Houston 5, Pittsburgh 2
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, July 16, 2010
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Temperature:
87°
Umpires:
Home -
Wally Bell, 1B -
Lazaro Diaz, 2B -
Victor Carapazza, 3B -
John Hirschbeck
Attendance:
23273
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Brett Myers dominated through 7 2/3 innings and Jeff Keppinger homered and drove in three runs to lead the Houston Astros to a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.
Hunter Pence added two hits and scored a pair of runs for the Astros, who have won all seven meetings with the Pirates this season.
Myers (7-6), whose name has been bandied about in trade rumors recently, has pitched at least six innings in each of his 19 starts this season - the only pitcher in the majors to do so. The veteran right-hander yielded just five hits and two runs while walking one and striking out four.
Keppinger got the Astros started with an RBI groundout in the first and added a solo homer off D.J. Carrasco in the sixth - his fourth of the season - that pushed Houston’s lead to 3-1. The Astros got another run in the sixth and added one more in the seventh when Keppinger struck again, doubling home Jason Bourgeois.
Matt Lindstrom worked a perfect ninth for his 22nd save of the campaign.
Zach Duke (3-9) suffered the loss for Pittsburgh, allowing two runs on five hits in five innings. The left-hander, who had missed the past month with a strained elbow, was limited to just 79 pitches after being activated from the disabled list prior to the game.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Houston |
|
Pittsburgh |
|
Brett Myers
|
Player |
Zach Duke
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.2 |
IP |
5.0 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
|
5 |
Hits |
5 |
|
2.35 |
ERA |
3.60 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Houston
|
8 |
1 |
13 |
.242 |
11 |
11 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
| Pittsburgh
|
6 |
0 |
8 |
.194 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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