Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
April 8, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 8, 1983 at Astrodome. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lacy lf 5 2 3 0
Mazzilli cf 4 1 1 2
Madlock 3b 4 0 0 1
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Parker rf 4 1 2 0
  Harper pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Ray 2b 4 0 2 0
Pena c 4 0 1 2
Berra ss 3 0 1 0
Tunnell p 2 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Easler ph 1 0 0 0
  Sarmiento p 0 0 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
  Tenace ph 1 0 0 0
  Bibby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 11 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Moreno cf 5 1 4 0
Doran 2b 3 0 1 1
Thon ss 4 0 1 1
Garner 3b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 3 1 1 0
Knight 1b 4 0 0 0
Puhl rf 4 0 2 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 1 0 0
Ruhle p 1 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 1 0
  Solano p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 0 0 0 0
  Scott rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 11 3
Pittsburgh 000 110 0125110
Houston 002 000 0103111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tunnell   4.1 7 2 2 2 3
  Tekulve   1.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Sarmiento   1.1 2 1 1 0 2
  Scurry  W (2-0) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Bibby  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ruhle   5.0 6 2 2 3 2
  Solano   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  DiPino  L (0-1) 1.1 3 2 2 0 2
  Smith   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
5

  E–Thon (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Houston 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Berra (1,off Ruhle); Ray (1,off Ruhle); Lacy (1,off Ruhle); Pena (1,off DiPino), Houston Thon (2,off Tunnell).  3B–Pittsburgh Lacy (1,off DiPino), Houston Puhl (1,off Scurry).  HR–Pittsburgh Mazzilli (2,9th inning off Smith 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Madlock (1,off Ruhle).  IBB–Berra (1,by Ruhle).  SB–Lacy (5,2nd base off Solano/Ashby).  CS–Mazzilli (1,2nd base by Ruhle/Ashby); Puhl (1,2nd base by Tunnell/Pena).  IBB–Ruhle (1,Berra).  U-HP–Lanny Harris, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Dutch Rennert, 3B–Ed Montague.  T–3:02.  A–10,862.
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