Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 28, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1977 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Howard lf 5 0 0 0
Cabell 3b 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 3 1 3 1
Watson 1b 4 1 2 2
Ferguson c 4 1 1 1
Howe 2b 4 0 0 0
Fuller rf 4 0 1 0
Metzger ss 3 0 1 0
Larson p 2 0 0 0
  Sperring ph 1 0 0 0
  Pentz p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Taveras ss 4 1 0 0
Garner 3b 5 2 2 1
Parker rf 4 2 2 0
Robinson 1b 4 2 3 4
Oliver lf 4 1 2 2
Stennett 2b 4 0 1 1
Ott c 4 0 2 1
Moreno cf 3 0 0 0
Rooker p 3 1 1 0
Totals 35 9 13 9
Houston 010 200 010491
Pittsburgh 410 004 00x9130
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Larson  L (0-4) 6.0 12 9 9 4 1
  Pentz   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
9
4
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rooker  W (9-5) 9.0 9 4 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
2
2

  E–Metzger (6).  2B–Houston Cedeno (14,off Rooker); Fuller (6,off Rooker); Metzger (5,off Rooker).  3B–Houston Cabell (5,off Rooker).  HR–Houston Ferguson (14,2nd inning off Rooker 0 on, 0 out); Watson (13,4th inning off Rooker 1 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Garner (13,2nd inning off Larson 0 on, 1 out); Robinson (13,6th inning off Larson 3 on, 2 out).  CS–Cedeno (9,3rd base by Rooker/Ott); Ott (6,2nd base by Larson/Ferguson); Taveras (13,2nd base by Larson/Ferguson); Parker (14,2nd base by Larson/Ferguson).  SB–Moreno (30,2nd base off Larson/Ferguson).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Art Williams.  T–2:17.  A–16,400.
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