Pittsburgh 8, Houston 1
When: 2:05 PM ET, Sunday, September 23, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Tim Timmons, 1B -
Marty Foster, 2B -
Eric Cooper, 3B -
Jeff Kellogg
Attendance:
15207
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Pirates 8, Astros 1: A.J. Burnett recorded a season-high 11 strikeouts and visiting Pittsburgh racked up 18 hits to down Houston and snap a five-game losing streak.
Josh Harrison had four hits and five other Pirates notched two apiece as Pittsburgh salvaged the final contest of the three-game set to win for only the third time in its last 16 games. The Pirates (75-77) are trying to avoid their 20th consecutive losing campaign.
Burnett (16-8) allowed one run, four hits and walked one to snap a personal four-game losing streak. Scott Moore had three of Houston’s hits against Burnett.
The game was scoreless until the fourth, when Pittsburgh pushed across four runs against Jordan Lyles (4-12) on a hit batsman, a wild pitch and run-scoring singles by Clint Barmes and Rod Barajas. Andrew McCutchen smacked an RBI double in the sixth to make it 5-0.
Moore homered in the sixth for Houston, and the Pirates put away the game with three runs in the eighth. Pedro Alvarez, Jose Tabata and Burnett all had run-scoring singles during the frame.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Burnett has won more games just once in his career – when he went 18-10 for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2008. … Houston has swept just two opponents all season. … McCutchen went 2-for-5 to raise his season hit count to 188. The last Pittsburgh player to record 200 or more hits in a season was Freddy Sanchez, who had an even 200 while winning the 2006 National League batting title.
Top Game Performances
Hitting
| Pittsburgh |
|
Houston |
|
Josh Harrison
| Player |
Scott Moore |
|
4 |
Hits |
3 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
1 |
|
4 |
TB |
7 |
|
.667 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
18 |
0 |
22 |
.391 |
34 |
10 |
8 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Houston
|
4 |
1 |
8 |
.133 |
6 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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