Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 12, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1990 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 4 0 1 0
Biggio c 4 0 0 0
Davis 1b 3 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 2 0 1 0
  Doran 2b 1 0 0 0
Wilson rf 2 0 0 1
Anthony lf 2 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
Candaele 2b,3b 2 0 0 0
Portugal p 2 0 0 0
  Stubbs lf 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
  Meadows lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 4 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 3 0 0 0
  King ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Bell ss 3 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 0 1 0 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
Bonds lf 4 1 1 1
Bream 1b 2 0 0 0
LaValliere c 2 0 1 1
Lind 2b 4 1 0 0
Heaton p 2 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,rf 1 0 1 1
Totals 26 3 4 3
Houston 000 000 100140
Pittsburgh 000 200 10x342
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal  L (1-4) 6.1 4 3 3 6 4
  Schatzeder   1.2 0 0 0 3 0
Totals
8.0
4
3
3
9
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  W (6-0) 7.0 4 1 0 2 3
  Ruskin   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Power  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
3
5

  E–Bell (6), Bonilla (2).  DP–Houston 1, Pittsburgh 4.  2B–Houston Davis (7,off Heaton), Pittsburgh Bell (7,off Portugal); Bonds (6,off Portugal); Reynolds (3,off Portugal).  SF–Wilson (1,off Heaton).  IBB–Bream (1,by Portugal).  SB–Anthony (2,2nd base off Heaton/LaValliere); Ramirez (3,2nd base off Heaton/LaValliere); Van Slyke (3,2nd base off Portugal/Biggio); Lind (1,2nd base off Portugal/Biggio); Reynolds (3,3rd base off Schatzeder/Biggio).  CS–Bream (1,Home by Portugal/Biggio).  IBB–Portugal (2,Bream).  U-HP–Mike Winters, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–2:33.  A–16,066.
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