April 6, 2001 Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 11
TBD 4 DET 10
@CHW 9
(10) CLE 4
BAL 3 MIN 6
@KCR 2 TOR 13
@NYY 4 ANA 5
@OAK 4 SEA 9
@TEX 7
(10) STL 12
@ARI 9 SDP 10
@COL 6 ATL 7
@FLA 5 HOU 4
PIT 1 LAD 10
SFG 1 MIL 5
CIN 4 MON 10
NYM 6 CHC 3
@PHI 2

Standings at end of play this day

Minute Maid Park, Attendance: 27,126

Friday, April 6, 2001, 7:06PM
Time of Game: 2:24

Pirates

1-3

Lost 2

4th, 3 GB

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

W: O Dotel (1-0), L: O Olivares (0-1), S: B Wagner (1)

Astros

4-0

Won 4

1st

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Brown CF                    4   1   1   0    1   0  .176  .616   15    2   0   
D Bell RF                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .214  .428   23    1   0   
J Kendall C                   3   0   1   0    0   0  .154  .507   13    7   0   HBP
B Giles LF                    2   0   0   1    1   0  .133  .576    8    2   0   SF
A Ramirez 3B                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .133  .266   13    1   1   
K Young 1B                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .808   10    9   0   HBP
P Meares 2B                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .804   15    0   2   
J Wilson SS                   4   0   2   0    0   0  .400 1.100   15    2   6   2B
O Olivares P                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    0   2   
  J Vander Wal PH             1   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .347    5    0   0   
  J Manzanillo P              0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  E Brown PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   0   
Totals                       32   1   5   1    2   4              126   24  11

BATTING

2B: J Wilson (3, off O Dotel).

SF: B Giles (1, off O Dotel).

HBP: K Young (1, by M Jackson); J Kendall (3, by M Jackson).

TB: J Wilson 3; J Kendall; A Brown; D Bell.

RBI: B Giles (2).

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 0 for 6.

FIELDING

DP: 1. O Olivares-J Wilson-K Young.

E: A Ramirez (2).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Lugo SS                     4   2   2   0    0   1  .250  .558   12    0   3   
C Biggio 2B                   4   1   3   3    0   0  .579 1.442   11    3   1   HR,2B
J Bagwell 1B                  4   1   0   0    0   1  .118  .426   10    9   1   
L Berkman LF                  4   0   1   0    0   1  .294  .780   20    2   0   3B
R Hidalgo CF-RF               2   0   0   1    0   0  .429 1.786   13    6   0   HBP,SF
D Ward RF                     3   0   0   0    0   2  .500 1.438   12    1   0   
  G Barker CF                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
B Ausmus C                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .133  .321    6    4   0   GDP
C Truby 3B                    3   0   0   0    0   1  .333 1.583    9    0   3   
O Dotel P                     2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    9    1   1   
  O Merced PH                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .500 1.000    2    0   0   
  M Jackson P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     1   0   
  B Wagner P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
Totals                       30   4   7   4    0   7              104   27  10

BATTING

2B: C Biggio (2, off O Olivares).

3B: L Berkman (1, off J Manzanillo).

HR: C Biggio (1, off O Olivares; 1st inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF).

SF: R Hidalgo (1, off O Olivares).

HBP: R Hidalgo (1, by O Olivares).

TB: C Biggio 7; L Berkman 3; J Lugo 2; O Merced.

GIDP: B Ausmus (1).

RBI: C Biggio 3 (3); R Hidalgo (11).

2-out RBI: C Biggio.

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 0 for 3.

FIELDING

E: C Biggio (1).

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
O Olivares, L (0-1)            6     5   4   3    0   5   1   4.50   24   72-56   38· 7·11    8· 6· 3· 1     53    -     0.64  -0.14
J Manzanillo                   2     2   0   0    0   2   0   0.00    8   32-25   12· 6· 7    3· 1· 2· 0          0-0    0.17   0.02
Totals                         8     7   4   3    0   7   1          32  104-81   50·13·18   11· 7· 5· 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
O Dotel, W (1-0)               7     5   1   0    2   2   0   0.00   29  103-64   39· 7·18   11· 9· 5· 0     65    -     1.01   0.29
M Jackson, H (1)               1     0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    5   14-8     5· 1· 2    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.26   0.05
B Wagner, S (1)                1     0   0   0    0   1   0   0.00    3    9-8     3· 1· 4    2· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.48   0.04
Totals                         9     5   1   0    2   4   0          37  126-80   47· 9·24   15· 9· 5· 0           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: O Olivares (1; R Hidalgo); M Jackson 2 (2; J Kendall, K Young).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Alfonso Marquez, 1B - Steve Rippley, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Ted Barrett.

Time of Game: 2:24.

