Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 27, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 27, 1966 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Jackson ss 4 0 0 0
Lillis 2b 4 1 2 2
Wynn cf 4 1 2 0
Staub lf 4 0 3 0
Nicholson rf 5 0 0 0
Aspromonte 3b 4 0 0 0
  Heath ph 1 0 0 0
Bateman c 4 0 1 0
Harrison 1b 4 1 3 0
  Colbert pr 0 1 0 0
Bruce p 2 1 0 0
  Owens p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 11 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 5 1 1 0
Alley ss 5 2 2 0
Clemente rf 5 1 3 1
Stargell lf 2 1 0 1
Pagan 3b 4 2 1 2
Clendenon 1b 4 0 2 0
Pagliaroni c 2 1 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 1
Blass p 4 0 1 2
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 8 11 8
Houston 000 200 0035110
Pittsburgh 000 210 50x8112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Bruce  L (1-6) 6.1 9 6 6 2 3
  Owens   1.2 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
4
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blass  W (6-1) 8.2 11 5 2 4 3
  Face  SV (11) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
2
4
3

  E–Pagan (7), Mazeroski (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Houston Wynn (16,off Blass), Pittsburgh Alley (10,off Bruce); Clemente (12,off Bruce).  SH–Bruce (3,off Blass).  IBB–Staub (5,by Blass); Stargell (8,by Bruce).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Stargell (3,off Bruce).  HBP–Stargell (4,by Bruce).  Team–8.  CS–Jackson (6,2nd base by Blass/Pagliaroni).  HBP–Bruce (2,Stargell).  IBB–Bruce (3,Stargell); Blass (1,Staub).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:26.  A–11,679.
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