Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
June 22, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 22, 1980 at Astrodome. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Houston Astros 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 4 1 2 0
Garner 2b 3 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 0 2 0
Milner 1b 2 1 1 1
Easler lf 2 0 1 0
  Robinson lf 1 0 0 0
Madlock 3b 4 0 2 1
Ott c 4 0 0 0
Berra ss 3 0 0 0
Bibby p 2 0 0 0
  Stargell ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy ss 4 0 1 0
Puhl cf 4 1 2 1
Morgan 2b 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Walling rf 3 0 0 0
Howe 3b 3 0 1 0
Bergman 1b 3 0 0 0
Pujols c 2 0 0 0
  Ashby c 1 0 0 0
Niekro p 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Pittsburgh 100 001 000280
Houston 000 001 000140
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bibby  W (8-1) 8.0 4 1 1 0 5
  Jackson  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
0
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Niekro  L (7-6) 8.0 8 2 2 5 5
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
5
6

  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Houston Howe (6,off Bibby).  HR–Pittsburgh Milner (2,6th inning off Niekro 0 on, 1 out), Houston Puhl (6,6th inning off Bibby 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Garner (4,off Niekro); Bibby (6,off Niekro).  IBB–Moreno (7,by Niekro).  SB–Moreno (41,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols).  CS–Moreno (9,2nd base by Niekro/Pujols); Parker (3,2nd base by Niekro/Pujols).  WP–Niekro (6).  IBB–Niekro (3,Moreno).  U-HP–Fred Brocklander, 1B–Jerry Dale, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:33.  A–46,213.
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