Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 20, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 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 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 2 0 1 0
  Rohde 2b 1 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 3 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 1 3 1
Biggio c 3 0 1 0
  Gedman c 1 0 0 0
Davidson lf 4 0 0 0
Stubbs 1b 3 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 2 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Deshaies p 1 0 0 0
  Candaele ss 2 0 1 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi cf 4 2 2 0
Bell ss 3 1 1 0
Redus 1b 3 2 2 3
  Bream 1b 1 1 1 0
Bonilla rf 4 1 2 2
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
King 3b 3 0 0 1
Slaught c 4 0 1 1
Lind 2b 3 0 0 0
  Belliard 2b 1 0 0 0
Heaton p 2 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 1 0
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Backman ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
Houston 000 000 001161
Pittsburgh 400 020 10x7101
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies  L (5-11) 4.2 7 6 5 1 4
  Hernandez   1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Agosto   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Heaton  W (11-8) 6.0 3 0 0 2 3
  Power   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Landrum   1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
4
5

  E–Caminiti (15), King (12).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Houston Candaele (4,off Heaton), Pittsburgh Bream (17,off Agosto); Bonilla (30,off Agosto).  HR–Houston Wilson (10,9th inning off Landrum 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Redus (4,5th inning off Deshaies 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Bell (32,off Deshaies).  SF–King (4,off Deshaies).  CS–Doran (8,2nd base by Heaton/Slaught).  SB–Bonds (43,3rd base off Deshaies/Biggio); Cangelosi (6,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–2:25.  A–20,997.
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