Final
Series tied 1-1 (as of 9/20)
| Game 1: Friday, September 19 | ||
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| Houston | 5 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 1 | |
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| Game 2: Saturday, September 20 | ||
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| Houston | 4 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, September 21 | ||
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| Houston | 6 | Final |
| Pittsburgh | 2 | |
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7:05 PM ET, September 20, 2008
PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| K Matsui 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 | ||
| M Bourn CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .222 | ||
| M Tejada SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .281 | ||
| L Berkman 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .316 | ||
| G Blum 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .232 | ||
| H Pence RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .271 | ||
| T Wigginton LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .284 | ||
| H Quintero C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .210 | ||
| d-M Loretta PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .277 | ||
| E Maysonet PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | ||
| B Ausmus C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 | ||
| B Moehler P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .023 | ||
| a-D Newhan PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .245 | ||
| D Borkowski P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| W Wright P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-M Saccomanno PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | ||
| C Sampson P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .136 | ||
| c-D Erstad PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .277 | ||
| T Byrdak P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | ||
| e-J Castillo PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .243 | ||
| D Brocail P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for B Moehler in the 2nd b-reached on error for W Wright in the 5th c-struck out swinging for C Sampson in the 7th d-singled to right for H Quintero in the 8th e-flied out to right for T Byrdak in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: G Blum (11, T Beam) RBI: M Tejada (64), T Wigginton (57), M Loretta (38) 2-out RBI: T Wigginton, M Loretta GIDP: L Berkman Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: G Blum 1, H Quintero 1, D Newhan 1, J Castillo 1, L Berkman 1 Team LOB: 10 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: M Bourn (10, 2nd base by J Barthmaier/R Doumit) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: K Matsui (12, ground ball) DP: 1 (M Tejada-K Matsui-L Berkman). | ||||||||||
| Houston Astros | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| B Moehler (L, 11-8) | 1.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32-20 | 4.61 | |
| D Borkowski | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 40-24 | 7.94 | |
| W Wright | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23-15 | 5.06 | |
| C Sampson | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17-13 | 4.28 | |
| T Byrdak | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10-8 | 4.00 | |
| D Brocail | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8-6 | 4.05 | |
| Totals | 8.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 130-86 | ||
| PITCHING IBB: N McLouth (By D Borkowski); Ad LaRoche (By D Borkowski) HBP: Ad LaRoche (By W Wright) Batters faced: B Moehler 8; D Borkowski 10; W Wright 6; C Sampson 6; T Byrdak 3; D Brocail 3 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: B Moehler 0-3; D Borkowski 3-2; W Wright 0-2; C Sampson 4-2; T Byrdak 1-0; D Brocail 1-1 Game Scores: B Moehler 23 | ||||||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | ||
| N Morgan LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .281 | ||
| F Sanchez 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .265 | ||
| N McLouth CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .282 | ||
| R Doumit C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .322 | ||
| Ad LaRoche 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .271 | ||
| B Moss RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .221 | ||
| An LaRoche 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | ||
| L Cruz SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 | ||
| J Barthmaier P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| a-L Rivas PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .218 | ||
| J Davis P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| b-J Wilson PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | ||
| T Beam P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| S Burnett P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | ||
| T Yates P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| J Grabow P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| c-D Mientkiewicz PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .281 | ||
| M Capps P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
| a-struck out swinging for J Barthmaier in the 3rd b-flied out to center for J Davis in the 5th c-grounded to first for J Grabow in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: R Doumit 2 (33, B Moehler, D Borkowski); N Morgan (13, D Borkowski) 3B: B Moss (2, B Moehler) RBI: N McLouth (94), R Doumit 3 (66), B Moss (22), An LaRoche (18) SF: An LaRoche 2-out RBI: R Doumit GIDP: L Cruz Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: B Moss 4 Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: An LaRoche (10, throw) DP: 2 (R Doumit-L Cruz, F Sanchez-L Cruz-Ad LaRoche). | ||||||||||
| Pittsburgh Pirates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| J Barthmaier | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 62-42 | 15.19 | |
| J Davis (W, 2-4) | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31-20 | 5.29 | |
| T Beam | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9-8 | 4.01 | |
| S Burnett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11-7 | 4.56 | |
| T Yates | 0.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22-13 | 4.96 | |
| J Grabow (H, 14) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 2.87 | |
| M Capps (S, 20) | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14-11 | 3.14 | |
| Totals | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 151-103 | ||
| PITCHING HBP: M Tejada (By J Davis) Batters faced: J Barthmaier 14; J Davis 8; T Beam 4; S Burnett 3; T Yates 6; J Grabow 1; M Capps 5 Ground Balls-Fly Balls: J Barthmaier 2-4; J Davis 2-3; T Beam 0-2; S Burnett 1-1; T Yates 1-0; J Grabow 0-1; M Capps 0-3 Game Scores: J Barthmaier 41 | ||||||||||
Scoring Summary
| HOU | PIT | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | N McLouth singled to center, N Morgan scored, F Sanchez to second. | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st | R Doumit doubled to right, F Sanchez and N McLouth scored. | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st | B Moss tripled to deep right, R Doumit scored. | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st | An LaRoche hit sacrifice fly to right, B Moss scored. | 0 | 5 | |
| 2nd | R Doumit doubled to center, N Morgan scored, N McLouth to third. | 0 | 6 | |
| 3rd | M Tejada singled to left, K Matsui scored, M Bourn to third. | 1 | 6 | |
| 3rd | L Berkman grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, M Bourn scored, M Tejada out at second. | 2 | 6 | |
| 8th | T Wigginton singled to center, G Blum scored, H Pence to second. | 3 | 6 | |
| 8th | M Loretta singled to right, H Pence scored, T Wigginton to second. | 4 | 6 | |
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Game Information
| Stadium | PNC Park, Pittsburgh, PA |
| Attendance | 36,621 (95.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 2:49 |
| Weather | 75 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 1 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Brian Gorman, First Base - Scott Barry, Second Base - Bruce Dreckman, Third Base - Rob Drake |