Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 15, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 15, 1977 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 3, Houston Astros 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 1 0
Taveras ss 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 2 1
Stargell 1b 3 1 0 0
Garner 2b,3b 4 1 1 0
Gonzalez 3b 2 0 1 1
  Dilone pr 0 0 0 0
  Stennett pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Dyer c 3 0 1 1
Rooker p 2 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 1 0 1 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez ss 2 0 1 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 1 1
  Sperring ss 1 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 0 0 0
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
Ferguson c 2 0 1 0
Watson 1b 4 0 2 0
Roberts rf 3 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
Howe 2b 2 0 0 0
  Boswell ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Richard p 3 1 1 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 7 1
Pittsburgh 010 000 011380
Houston 000 000 100170
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker   6.0 5 0 0 4 2
  Jones   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Tekulve  W (3-0) 2.2 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
6
2
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Richard  L (2-4) 8.1 8 3 3 4 7
  Forsch   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Houston 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Gonzalez (1,off Richard).  3B–Houston Richard (1,off O Jones).  SH–Stennett (2,off Richard).  SB–Taveras 2 (16,2nd base off Richard/Ferguson,3rd base off Richard/Ferguson); Dilone (8,2nd base off Richard/Ferguson); Moreno (15,2nd base off Richard/Ferguson); Cabell 2 (12,2nd base off Rooker/Dyer,2nd base off Tekulve/Dyer).  CS–Moreno (2,2nd base by Richard/Ferguson); Cedeno (3,2nd base by Rooker/Dyer).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:39.  A–9,340.
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