Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 19, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1987 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."

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Houston Astros 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 1 2 0
Doran 2b 5 0 1 1
Reynolds ss 2 0 0 0
  Thon ph,ss 1 0 0 0
  Householder ph 1 0 0 0
Cruz lf 3 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 0 0
Ashby c 3 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 2 1
Garner 3b 3 0 1 0
  Walling ph 1 0 0 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Darwin pr 0 0 0 0
  Lopez p 0 0 0 0
  Pankovits ph 1 0 0 0
  Meads p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds cf 3 0 0 0
Bonilla rf,lf 4 0 0 1
Ray 2b 3 0 1 1
Morrison 3b 4 1 1 0
Diaz lf 2 1 1 1
  Van Slyke rf 2 1 1 0
Bream 1b 4 0 1 1
LaValliere c 3 0 1 1
Belliard ss 2 1 0 0
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Smiley p 0 0 0 0
  Almon ph 1 1 1 0
  Robinson p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 7 5
Houston 000 001 100272
Pittsburgh 010 100 21x570
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   4.0 4 2 2 2 2
  Lopez   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Meads  L (3-1) 0.1 1 2 1 1 0
  Andersen   1.0 2 1 0 0 0
  Smith   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
3
3
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   4.1 4 0 0 5 3
  Smiley  W (3-1) 2.2 2 2 2 1 1
  Robinson  SV (7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
7
5

  E–Thon (2), Andersen (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Morrison (11,off Deshaies).  3B–Houston Hatcher (2,off Smiley).  HR–Houston Davis (5,6th inning off Smiley 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh Diaz (6,4th inning off Deshaies 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Ray (1,off Andersen).  HBP–Belliard (3,by Meads).  SB–Hatcher (14,2nd base off Fisher/LaValliere).  HBP–Meads (1,Belliard).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bill Williams, 3B–John McSherry.  T–2:49.  A–6,238.
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