Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 13, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1980 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 3 1 0 0
Puhl rf 3 0 0 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 1 2 1
Walling 1b 4 1 2 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 1 1
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 0 0
Niekro p 1 0 0 0
  Andujar p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Bergman ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 1 0
Foli ss 5 3 2 0
Parker rf 4 0 0 0
Stargell 1b 4 2 4 5
Easler lf 2 0 2 0
  Robinson lf 1 0 0 0
Garner 2b 4 0 1 0
Ott c 4 0 0 0
Berra 3b 3 0 1 0
Solomon p 4 0 1 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Houston 000 011 001351
Pittsburgh 201 020 00x5120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (6-5) 4.1 9 5 5 1 1
  Andujar   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Niemann   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Solomon  W (4-0) 8.1 5 3 3 3 2
  Tekulve  SV (9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
3

  E–Cruz (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Ashby 2 (3).  2B–Houston Cabell (8,off Solomon), Pittsburgh Foli (7,off Niekro); Stargell (8,off Niemann).  3B–Houston Walling (2,off Solomon).  HR–Pittsburgh Stargell 2 (9,1st inning off Niekro 1 on, 2 out,5th inning off Niekro 1 on, 1 out).  IBB–Berra (3,by Andujar).  SB–Moreno (34,2nd base off Niekro/Ashby).  IBB–Andujar (1,Berra).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Dave Pallone, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:35.  A–31,854.
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