Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 20, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 3 1 0 1
Andrews 2b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 1 1
Watson 1b 3 1 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 2 2 0
Herrmann c 2 0 0 1
Metzger ss 3 0 0 0
McLaughlin p 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph 0 0 0 0
  Forsch p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Stennett 2b 4 1 1 0
Oliver cf 4 0 2 0
Stargell 1b 4 1 2 0
Zisk lf 4 0 1 2
Robinson rf 4 0 0 0
Hebner 3b 4 1 1 0
Dyer c 3 0 2 0
  Sanguillen pr,c 1 0 0 0
Langford p 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
  Ott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 2
Houston 100 100 101462
Pittsburgh 001 002 0003101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
McLaughlin   6.0 6 3 1 0 4
  Forsch  W (4-2) 3.0 4 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
1
0
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Langford   6.1 5 3 2 4 4
  Hernandez   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Moose   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Giusti  L (0-1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
3
4
4

  E–Cedeno (5), Cruz (3), Stennett (13).  2B–Houston Andrews (6,off Langford); Watson (13,off Langford), Pittsburgh Dyer (3,off McLaughlin); Stargell (12,off Forsch).  3B–Houston Cabell (5,off Giusti).  SF–Gross (4,off Hernandez); Herrmann (1,off Giusti).  SB–Cedeno (31,2nd base off Langford/Dyer); Cabell (20,2nd base off Langford/Dyer); Oliver (4,2nd base off McLaughlin/Herrmann).  CS–Cruz (5,2nd base by Langford/Dyer); Taveras (2,2nd base by Forsch/Herrmann).  WP–McLaughlin (1).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:34.  A–11,922.
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