Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Houston Astros - Box Score - August 31, 2011 - ESPN

Scores for Aug 31, 2011

Final

Series: Game 3 of 3

Houston won 3-0

Game 1: Monday, August 29
Pittsburgh	4	Final
Houston	7	Final
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Game 2: Tuesday, August 30
Pittsburgh	2	Final
Houston	8	Final
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Game 3: Wednesday, August 31
Pittsburgh	0	Final
Houston	2	Final
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Pirates 0

(62-74, 31-37 away)

Astros 2

(47-90, 26-42 home)

Alerts

8:05 PM ET, August 31, 2011

Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
HOU	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-	2	8	0

W: J. Happ (5-15)

L: J. McDonald (8-7)

S: M. Melancon (16)

Pittsburgh Pirates
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Tabata RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	19	.270	.353	.370
A Presley LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	15	.287	.350	.417
A McCutchen CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	14	.272	.372	.472
R Doumit C	4	0	1	0	0	1	19	.267	.322	.429
N Walker 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	11	.275	.340	.403
G Jones 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	16	.245	.327	.444
J Harrison 3B	2	0	1	0	1	1	14	.283	.296	.384
R Cedeno SS	3	0	0	0	0	1	13	.260	.304	.352
J McDonald P	2	0	1	0	0	1	6	.100	.135	.120
T Watson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
a-X Paul PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.257	.288	.344
J Veras P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000
J Hanrahan P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Totals	29	0	4	0	1	7	130
a-grounded to second for T Watson in the 8th
BATTING GIDP: J Tabata, R Cedeno Team LOB: 4
FIELDING E: G Jones (4, throw) DP: 1 (R Cedeno-G Jones).

Pittsburgh Pirates
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J McDonald (L, 8-7)	6.0	7	2	1	2	6	0	94-60	4.11
T Watson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8-6	4.60
J Veras	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	22-15	3.41
J Hanrahan	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6-3	1.69
Totals	8.0	8	2	1	3	7	0	130-84
PITCHING First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J McDonald 14/26; T Watson 3/3; J Veras 3/4; J Hanrahan 1/1 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J McDonald 18-9-15-18; T Watson 1-1-1-3; J Veras 4-3-6-2; J Hanrahan 0-0-2-1 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J McDonald 4-8; T Watson 1-2; J Veras 0-1; J Hanrahan 1-0 Game Scores: J McDonald 56

Houston Astros
Hitters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J Schafer CF	4	0	1	1	0	0	11	.253	.323	.330
J Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	11	.305	.321	.403
J Martinez LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	13	.293	.328	.509
M Melancon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000
C Lee 1B	4	0	2	0	0	1	22	.276	.338	.439
B Bogusevic RF	3	0	1	0	1	1	24	.288	.359	.490
J Paredes 3B	3	1	1	0	1	2	12	.297	.339	.446
A Sanchez SS	4	1	2	0	0	0	14	.246	.304	.293
H Quintero C	3	0	0	1	0	0	7	.260	.281	.346
J Happ P	1	0	0	0	1	1	12	.200	.263	.314
a-J Michaels PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	.199	.259	.301
F Rodriguez P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
J Bourgeois LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.316	.355
Totals	31	2	8	2	3	7	130
a-flied out to left for J Happ in the 7th
BATTING 2B: C Lee (34, J Veras) RBI: H Quintero (21), J Schafer (12) GIDP: J Altuve Astros RISP: 2-9 (J Paredes 0-1, A Sanchez 1-2, H Quintero 0-2, J Altuve 0-1, J Schafer 1-2, J Happ 0-1) Team LOB: 8
FIELDING DP: 2 (J Altuve-A Sanchez-C Lee 2).

Houston Astros
Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J Happ (W, 5-15)	7.0	3	0	0	1	6	0	110-71	5.71
F Rodriguez (H, 5)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	9-6	3.21
M Melancon (S, 16)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-8	3.23
Totals	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	130-85
PITCHING HBP: A McCutchen (By M Melancon) First-pitch strikes/Batters faced: J Happ 16/24; F Rodriguez 2/3; M Melancon 3/4 Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In Play strikes: J Happ 21-13-20-17; F Rodriguez 1-0-2-3; M Melancon 4-2-0-2 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Happ 7-8; F Rodriguez 3-0; M Melancon 2-0 Game Scores: J Happ 76

Scoring Summary

			PIT	HOU
	4th	H Quintero grounded out to catcher, J Paredes scored, A Sanchez to third on throwing error by first baseman G Jones.	0	1
	4th	J Schafer reached on bunt single to first, A Sanchez scored, J Happ to second.	0	2
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Game Information

Stadium	Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Attendance	22,918 (54.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity
Game Time	2:28
Weather	indoors
Umpires	Home Plate - Mike Everitt, First Base - Chris Guccione, Second Base - Mike Muchlinski, Third Base - Mike Winters