Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
July 6, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 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 7, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Stennett 2b,ss 8 0 1 0
Davalillo lf 8 1 3 2
Clemente rf 8 2 2 0
Stargell 1b 6 1 3 2
Oliver cf 8 1 2 1
Sanguillen c 7 0 3 1
Robertson 3b 3 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
  Ellis pr 0 0 0 0
  Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0
Alley ss 2 0 0 0
  Hebner ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez J. ss 0 0 0 0
  Cash ph,2b 4 0 1 0
Moose p 2 1 2 0
  Clines ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 2 0 0 0
  Mazeroski ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez R. p 1 1 1 0
Totals 67 7 18 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 8 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 7 1 2 0
Wynn rf 7 1 2 0
May 1b 6 0 0 1
Watson lf 6 1 2 0
Rader 3b 6 0 1 1
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
  Fenwick pr 0 0 0 0
  Howard c 2 0 0 0
Helms 2b 6 0 1 1
Wilson p 2 0 0 0
  Griffin p 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 1 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Culver p 0 0 0 0
  Stinson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 59 3 10 3
Pittsburgh 001 000 002 000 000 047182
Houston 000 300 000 000 000 003103
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Moose   7.0 6 3 3 4 6
  Giusti   6.0 3 0 0 2 6
  Hernandez  W (4-0) 4.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
17.0
10
3
3
6
15
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wilson   5.0 5 1 1 1 2
  Griffin   3.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Gladding   3.0 2 0 0 1 0
  York   3.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Ray  L (7-3) 2.1 2 3 1 1 1
  Gibbon   0.1 2 1 0 0 1
  Culver   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
17.0
18
7
4
3
7

  E–Stennett (4), Pagan (5), Howard 3 (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 3, Houston 1.  PB–Howard (3).  2B–Pittsburgh Oliver (13,off Griffin); R Hernandez (1,off Ray); Davalillo (13,off Ray); Sanguillen (12,off Gibbon), Houston Wynn 2 (13,off Moose,off Giusti).  3B–Pittsburgh Moose (1,off Wilson).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (16,9th inning off Griffin 1 on, 0 out).  IBB–Sanguillen (5,by Gladding); Watson (3,by Moose); Edwards (7,by Moose); Wynn (4,by Giusti); May (7,by Giusti).  SH–Helms (2,off Giusti).  SB–Moose (1,2nd base off Wilson/Edwards); Cedeno (24,2nd base off Giusti/Sanguillen).  CS–Oliver (4,2nd base by York/Howard).  WP–Ray (4).  IBB–Moose 2 (5,Watson,Edwards); Giusti 2 (6,Wynn,May); Gladding (3,Sanguillen).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–4:38.  A–23,540.
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