Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 23, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 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 3, Houston Astros 7

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 3 1 1 0
Bell ss 4 1 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 4 1 3 1
Bonds lf 3 0 2 2
Bream 1b 3 0 0 0
  Redus ph,1b 1 0 0 0
LaValliere c 3 0 0 0
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 2 0
Walk p 2 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
  Ruskin p 0 0 0 0
  Kramer p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 4 3 2 0
Oberkfell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph,3b 2 0 1 2
Doran 2b 2 1 1 1
Stubbs 1b 2 0 0 0
  Davis ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Biggio c 4 0 1 0
Anthony rf 4 0 0 0
Meadows lf 2 0 1 0
  Wilson ph 0 0 0 0
  Baldwin ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 1 1 2
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Gullickson p 2 0 0 0
  Candaele ss 2 1 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 6
Pittsburgh 200 010 000382
Houston 100 001 14x790
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Walk   5.1 5 2 1 2 5
  Patterson   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Belinda   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Ruskin  L (0-1) 1.1 3 4 3 2 1
  Kramer   0.2 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
9
7
5
5
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson   6.2 8 3 3 3 2
  Agosto  W (3-1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Smith   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
2

  E–Bell (10), Bream (3).  2B–Pittsburgh Bonds 2 (10,off Gullickson 2); Bonilla (10,off Gullickson), Houston Biggio (4,off Walk).  HR–Houston Trevino (1,8th inning off Ruskin 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bell (13,off Gullickson); Walk (4,off Gullickson).  IBB–Bonds (5,by Gullickson).  SF–Doran (3,off Walk).  SB–Yelding 4 (14,2nd base off Walk/LaValliere,2nd base off Ruskin/LaValliere,3rd base off Ruskin/LaValliere,2nd base off Kramer/Slaught); Doran (4,2nd base off Walk/LaValliere); Candaele 2 (4,2nd base off Ruskin/Slaught,3rd base off Ruskin/Slaught); Caminiti.  WP–Gullickson (2).  IBB–Gullickson (5,Bonds).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Randy Marsh, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Joe West.  T–3:09.  A–10,961.
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