Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 30, 1986 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1986 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 13, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 2 3 1 1
Bonilla rf,lf 6 1 1 0
Ray 2b 5 1 2 1
  Washington ss 1 0 0 0
Morrison 3b 5 0 3 3
  Almon 3b 0 0 0 0
Diaz lf 2 0 0 0
  Orsulak pr,rf 2 3 2 0
Bream 1b 5 2 3 2
Ortiz c 5 2 4 2
Belliard ss,2b 5 1 1 2
Rhoden p 4 0 1 2
Totals 42 13 18 13
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Lopes cf 5 1 2 0
Reynolds ss,lf 4 0 1 0
Walling 3b 4 0 2 2
  Garner 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 1 1 1
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
  Thon ss 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Doran ph 0 0 0 0
  Hatcher pr 0 0 0 0
Pankovits 2b 4 0 0 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 1 1 0
  Calhoun p 0 0 0 0
  Mizerock c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Pittsburgh 120 042 31013180
Houston 001 010 010383
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Rhoden  W (15-7) 9.0 8 3 3 3 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
1
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (9-4) 4.1 7 5 4 2 1
  Andersen   0.2 2 2 2 1 0
  Calhoun   1.2 6 5 3 2 0
  Lopez   2.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
18
13
10
5
2

  E–Walling (6), Pankovits (2), Andersen (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Houston 1.  PB–Ortiz (6).  2B–Pittsburgh Morrison 2 (22,off Deshaies,off Calhoun); Bream (25,off Andersen); Ortiz (6,off Lopez), Houston Walling (16,off Rhoden).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonds (14,5th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 0 out), Houston Davis (26,8th inning off Rhoden 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Rhoden (1,off Deshaies).  SB–Bonds (25,2nd base off Deshaies/Ashby); Morrison (8,3rd base off Deshaies/Ashby); Lopes (23,2nd base off Rhoden/Ortiz); Hatcher (30,2nd base off Rhoden/Ortiz).  WP–Rhoden (6).  BK–Deshaies (6).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Bill Williams, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:46.  A–30,598.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook