Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 14, 1976 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 14, 1976 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 5, Houston Astros 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 1 1 0 0
  Sanguillen ph,c 1 0 0 0
Moreno cf 5 0 1 0
Zisk lf 5 0 2 0
Parker rf 4 1 0 1
Hebner 3b 5 2 2 1
Kirkpatrick 1b 5 0 2 0
Stennett 2b 3 1 3 1
Dyer c 3 0 1 0
  Mendoza pr,ss 1 0 1 1
Candelaria p 3 0 1 1
  Moose p 0 0 0 0
  Robertson ph 0 0 0 0
  Demery pr 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 13 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gross rf 3 1 1 0
Cabell 3b 5 0 0 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 1 0
Watson 1b 4 1 2 4
Roberts lf 2 0 0 0
  Howard lf 1 0 0 0
Johnson c 4 0 0 0
Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0
Metzger ss 2 1 1 0
  Boswell ph 1 0 0 0
Andujar p 2 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 5 4
Pittsburgh 110 000 0125132
Houston 000 004 000451
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria   5.2 3 4 4 3 3
  Moose   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Giusti  W (3-3) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
5
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   7.0 10 3 3 4 1
  Pentz  L (3-3) 2.0 3 2 0 3 0
Totals
9.0
13
5
3
7
1

  E–Parker (10), Stennett (16), Andrews (12).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Zisk (28,off Andujar); Kirkpatrick (6,off Andujar); Hebner (16,off Pentz); Mendoza (3,off Pentz).  HR–Houston Watson (14,6th inning off Candelaria 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Parker (3,off Andujar).  IBB–Stennett (1,by Pentz).  SH–Andujar (2,off Candelaria).  SB–Taveras (38,2nd base off Andujar/Johnson).  CS–Stennett (3,2nd base by Pentz/Johnson).  IBB–Pentz (3,Stennett).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:56.  A–9,721.
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