Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 4, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1971 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 4 1 2 0
Watson lf 4 1 1 0
Menke 1b 4 0 0 1
Rader 3b 4 0 2 0
Hiatt c 3 0 1 1
  Geronimo pr 0 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Billingham p 1 0 0 0
  Mayberry ph 1 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 3 1 1 0
Clines rf 4 0 2 2
Davalillo 1b 4 0 0 0
Stargell lf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 1 1 0
Oliver cf 3 0 1 0
May c 3 0 1 1
Alley ss 2 1 0 0
Moose p 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 6 3
Houston 000 000 200282
Pittsburgh 001 110 00x360
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Billingham  L (3-5) 5.0 6 3 2 2 2
  Lemaster   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Culver   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
6
3
2
3
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose  W (5-2) 8.2 8 2 2 0 3
  Giusti  SV (11) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
1
3

  E–Metzger 2 (6).  2B–Pittsburgh Hebner (11,off Billingham).  SH–Moose (1,off Billingham); Cash (3,off Lemaster).  IBB–Alley (5,by Billingham).  CS–Alou (3,2nd base by Moose/May).  SB–Cash (6,2nd base off Billingham/Hiatt).  WP–Billingham (2).  BK–Billingham (1).  IBB–Billingham (2,Alley).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:12.  A–14,025.
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