Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 24, 1988 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1988 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 1 1 0
Hatcher lf 4 0 1 0
Walling 3b 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 4 1 3 1
Bass rf 4 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Ashby c 4 2 3 3
Pankovits 2b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Ryan p 3 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Puhl rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 2 0
Lind 2b 5 0 2 0
Van Slyke cf 5 3 4 1
Bonilla 3b 3 0 2 2
Bream 1b 3 0 0 1
Reynolds rf 3 0 1 1
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
Fermin ss 2 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
  Pedrique ss 1 0 0 0
Drabek p 1 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 0 1 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Coles ph 1 0 0 0
  Gott p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Houston 100 200 0014101
Pittsburgh 000 101 1025110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan   6.1 7 3 3 4 5
  Agosto   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Andersen  L (1-2) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.2
11
5
5
5
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   7.0 9 3 3 1 5
  Robinson   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Gott  W (2-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
6

  E–Davis (2).  DP–Houston 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Davis (7,off Drabek).  HR–Houston Ashby 2 (5,4th inning off Drabek 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Gott 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Van Slyke (7,6th inning off Ryan 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Drabek (3,off Ryan); Bream (3,off Ryan); LaValliere (1,off Agosto).  SF–Bream (2,off Andersen).  CS–Young (8,2nd base by Drabek/LaValliere).  SB–Van Slyke (7,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Reynolds (3,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Bonds (7,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby); Cangelosi (3,2nd base off Ryan/Ashby).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Charlie Williams, 3B–Bob Engel.  T–2:45.  A–8,200.
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