Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 30, 1987 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 0 0
Hatcher rf 4 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 0 1 0
Cruz lf 4 0 0 0
Walling 1b 4 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 1 0
Wine c 3 0 0 0
Knepper p 2 0 0 0
  Childress p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl ph,rf 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 4 1 1 3
  Bonds lf 0 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 1 2 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 2 0
Bonilla 3b 4 1 2 0
Coles rf 3 1 1 1
Bream 1b 4 2 1 0
Ortiz c 3 0 1 2
Pedrique ss 4 1 1 0
Drabek p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 6
Houston 000 000 000032
Pittsburgh 000 033 10x7112
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (7-14) 5.1 8 6 5 1 1
  Childress   1.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Agosto   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
7
6
1
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  W (7-10) 9.0 3 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
7

  E–Caminiti (4), C Reynolds (11), Bonilla (13), Pedrique (10).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Lind (1,off Knepper).  HR–Pittsburgh Cangelosi (3,5th inning off Knepper 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Ortiz (5,off Knepper).  CS–Young (5,2nd base by Drabek/Ortiz).  WP–Drabek (4).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Mark Hirschbeck, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:17.  A–26,867.
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