Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 3, 1980 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 3, 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 10

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Landestoy 2b 5 0 1 1
Cabell 3b 4 0 0 1
Woods lf 4 1 1 0
Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0
Howe 1b 4 1 4 2
Leonard rf 2 0 1 0
  Puhl ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Pujols c 3 0 0 0
  Heep ph 1 0 0 0
  LaCorte p 0 0 0 0
Gonzalez ss 3 1 2 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 0
Andujar p 1 0 1 0
  Loucks ph 1 1 1 0
  Niemann p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz ph 1 0 0 0
  Sambito p 0 0 0 0
  Ashby c 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 4 12 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 0 1 1
Foli ss 5 1 2 2
Madlock 3b 2 2 1 0
  Berra 3b 1 0 0 0
Parker rf 4 3 4 5
  Lacy pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Easler lf,rf 4 1 1 2
Milner 1b 3 1 0 0
Ott c 4 0 2 0
Garner 2b 4 2 3 0
Candelaria p 2 0 0 0
  Romo p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 10 14 10
Houston 010 120 0004121
Pittsburgh 302 120 02x10140
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Andujar  L (2-5) 4.0 9 6 6 1 2
  Niemann   1.0 2 2 2 0 0
  Sambito   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  LaCorte   1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
14
10
10
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Candelaria  W (10-13) 5.0 9 4 4 0 0
  Romo  SV (9) 4.0 3 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
0
3

  E–Andujar (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  PB–Ott (6).  2B–Houston Woods (2,off Candelaria); Howe (10,off Candelaria).  3B–Pittsburgh Garner (6,off Andujar).  HR–Houston Howe (8,2nd inning off Candelaria 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Easler (18,1st inning off Andujar 1 on, 2 out); Parker 2 (16,3rd inning off Andujar 1 on, 1 out,5th inning off Niemann 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Cabell (5,off Candelaria).  SB–Moreno (81,2nd base off Andujar/Pujols).  CS–Ott (6,2nd base by Andujar/Pujols).  U-HP–Paul Pryor, 1B–John McSherry, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Lanny Harris.  T–3:00.  A–18,502.
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