Attendance: 27,126.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: 77° F, Wind 17mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Houston Astros                       
1. A Brown              CF    1. J Lugo               SS 
2. D Bell               RF    2. C Biggio             2B 
3. J Kendall            C     3. J Bagwell            1B 
4. B Giles              LF    4. L Berkman            LF 
5. A Ramirez            3B    5. R Hidalgo            CF 
6. K Young              1B    6. D Ward               RF 
7. P Meares             2B    7. B Ausmus             C  
8. J Wilson             SS    8. C Truby              3B 
9. O Olivares           P     9. O Dotel              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   0  1-0  1--  5   15%  64% C Biggio        O Olivares      Home Run; Lugo Scores
   b 5   2  1-3  1--  3    8%  87% C Biggio        O Olivares      Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Lugo Scores
   b 1   0  1-2  ---  1    5%  69% J Bagwell       O Olivares      Reached on E5 (throw to 1B) (Ground Ball); Bagwell to 2B
   t 3   2  3-1  12-  4    5%  76% A Ramirez       O Dotel         Popfly: 2B
   t 7   2  4-1  12-  4    5%  94% D Bell          O Dotel         Strikeout Swinging

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Octavio Dotel facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  4   47%  A Brown         Walk
   O      1--  5   48%  D Bell          Groundout: P-1B; Brown to 2B
          -2-  4   44%  J Kendall       Reached on E4 (Ground Ball); Brown to 3B
   RO     1-3  1   43%  B Giles         Flyball: CF/Sacrifice Fly; Brown Scores/unER
   O      1--  2   46%  A Ramirez       Lineout: CF
                  1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Behind 0-1, Omar Olivares facing 1-2-3
          ---  4   49%  J Lugo          Single (Line Drive to LF-CF)
   RR     1--  5   64%  C Biggio        Home Run; Lugo Scores
          ---  1   69%  J Bagwell       Reached on E5 (throw to 1B) (Ground Ball); Bagwell to 2B
   O      -2-  3   68%  L Berkman       Flyball: CF (Deep CF); Bagwell to 3B
   RO     --3  1   70%  R Hidalgo       Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly (LF-CF); Bagwell Scores/unER
   O      ---  5   69%  D Ward          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 3.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-3, Octavio Dotel facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   71%  K Young         Popfly: 2B
   O      ---  3   73%  P Meares        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   71%  J Wilson        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line)
   O      -2-  2   74%  O Olivares      Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-1, Omar Olivares facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  2   72%  B Ausmus        Flyball: RF
   O      ---  2   71%  C Truby         Flyball: CF
   O      ---  6   70%  O Dotel         Groundout: P-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 3.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-3, Octavio Dotel facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   73%  A Brown         Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---  4   70%  D Bell          Single (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  2   72%  J Kendall       Groundout: 3B-1B; Bell to 2B
          -2-  4   71%  B Giles         Walk
   O      12-  4   76%  A Ramirez       Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-1, Omar Olivares facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  4   74%  J Lugo          Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   76%  C Biggio        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF)
   O      1--  3   74%  J Bagwell       Popfly: 3B
   O      1--  5   72%  L Berkman       Foul Flyball: SS (LF Foul)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 3.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-3, Octavio Dotel facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  4   75%  K Young         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   77%  P Meares        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   78%  J Wilson        Lineout: P
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-1, Omar Olivares facing 5-6-7
          ---  4   80%  R Hidalgo       Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  3   78%  D Ward          Strikeout Looking
   OO     1--  1   74%  B Ausmus        Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 3.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-3, Octavio Dotel facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   77%  O Olivares      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  1   79%  A Brown         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      --- 10   80%  D Bell          Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-1, Omar Olivares facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  2   79%  C Truby         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   78%  O Dotel         Strikeout Swinging
          ---  1   78%  J Lugo          Single (Ground Ball)
   R      1--  3   87%  C Biggio        Double to LF (Line Drive to LF Line); Lugo Scores
   O      -2-  2   85%  J Bagwell       Groundout: SS-1B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-4, Octavio Dotel facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   81%  J Kendall       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   85%  B Giles         Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
   O      1--  1   88%  A Ramirez       Flyball: LF
   O      1--  2   90%  K Young         Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-1, Omar Olivares facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  4   89%  L Berkman       Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   89%  R Hidalgo       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  4   88%  D Ward          Strikeout Looking
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-4, Octavio Dotel facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  8   91%  P Meares        Flyball: RF
          ---  5   88%  J Wilson        Single to LF (Ground Ball thru Short LF)
                  John Vander Wal pinch hits for Omar Olivares batting 9th
   O      1--  5   91%  J Vander Wal    Flyball: CF (Deep CF)
          1--  2   89%  A Brown         Single to RF (Ground Ball thru Short RF); Wilson to 2B
   O      12-  4   94%  D Bell          Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-1, Josias Manzanillo facing 7-8-9
                  Josias Manzanillo replaces John Vander Wal pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   93%  B Ausmus        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   92%  C Truby         Strikeout Swinging
                  Orlando Merced pinch hits for Octavio Dotel batting 9th
          ---  2   93%  O Merced        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  3   92%  J Lugo          Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-4, Mike Jackson facing 3-4-5
                  Mike Jackson replaces Orlando Merced pitching and batting 9th
          ---  3   88%  J Kendall       Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  2   91%  B Giles         Groundout: 1B-P; Kendall to 2B
   O      -2-  6   95%  A Ramirez       Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  2   93%  K Young         Hit By Pitch
   O      12-  1   97%  P Meares        Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B; Kendall to 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 4-1, Josias Manzanillo facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  2   97%  C Biggio        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   96%  J Bagwell       Strikeout Looking
          ---  8   97%  L Berkman       Triple (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
   O      --3  5   96%  R Hidalgo       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 1-4, Billy Wagner facing 8-9-1
                  Billy Wagner replaces Mike Jackson pitching and batting 9th; Glen Barker replaces Daryle Ward playing CF batting 6th; Richard Hidalgo moves to RF
   O      ---  3   98%  J Wilson        Groundout: P-1B
                  Emil Brown pinch hits for Josias Manzanillo batting 9th
   O      ---  4  100%  E Brown         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  2  100%  A Brown         Groundout: 3B-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 4.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:HOU200104060

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