Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 15, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 15, 1972 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Metzger ss 4 0 0 0
Miller cf 2 0 1 0
Wynn rf 3 1 0 0
May 1b 4 0 1 1
Watson lf 4 0 2 0
Rader 3b 4 0 0 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Helms 2b 4 0 1 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Ray p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 1 0 0 0
  York p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clines rf,cf 4 1 3 1
Davalillo lf,rf 3 1 2 0
Oliver cf 2 0 0 1
  Zisk lf 1 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 2 1 1 2
Sanguillen c 4 0 0 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 0
Robertson 3b 3 0 1 0
Alley ss 4 1 1 0
Ellis p 2 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 1 1 1
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 10 5
Houston 100 000 000160
Pittsburgh 102 100 10x5101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (5-4) 6.0 9 5 5 2 3
  Ray   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  York   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (8-4) 7.0 3 1 1 3 0
  Giusti  SV (12) 2.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
2

  E–Stargell (5).  DP–Houston 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Houston May (16,off Ellis), Pittsburgh Davalillo (15,off Forsch); Alley (7,off Forsch).  3B–Pittsburgh Clines (2,off Forsch).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell (18,3rd inning off Forsch 1 on, 1 out); Pagan (3,7th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Forsch (6,off Ellis); Davalillo (4,off Ray).  SF–Oliver (5,off Forsch).  IBB–Stargell (6,by Ray).  SB–Stennett (1,3rd base off Forsch/Edwards).  IBB–Ray (3,Stargell).  U-HP–John Kibler, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:11.  A–16,202.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook