Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 13, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 13, 1972 at Astrodome. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Houston Astros 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cash 2b 5 1 1 0
Oliver cf 5 1 3 2
Clemente rf 6 1 1 2
Stargell lf 5 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 6 0 2 0
Sanguillen c 6 0 3 1
Robertson 1b 6 0 0 0
Alley ss 4 1 2 0
  Davalillo ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Moose p 4 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Clines ph 0 1 0 0
  Hernandez ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 6 13 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 5 0 1 0
Stewart 1b 5 0 0 0
Wynn rf 4 1 1 1
Cedeno cf 5 0 1 0
Watson lf 5 0 1 0
Edwards c 5 0 2 0
Rader 3b 5 0 0 0
Helms 2b 3 0 1 0
  Fenwick pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Forsch p 2 0 0 0
  Miller ph 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Blasingame p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 1 7 1
Pittsburgh 000 010 000 0056131
Houston 000 000 100 000172
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose  W (1-2) 11.0 6 1 1 0 8
  Miller  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
12.0
7
1
1
1
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   11.0 9 1 1 1 11
  Gladding  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Blasingame   0.0 1 3 3 0 0
  Culver   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
12.0
13
6
6
1
13

  E–Robertson (2), Wynn (2), Rader (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Houston Edwards (5,off Moose).  3B–Pittsburgh Clemente (2,off Culver).  HR–Houston Wynn (7,7th inning off Moose 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Oliver (1,off Forsch); Cash (1,off Blasingame); Forsch (1,off Moose).  HBP–Clines (1,by Blasingame).  SB–Alley (2,2nd base off Forsch/Edwards).  HBP–Blasingame (2,Clines).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–John Kibler, 2B–Nick Colosi, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–3:11.  A–23,568.
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