Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 22, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 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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Houston Astros 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 4 0 0 0
Doran 2b 2 0 1 0
Biggio c 3 0 0 0
Wilson rf 4 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 3 1 1 0
Stubbs 1b 3 1 1 2
Davidson lf 2 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph,lf 0 0 0 0
Gullickson p 2 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 4 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 3b 3 0 0 0
  King ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 0 2 0
Bonilla rf 4 0 1 0
Bonds lf 4 3 2 0
Bream 1b 3 1 1 1
LaValliere c 3 0 2 2
Lind 2b 3 0 0 0
Smiley p 3 0 1 1
  Power p 0 0 0 0
  Merced ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Houston 000 000 020242
Pittsburgh 020 001 01x490
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Gullickson  L (8-11) 5.2 7 3 2 2 2
  Schatzeder   1.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Agosto   0.1 2 1 1 0 0
  Andersen   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
4
3
2
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (7-6) 7.0 3 2 2 2 5
  Power   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Landrum  SV (13) 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
4
5

  E–Doran 2 (5).  DP–Houston 1, Pittsburgh 2.  PB–LaValliere (3).  2B–Houston Ramirez (15,off Smiley), Pittsburgh Bream (19,off Gullickson); LaValliere (11,off Gullickson); Bonds (27,off Agosto).  HR–Houston Stubbs (19,8th inning off Smiley 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Bream (3,off Agosto).  IBB–Lind (13,by Gullickson).  CS–Caminiti (3,2nd base by Smiley/LaValliere).  SB–Van Slyke (13,2nd base off Gullickson/Biggio).  IBB–Gullickson (13,Lind).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Eric Gregg, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:40.  A–29,420.
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