B
   R      1-3  2  100%  C Truby         Double to LF (Line Drive); Alou Scores; Berkman to 3B
   R      -23  5  100%  T Bogar         Fielder's Choice 2B; Berkman Scores; Truby to 3B; Bogar to 2B/Adv on E4 (throw)
   RO     -23  4  100%  J Slusarski     Groundout: C-1B (Front of Home); Truby Scores; Bogar to 3B
   O      --3  4  100%  J Lugo          Groundout: 3B-1B
                  6 runs, 6 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 16.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 7-16, Joe Slusarski facing 2-3-4
                  Glen Barker replaces Moises Alou playing CF batting 5th; Richard Hidalgo moves to RF
   O      ---  3  100%  J Kendall       Flyball: LF
          ---  2  100%  B Giles         Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep LF)
   O      1--  5  100%  J Vander Wal    Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2  100%  K Young         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 7, Astros 16.

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