Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 26, 1973 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1973 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 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Agee cf 5 0 0 0
Metzger ss 4 0 1 0
Wynn rf 4 2 1 1
Watson lf 4 0 2 0
Rader 3b 4 0 3 1
May 1b 3 0 0 0
Jutze c 4 0 1 0
Torres 2b 2 0 1 0
  Stewart ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Forsch p 1 0 0 0
  Gladding p 0 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 1 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Gallagher ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Davalillo 1b 5 1 2 0
Cash 2b 4 2 2 0
Sanguillen rf 4 0 1 0
Stargell lf 3 1 1 1
Oliver cf 4 1 1 2
Hebner 3b 4 1 0 0
May c 4 0 2 1
Hernandez ss 4 0 1 1
Briles p 3 1 2 1
  Giusti p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 6
Houston 100 000 010292
Pittsburgh 100 141 00x7121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch  L (4-5) 5.0 11 7 6 1 2
  Gladding   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Crawford   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
7
6
1
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  W (2-5) 7.1 9 2 2 1 1
  Giusti  SV (4) 1.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
1
1

  E–Agee (1), May (2), J Hernandez (1).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Stargell (7,off Forsch); Briles (2,off Forsch); Sanguillen (8,off Gladding).  3B–Pittsburgh Oliver (2,off Forsch).  HR–Houston Wynn (11,8th inning off Briles 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Briles (1,6th inning off Forsch 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Forsch (2,off Briles).  CS–Jutze (1,2nd base by Briles/May).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–Bruce Froemming, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:00.  A–15,768.
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