Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
June 21, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1980 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Houston Astros 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 2 3 1
  Lacy ph 1 0 0 0
Foli ss 4 0 2 0
Easler lf 3 0 0 1
Robinson rf 4 0 2 0
Milner 1b 3 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 1 0
Ott c 3 0 2 0
Garner 2b 3 0 1 0
Blyleven p 2 0 0 0
  Parker ph 1 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 11 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Puhl cf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 4 1 1 0
  Reynolds ss 0 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 1 0
Walling rf 4 1 2 1
Howe 3b 3 1 1 2
Bergman 1b 3 1 1 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
Ruhle p 3 0 1 1
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 9 4
Pittsburgh 100 010 0002110
Houston 100 200 10x490
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven  L (2-7) 6.0 6 3 3 1 3
  Romo   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Jackson   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle  W (5-1) 7.1 11 2 2 1 4
  LaCorte   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Sambito  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Houston 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Madlock (10,off Ruhle); Moreno (13,off Ruhle), Houston Walling (6,off Blyleven); Bergman (1,off Romo).  HR–Pittsburgh Moreno (2,1st inning off Ruhle 0 on, 0 out), Houston Howe (2,4th inning off Blyleven 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Foli (6,off Ruhle).  SF–Easler (1,off Ruhle).  CS–Landestoy (5,2nd base by Blyleven/Ott); Puhl (5,2nd base by Blyleven/Ott).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Jerry Dale, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:30.  A–45,867.
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