1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh	3	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	12	1
Houston	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	2

PITTSBURGH	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
A Brown cf De Bell rf Vander Wal 1b Giles lf c-E Brown ph-lf Ar Ramirez 3b E Wilson ss Meares 2b Osik c Beimel p a-Ao Nunez ph Taylor p b-Wehner ph Jo Silva p Totals	5 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 2 1 0 1 0 37	1 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9	2 0 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 12	0 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 9	0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 5	1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5	.217 .130 .333 .273 .200 .278 .167 .429 .000 .000 .667 .000 1.000 .000

a-singled for Beimel in the 6th; b-singled for Taylor in the 8th; c-struck out for Giles in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Giles (2, Elarton).
HR: Ar Ramirez 3 (3, 1st inning off Elarton 1 on, 2 out, 3rd inning off Elarton 2 on, 1 out, 5th inning off N Cruz 0 on, 2 out).
Rbi: Giles (3), Ar Ramirez 6 (7), Vander Wal (1), Ao Nunez (3).
2-out rbi: Giles, Ar Ramirez 3.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: E Wilson 1.
Gidp: Giles.
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING
SB: A Brown (1, 2nd base off Elarton/Eusebio).
CS: A Brown (1, 2nd base by N Cruz/Eusebio).

FIELDING
E: Ar Ramirez (3, ground ball).
DP: 1 (E Wilson-Meares-Vander Wal).

HOUSTON	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Lugo ss Biggio 2b Bagwell 1b Hidalgo rf-cf L Berkman lf Truby 3b Eusebio c G Barker cf Franklin p B Wagner p c-Spiers ph Elarton p a-Vizcaino ph Linebrink p b-C Hayes ph N Cruz p O Merced rf Totals	4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 33	1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3	2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7	1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3	0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3	0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8	0 3 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13	.389 .462 .174 .286 .333 .200 .000 .333 .000 .000 .333 .000 .500 .000 .000 .000 .200

a-walked for Elarton in the 3rd; b-struck out for Linebrink in the 4th; c-grounded to second for B Wagner in the 9th.

BATTING
HR: Bagwell (1, 1st inning off Beimel 0 on, 2 out); Lugo (1, 7th inning off Taylor 0 on, 1 out).
Rbi: Bagwell 2 (3), Lugo (2).
2-out rbi: Bagwell 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Hidalgo 1, C Hayes 1.
Gidp: Biggio.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
CS: L Berkman (1, 2nd base by Beimel).

FIELDING
E: Lugo (2, throw); N Cruz (1, throw).
DP: 1 (Biggio-Lugo-Bagwell).


Pitching

PITTSBURGH	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Beimel (W, 1-0) Taylor Jo Silva	5 2 2	5 2 0	2 1 0	2 1 0	3 0 0	3 3 2	1 1 0	3.60 4.50 6.23

HOUSTON	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Elarton (L, 1-1) Linebrink N Cruz Franklin B Wagner	3 1 2 2 1	7 0 4 1 0	7 0 2 0 0	7 0 1 0 0	1 0 1 1 0	3 0 1 0 1	2 0 1 0 0	9.00 0.00 1.50 2.45 0.00

N Cruz pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

Pitches-strikes: Elarton 62-41; Linebrink 11-7; N Cruz 41-23; Franklin 31-19; B Wagner 11-8; Beimel 84-48; Taylor 38-24; Jo Silva 28-16.
Ground balls-fly balls: Elarton 3-3; Linebrink 0-3; N Cruz 3-0; Franklin 4-2; B Wagner 2-0; Beimel 6-5; Taylor 0-3; Jo Silva 2-2.
Batters faced: Elarton 17; Linebrink 3; N Cruz 10; Franklin 7; B Wagner 3; Beimel 22; Taylor 8; Jo Silva 6.
Umpires: HP: Mike Winters. 1B--Ted Barrett. 2B--Alfonso Marquez. 3B--Steve Rippley.
T: 2:47.
Att: 30,174.
Weather: 81 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 17 mph, out to left.