Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 21, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1990 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 3 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
Redus 1b 4 0 0 0
  Bream 1b 1 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 3 1 1 0
Reynolds cf 5 1 3 0
King 3b 5 0 1 0
Slaught c 5 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 2 2
Drabek p 2 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 7 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 5 1 1 0
Biggio c 5 0 2 0
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 1 1
Anthony rf 5 1 2 1
Stubbs lf 3 1 2 1
  Wilson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Yelding ss 4 0 1 0
Deshaies p 2 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
Pittsburgh 000 200 000 00271
Houston 000 001 100 01390
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   6.1 7 2 2 3 4
  Ruskin   1.1 1 0 0 1 1
  Belinda   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Power  L (0-2) 1.1 1 1 1 0 2
Totals
10.1
9
3
3
4
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   9.0 6 2 2 4 1
  Agosto  W (2-1) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
11.0
7
2
2
5
2

  E–Reynolds (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Houston 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Lind (9,off Deshaies); Bonilla (9,off Deshaies), Houston Stubbs (4,off Drabek).  HR–Houston Stubbs (5,7th inning off Drabek 0 on, 0 out); Anthony (3,11th inning off Power 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Drabek (6,off Deshaies); Deshaies (2,off Drabek).  SB–Bonds (12,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio); Doran (3,2nd base off Drabek/Slaught).  CS–Biggio (2,2nd base by Drabek/Slaught).  U-HP–Harry Wendelstedt, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–3:17.  A–8,116.
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