Game: Astros (6-4) at Pirates (6-5)
Time: 1:05 p.m.
Site: McKechnie Field
TV, Radio: ROOT Sports
Weather: 78 and sunny
Pirates
1. Josh Harrison 3B
2. Francisco Cervelli C
3. Gregory Polanco RF
4. Neil Walker 2B
5. Starling Marte CF
6. Pedro Alvarez 1B
7. Jordy Mercer SS
8. Jaff Decker LF
9. Jeff Locke LHP
Also scheduled to pitch: Charlie Leesman, Jeremy Bleich, Jared Hughes, John Holdzkom, Blake Wood, Rob Scahill, Collin Balester, Deolis Guerra, Josh Wall.
Astros
1. Robbie Grossman LF
2. George Springer RF
3. Chris Carter DH
4. Jason Castro C
5. Matt Dominguez 3B
6. Jon Singleton 1B
7. Jonathan Villar SS
8. Marwin Gonzalez 2B
9. Jake Marisnick CF
Roberto Hernandez RHP
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Asylum Prediction Contest
HOUSTON (13) AT PITTSBURGH (7) HOUSTON AB R H BI PITTSBURGH AB R H BI Grossman lf 2 2 2 0 Harrison 3b 2 1 1 0 Hoes lf 2 1 1 0 Hughes p 0 0 0 0 Springer rf 4 2 2 2 Hart 1b 1 0 0 0 Moran 3b 1 1 0 0 Cervelli c 3 1 1 0 Carter dh 3 1 3 4 Balester p 0 0 0 0 Correa pr-dh 2 2 2 2 Wood p 0 0 0 0 Castro c 4 1 2 3 T. Sanchez ph 1 0 1 0 Heineman c 1 0 0 1 Hanson 2b 0 0 0 0 Dominguez 3b 3 0 0 0 Polanco rf 2 1 0 0 Fontana 2b 1 1 0 0 Rodriguez 2b 1 1 0 0 Singleton 1b 3 0 0 0 Scahill p 0 0 0 0 Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0 Walker 2b 3 1 2 3 Villar ss-cf 2 1 0 0 Tábata rf 2 1 1 0 Aplin cf 1 0 0 0 Marte cf 3 0 0 0 González 2b 2 1 1 0 Hernández cf 1 1 0 0 Tucker rf 2 0 0 0 Álvarez 1b 2 0 1 1 Marisnick cf 3 0 0 0 Núñez ss 2 0 0 1 Petit ss 2 0 0 0 Mercer ss 3 0 0 0 Holdzkom p 0 0 0 0 Díaz c 2 0 1 2 Decker lf 2 0 0 0 Lombardozzi lf 1 0 1 0 Locke p 1 0 0 0 Guerra p 0 0 0 0 Bleich p 0 0 0 0 Lambo ph 1 0 1 0 Kang 3b 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 40 13 13 12 TOTALS 34 7 10 7 HOUSTON 004 501 120 -- 13 PITTSBURGH 003 010 300 -- 7 E--Harrison, Hart. DP--HOUSTON 1, PITTSBURGH 2. LOB--HOUSTON 5, PITTSBURGH 9. 2B--Springer 2, Carter 2, Castro, Grossman, Lambo, Walker. HR--Castro 1 (1) (off Locke), Correa 1 (1) (off Holdzkom), Walker 1 (1) (off Hernández). SB--Polanco 1 (1). SF--Álvarez. IP H R ER BB SO HR HOUSTON Hernández (W,2-0) 3 4 3 3 1 1 1 White 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 Straily 2 3 3 3 4 1 0 McCullers 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 Hoyt 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 PITTSBURGH Locke (L,1-2) 3 7 6 6 1 3 1 Guerra 1-3 3 3 3 1 0 0 Bleich 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hughes 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Holdzkom 1 1-3 1 2 2 2 2 1 Balester 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wood 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 Scahill 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 LOCKE PITCHED TO 2 BATTERS IN THE 4TH. WP--Straily 2, Holdzkom, Wood, Balester. HBP--Harrison by White. SO--HOU: Johnson, Castro, Tucker, Hoes, Singleton, Springer, Aplin. PIT: Hart, Kang, Locke, Núñez. BB--HOU: Villar 2, Fontana, Grossman, González. PIT: Hart, Rodriguez, Cervelli, Kang, Decker, Polanco, Hernández. T--3:30. A--5,577.