Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 17, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1991 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Finley cf,rf 5 1 1 1
Biggio c 5 2 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 1
  Osuna p 1 1 0 1
Gonzalez lf 5 3 4 1
Caminiti 3b 5 1 3 3
Anthony rf 4 0 1 1
  Young cf 1 0 0 0
Yelding ss 5 0 2 1
Candaele 2b 3 1 1 0
Portugal p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Davidson ph 1 0 1 0
  Capel p 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Oberkfell 1b 1 1 1 0
Totals 40 10 15 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Merced 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 5 0 0 0
Van Slyke cf 4 2 3 1
Bonilla 3b,rf 4 0 2 1
Bonds lf 3 0 1 0
Varsho rf 3 0 1 0
  Slaught ph,c 1 0 0 0
LaValliere c 2 0 0 0
  Redus ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 0 1 0
Drabek p 2 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Palacios p 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Wehner 3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Houston 001 220 01410150
Pittsburgh 001 010 000294
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Portugal   0.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Jones  W (6-6) 3.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Capel   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Corsi   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Osuna  SV (6) 2.1 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek  L (9-9) 4.2 9 5 3 0 2
  Kipper   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Palacios   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Patterson   1.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Landrum   1.0 3 4 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
10
4
1
6

  E–Bell (15), Bonilla (10), Lind (6), Drabek (3).  2B–Houston Candaele (14,off Drabek); Caminiti (13,off Drabek); Gonzalez 2 (21,off Patterson,off Landrum), Pittsburgh Bonilla (23,off Capel).  HR–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (10,3rd inning off Jones 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Jones (2,off Drabek); LaValliere (1,off Jones).  SF–Bagwell (3,off Drabek).  SB–Finley (15,2nd base off Drabek/LaValliere).  CS–Caminiti (3,2nd base by Drabek/LaValliere); Finley (12,2nd base by Drabek/LaValliere); Yelding (9,2nd base by Kipper/LaValliere).  U-HP–Eric Gregg, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Mike Winters, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–3:33.  A–38,736.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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