Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 25, 1983 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1983 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)
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Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Doran 2b 3 2 1 0
Puhl rf 4 0 1 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
Thon ss 3 0 0 1
Cruz lf 3 0 1 0
Knight 1b 4 0 1 1
Garner 3b 4 0 1 0
Mumphrey cf 4 0 2 0
Ashby c 4 1 1 1
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Bass ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Lacy cf,lf 2 1 1 0
Morrison 2b 4 0 2 2
Madlock 3b 3 1 0 0
Thompson 1b 3 0 0 1
Parker rf 3 1 1 0
  Frobel rf 1 0 0 0
Pena c 4 1 2 2
Harper lf 3 0 0 0
  Wynne cf 0 0 0 0
Berra ss 2 0 0 0
DeLeon p 1 1 0 0
  Scurry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 5 6 5
Houston 000 001 011381
Pittsburgh 120 001 01x560
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (5-13) 6.0 6 4 4 2 5
  Smith   2.0 0 1 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
6
5
4
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  W (5-2) 8.2 8 3 3 3 11
  Scurry  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
11

  E–Smith (2).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Morrison (6,off Knepper); Parker (23,off Knepper).  HR–Houston Ashby (7,9th inning off DeLeon 0 on, 1 out), Pittsburgh Pena (9,2nd inning off Knepper 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Thon (8,off DeLeon); Thompson (5,off Smith).  SH–DeLeon (2,off Smith).  SB–Lacy (24,2nd base off Knepper/Ashby).  WP–DeLeon (3).  BK–DeLeon (2).  T–2:22.  A–11,019.
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