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Houston Astros at Pittsburgh Pirates, 6:05 PMÂ CDT

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3 game series vs Pirates @ PNC Park

Tue 06/03 WP: Wandy Rodriguez (2 - 1)
SV: Jose Valverde
LP: Phil Dumatrait (2 - 3)		 2 - 0 win
Wed 06/04 WP: Zach Duke (3 - 4)
SV: Matt Capps
LP: Roy Oswalt (4 - 6)		 2 - 5 loss

Houston Astros Red-star
@ Pittsburgh Pirates Red-star

Thursday, Jun 5, 2008, 6:05 PM CDT
PNC Park

Brandon Backe vs Paul Maholm

Partly cloudy with a 30-percent chance of rain. Winds blowing out to left field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 85.

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W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Brandon Backe 4-6 12 12 0 0 0 0 67.1 70 36 34 14 31 52 4.54 1.50

W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP
2008 - Paul Maholm 3-5 11 11 1 0 0 0 68.1 76 38 36 7 22 50 4.74 1.43

Lineup

Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

06/05/08 6:05 PM CDT

Houston Astros Pittsburgh Pirates
Hunter Pence - RF Jack Wilson - SS
Kazuo Matsui - 2B Freddy Sanchez - 2B
Miguel Tejada - SS Nate McLouth - CF
Lance Berkman - 1B Jason Bay - LF
Carlos Lee - LF Jason Michaels - RF
Ty Wigginton - 3B Adam LaRoche - 1B
Jose Cruz - CF Jose Bautista - 3B
Brad Ausmus - C Raul Chavez - C
Brandon Backe - P Paul Maholm - P

Different line up than the norm... why Cruz Jr ever gets a start is beyond me if we're actually trying to win and we have Erstad on the bench... We got Ausmus again... Cooper says that he's giving Towles some time to work with the hitting coach...

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