Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1976 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 4 1 1 1
Andrews 2b 6 1 1 2
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 4 1 1 0
Cruz lf 4 1 1 1
Herrmann c 4 1 3 0
  Milbourne pr 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 2 1 1
Metzger ss 3 1 1 0
Dierker p 1 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 1 1
  Griffin p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 1 1 1
  Jutze c 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 9 11 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 2 3 0
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 2
Oliver cf 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 2 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 1 2 1
Zisk lf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen c 0 0 0 0
  Dyer c 4 0 0 0
Kison p 0 0 0 0
  Langford p 2 1 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Helms ph 1 0 0 0
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
Houston 010 300 0509110
Pittsburgh 112 000 000471
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Dierker   3.0 5 4 4 1 1
  Griffin  W (5-1) 4.0 0 0 0 1 5
  Forsch   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kison   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Langford   4.2 5 3 3 4 4
  Tekulve   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Moose  L (3-2) 0.2 3 5 3 3 0
  Hernandez   1.1 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
7
9
4

  E–Hebner (9).  DP–Houston 1, Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Dyer (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Langford (1,off Dierker).  3B–Houston Watson (2,off Kison), Pittsburgh Taveras (1,off Dierker).  HR–Pittsburgh Parker (5,2nd inning off Dierker 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Metzger (3,by Moose); Cedeno (3,by Moose).  SB–Cabell (11,2nd base off Moose/Dyer); Stargell (1,2nd base off Griffin/Herrmann).  WP–Dierker (8).  IBB–Moose 2 (4,Metzger,Cedeno).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–3:01.  A–18,670.
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