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September 8, 2008

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 2 6 0
Astros 3 8 2
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 2 6 0
Astros 3 8 2

Jason Michaels Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .230
OBP .000 .293
At Bats 0 252
Hits 0 58
• Singles 0 38
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 48

Jose Valverde Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 40
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Minute Maid Park - September 8, 2008
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Out
Jose Valverde
Humberto Quintero
Lance Berkman
Mark Loretta
Geoff Blum
Miguel Tejada
Darin Erstad
Michael Bourn
Hunter Pence
Jason Michaels

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 2 6 0 7
Houston Astros 3 8 2 7
Winning Pitcher Alberto Arias
Losing Pitcher Ian Snell
Save Jose Valverde
Game Winning RBI Mark Saccomanno
Attendance 26,526
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Jason Michaels pinch hits for John Grabow. Michaels hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Doug Mientkiewicz pinch hits for Luis Cruz. Mientkiewicz strikes out.
Top 9 Mark Loretta now playing second base. Jose Valverde now pitching. LaRoche hits a popup, foul, towards first. Berkman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 John Grabow now pitching. Mark Loretta pinch hits for David Newhan. Loretta hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Pence hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berkman moves to third.
Bottom 8 Blum hits a fly ball into right field. Moss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Tyler Yates now pitching. Berkman hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Morgan. Berkman reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Moss strikes out.
Top 8 LaRoche hits a fly ball into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Doumit moves to third.
Top 8 Doumit hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 McLouth hits a fly ball into center field. Bourn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Humberto Quintero now catching. LaTroy Hawkins now pitching. Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Tejada hits a popup towards first. LaRoche settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Erstad bunts towards the mound. Burnett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sean Burnett now pitching. Bourn strikes out.
Top 7 Morgan strikes out.
Top 7 Steven Pearce pinch hits for Ian Snell. Pearce hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chris Sampson now pitching. Cruz hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Towles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jose Castillo pinch hits for Doug Brocail. Castillo strikes out.
Bottom 6 Towles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Newhan hits a fly ball into center field. McLouth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Pence strikes out.
Top 6 Doug Brocail now pitching. LaRoche hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Moss hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Sanchez scores. LaRoche moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 LaRoche hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Sanchez moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Doumit hits a fly ball into right field. Pence settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McLouth strikes out.
Top 6 Sanchez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Newhan misplays the ball. That's an error on Newhan. Morgan moves to second.
Top 6 Wesley Wright now pitching. Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Blum strikes out.
Bottom 5 Berkman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Erstad scores. Tejada moves to third.
Bottom 5 Tejada hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bourn scores. Erstad moves to second.
Bottom 5 Erstad hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bourn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bourn bunts towards third. LaRoche fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Mark Saccomanno pinch hits for Alberto Arias. Saccomanno hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Towles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Newhan strikes out. Doumit drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Newhan out.
Top 5 Snell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops it up and throws to first, with Arias covering, for the out.
Top 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 LaRoche takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Pence hits a ball on the ground towards third. LaRoche fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Blum hits a fly ball into right field. Moss settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Berkman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Tejada hits a line drive towards short. Cruz reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Moss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moss for the out.
Top 4 LaRoche takes first base on ball four. Doumit moves to second.
Top 4 Doumit hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Newhan fields it and throws to second for the out. Sanchez moves to third.
Top 4 McLouth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Berkman fields the ball and throws to Arias covering. Safe. Sanchez moves to second.
Top 4 Sanchez takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Morgan is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 4 Arias fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Arias. Morgan moves to second.
Top 4 Morgan hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Erstad hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Sanchez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bourn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Arias strikes out.
Bottom 3 Towles strikes out.
Top 3 Snell strikes out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Blum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 LaRoche hits a ball on the ground towards short. Tejada scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Newhan hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaRoche scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Newhan for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Pence. The throw from Doumit and he is safe. Pence steals second.
Bottom 2 Pence hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Blum hits a fly ball into center field. McLouth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Berkman strikes out. Doumit drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Berkman out.
Top 2 Moss strikes out.
Top 2 LaRoche strikes out.
Top 2 Doumit strikes out.
Bottom 1 Tejada strikes out.
Bottom 1 Erstad strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bourn hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaRoche scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bourn for the out.
Top 1 McLouth strikes out.
Top 1 Sanchez hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Newhan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan strikes out.