Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
July 20, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 20, 1970 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 4, Houston Astros 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 6 0 3 1
Alley ss 6 0 0 0
Clemente rf 5 2 2 1
Sanguillen c 6 0 0 0
Robertson 1b 3 1 1 1
  Stargell ph,lf 2 0 1 1
Oliver lf,1b 3 0 1 0
Pagan 3b 3 0 2 0
  Hebner ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Cash 2b 4 0 0 0
Ellis p 3 0 0 0
  Patek ph 1 1 1 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 1 0
  Jeter pr 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 4 12 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou lf 6 1 3 0
Morgan 2b 3 1 1 1
  Torres ss 0 0 0 0
  Lampard ph 1 0 0 0
  Cook p 0 0 0 0
  Wynn ph 0 0 0 0
Miller rf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 6 0 1 1
Menke ss,2b 5 1 2 2
Rader 3b 5 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 1
Edwards c 5 1 2 0
Lemaster p 3 0 1 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  DiLauro p 0 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez ph,ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 45 5 13 5
Pittsburgh 100 001 011 0004121
Houston 011 000 110 0015131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   8.0 8 4 3 3 6
  Giusti   2.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Dal Canton  L (4-1) 1.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Gibbon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Pena   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.2
13
5
4
4
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lemaster   7.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Ray   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  DiLauro   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Gladding   1.2 2 1 0 1 1
  Cook  W (1-0) 3.0 2 0 0 0 4
Totals
12.0
12
4
3
4
8

  E–Alley (9), Cedeno (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Houston 1.  PB–Sanguillen (7).  2B–Pittsburgh Pagan (5,off Lemaster); Clemente (16,off Lemaster), Houston Alou (16,off Ellis); Rader (11,off Ellis).  HR–Pittsburgh Clemente (11,1st inning off Lemaster 0 on, 2 out); Robertson (11,6th inning off Lemaster 0 on, 2 out), Houston Menke (6,2nd inning off Ellis 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Cash (1,by Lemaster); Clemente (10,by Gladding); Miller (2,by Ellis); Wynn (7,by Dal Canton).  SB–Alou (11,2nd base off Gladding/Edwards); Morgan (22,2nd base off Ellis/Sanguillen).  CS–Jeter (2,2nd base by Cook/Edwards); Alou (7,2nd base by Cook/Edwards); Miller (1,2nd base by Ellis/Sanguillen).  WP–Dal Canton (1).  IBB–Ellis (10,Miller); Dal Canton (5,Wynn); Lemaster (6,Cash); Gladding (3,Clemente).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Bob Engel, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–3:13.  A–17,934.
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