Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 21, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1979 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Gonzalez 2b 5 1 3 2
Reynolds ss 4 0 1 1
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Sexton pr 0 0 0 0
Puhl cf 5 0 2 0
Leonard rf 5 0 0 0
Cabell 1b 5 1 2 0
Cruz lf 4 2 3 1
Howe 3b 2 0 1 0
Bochy c 4 1 1 0
Andujar p 3 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 1
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 15 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 2 2 0
Foli ss 4 0 3 1
Parker rf 4 1 0 1
Milner 1b 4 1 2 2
Robinson lf 4 1 1 1
Madlock 3b 2 0 1 0
  Stennett 2b 0 0 0 0
Ott c 4 0 1 0
Garner 2b,3b 4 1 1 1
Roberts p 2 0 0 0
  Romo p 1 0 0 0
  Lacy ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Houston 110 101 0105150
Pittsburgh 003 100 02x6122
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar   7.0 9 4 4 2 1
  Sambito  L (4-3) 1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
2
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts   5.0 8 3 3 1 4
  Romo  W (5-3) 3.0 6 2 2 1 2
  Jackson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Tekulve  SV (14) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
5
5
2
7

  E–Parker (10), Roberts (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Cabell (13,off Roberts); Bochy (3,off Romo); Gonzalez (3,off Romo), Pittsburgh Foli (18,off Andujar).  3B–Houston Gonzalez (1,off Roberts).  HR–Pittsburgh Milner (8,3rd inning off Andujar 1 on, 1 out); B Robinson (20,8th inning off Sambito 0 on, 0 out); Garner (6,8th inning off Sambito 0 on, 2 out).  SB–Cruz 2 (25,2nd base off Roberts/Ott,3rd base off Romo/Ott); Moreno (41,2nd base off Andujar/Bochy).  CS–Puhl (15,3rd base by Romo/Ott); Cabell (10,2nd base by Romo/Ott); Milner (3,2nd base by Andujar/Bochy).  WP–Romo (3).  BK–Romo (3).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–John Kibler.  T–3:00.  A–19,570.
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