Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 29, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 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."

"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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 1 1 0
Hatcher lf,rf 4 1 1 1
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Ashby c 2 0 0 1
Bass rf 3 0 1 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph 1 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Walling 3b 3 0 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
Ryan p 2 0 0 0
  Cruz lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 3 2 1 0
  Bonds lf 1 1 1 0
Lind 2b 3 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 3 2 1 4
Bonilla 3b 4 0 3 3
Reynolds rf 5 0 1 0
Bream 1b 4 0 0 0
LaValliere c 4 1 2 1
Pedrique ss 4 1 2 0
Bielecki p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 12 8
Houston 000 000 002260
Pittsburgh 011 000 24x8121
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan  L (5-14) 6.0 4 2 2 6 7
  Andersen   2.0 8 6 6 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
7
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Bielecki  W (1-1) 9.0 6 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
0
2

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Young (6,off Bielecki); Hatcher (25,off Bielecki), Pittsburgh Bonilla (25,off Andersen); Reynolds (21,off Andersen).  HR–Pittsburgh LaValliere (1,2nd inning off Ryan 0 on, 1 out); Van Slyke (18,8th inning off Andersen 3 on, 2 out).  SF–Ashby (3,off Bielecki).  SB–Van Slyke (29,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Cangelosi (17,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  CS–Bream (7,2nd base by Ryan/Ashby).  WP–Ryan (10).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Frank Pulli, 2B–Mark Hirschbeck, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:33.  A–26,585.
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