Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 17, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1988 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Houston Astros 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 0 0
Bream 1b 3 1 1 0
  Milligan ph 1 0 0 0
Reynolds rf 2 1 0 0
LaValliere c 2 0 1 2
Belliard ss 2 0 1 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
  Fermin ss 0 0 0 0
Smiley p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 4 1 1 0
Pankovits 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 0 0 0
Bass rf 4 1 2 1
Ramirez ss 4 1 2 1
Trevino c 2 0 1 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 1 1
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Scott p 3 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Walling 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 200230
Houston 101 001 00x370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  L (3-3) 6.0 7 3 3 3 4
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Robinson   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
4
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Scott  W (5-0) 7.0 3 2 2 2 10
  Agosto   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
2
12

  E–None.  2B–Pittsburgh LaValliere (7,off Scott), Houston Bass (9,off Smiley); Trevino (2,off Smiley); Jackson (4,off Smiley).  IBB–Davis (7,by Smiley).  SB–Belliard (1,2nd base off Scott/Trevino); Bream (2,2nd base off Scott/Trevino); Hatcher (13,2nd base off Smiley/LaValliere); Bass (9,2nd base off Smiley/LaValliere); Trevino (1,2nd base off Robinson/LaValliere).  IBB–Smiley (1,Davis).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Bob Davidson, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:20.  A–15,000.
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