Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 21, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1990 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 4 0 1 1
Doran 2b 4 1 1 1
Biggio c 2 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 0 0
Davidson lf 3 0 0 0
Stubbs 1b 3 1 2 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 0 0
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 4 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 0 0
Bonds lf 3 0 0 0
Bream 1b 4 0 2 0
  Redus pr 0 0 0 0
LaValliere c 4 0 1 0
King 3b 3 1 1 1
Tomlin p 2 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 1
Houston 000 001 010251
Pittsburgh 001 000 000150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  W (9-1) 9.0 5 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tomlin   7.0 3 1 1 2 4
  Patterson  L (8-4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Belinda   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
5

  E–Caminiti (16).  2B–Houston Stubbs (16,off Tomlin), Pittsburgh LaValliere (10,off Darwin); Bream (18,off Darwin).  HR–Houston Doran (6,6th inning off Tomlin 0 on, 2 out), Pittsburgh King (9,3rd inning off Darwin 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Darwin (2,off Patterson).  CS–Biggio (9,2nd base by Tomlin/LaValliere).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Eric Gregg, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:20.  A–14,062.
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