Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
April 23, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1965 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Houston Astros 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 5 1 1 0
Virdon cf 3 0 2 0
  Freese ph 1 1 1 1
  McBean p 2 0 0 0
Clemente rf 6 0 0 1
Stargell lf 4 0 1 1
Bailey 3b 4 0 1 0
Clendenon 1b 5 0 2 0
Pagliaroni c 3 0 1 0
  Virgil ph,c 1 0 0 0
Alley 2b 5 1 2 0
Veale p 1 0 0 0
  Sisk p 0 0 0 0
  Rodgers ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
  Mota ph,cf 3 0 0 0
Totals 44 3 11 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gaines rf 0 0 0 1
  Staub ph,rf 4 0 1 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Wynn cf 4 0 1 0
Bond 1b 6 0 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 6 0 1 0
Beauchamp lf 3 1 1 0
  Spangler ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Bateman c 5 2 1 0
Lillis ss 5 0 2 1
Bruce p 3 0 1 1
  Woodeshick p 1 0 0 0
  Owens p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Brand ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 4 10 4
Pittsburgh 000 000 030 0003111
Houston 021 000 000 0014100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale   2.2 5 3 3 5 2
  Sisk   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Wood   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
  McBean  L (1-1) 4.2 4 1 1 3 1
Totals
11.2
10
4
4
10
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce   7.1 7 2 2 1 6
  Woodeshick   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Owens   1.2 1 0 0 2 0
  Giusti  W (2-0) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
11
3
3
4
9

  E–Bailey (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Houston 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Bailey (2,off Bruce); Alley (2,off Bruce); Freese (1,off Woodeshick), Houston Bruce (1,off Veale); Aspromonte (1,off McBean).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Gaines (1,off Veale).  HBP–Brand (1,by McBean).  IBB–Spangler (1,by McBean).  Team–16.  SB–Wynn (1,2nd base off Wood/Pagliaroni).  WP–Wood (1).  HBP–McBean (1,Brand).  IBB–McBean (1,Spangler).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:35.  A–25,399.
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