Pittsburgh 5, Houston 4
When: 2:05 PM ET, Thursday, June 16, 2011
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Adrian Johnson, 1B -
Alan Porter, 2B -
Fieldin Culbreth, 3B -
Gary Cederstrom
Attendance:
26415
By SportsDirect Inc.
Garrett Jones belted a three-run home run as the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates downed the Houston Astros 5-4 on Thursday to finish off a three-game sweep.
Andrew McCutchen extended his hitting streak to 15 games and scored the go-ahead run as the Pirates won their fourth consecutive game. Pittsburgh lost all nine games here last season.
James McDonald (5-4) notched his second straight victory by allowing three runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings. Jose Veras worked the ninth for his first save of the year.
Jones hit his first home since May 2, a two-out blast in the first off rookie Jordan Lyles (0-2) to stake the Pirates to an early 3-0 lead.
Lyles, making his fourth career start, retired the next 15 batters before giving up a two-out single to McCutchen, who scored on an error prior to Josh Harrison's RBI double in the sixth.
Hunter Pence went 3-for-5 with an RBI double and Jeff Keppinger added a run-scoring single in the ninth for the Astros, who have lost three straight and 11 of 13.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
7 |
1 |
11 |
.212 |
8 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Houston
|
9 |
0 |
13 |
.265 |
17 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
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