Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
July 27, 1991 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1991 at Astrodome. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Houston Astros 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Merced 1b,rf 5 1 1 0
Bell ss 5 4 4 4
Varsho cf 3 1 0 0
  Gonzalez cf 2 0 0 0
Bonilla rf 3 1 1 0
  Redus pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Bonds lf 2 2 2 3
  McClendon ph,lf 2 0 0 0
LaValliere c 5 0 1 0
  Prince c 1 0 0 0
Wehner 3b 4 0 2 2
Lind 2b 4 1 2 1
  Wilkerson 2b 1 0 1 0
Tomlin p 4 1 2 0
  Heaton ph 0 0 0 0
  Patterson p 0 0 0 0
  Belinda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 16 10
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio c 2 0 1 0
  Servais c 2 0 0 1
Finley cf 3 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Ortiz ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez 3b 0 0 0 1
Bagwell 1b 4 1 2 1
Caminiti 3b 3 1 1 1
  Clancy p 0 0 0 0
Simms rf 4 0 2 1
Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
  Davidson ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Cedeno ss 3 1 1 0
Candaele 2b 3 1 2 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Corsi p 0 0 0 0
  Young ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 101 423 00011160
Houston 000 001 0225100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Tomlin  W (6-3) 7.0 7 1 1 3 4
  Patterson   1.0 2 2 2 1 0
  Belinda   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
6
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  L (6-7) 3.1 8 6 6 4 5
  Corsi   2.2 7 5 5 1 2
  Henry   2.0 1 0 0 3 2
  Clancy   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
9
9

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 4, Houston 2.  PB–Biggio (10).  2B–Houston Bagwell (17,off Tomlin); Simms (2,off Patterson).  3B–Houston Caminiti (3,off Patterson).  HR–Pittsburgh Bell 2 (12,1st inning off Jones 0 on, 1 out,6th inning off Corsi 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Bonds (4,by Jones).  SF–Ramirez (1,off Belinda).  SB–Bonds (29,2nd base off Jones/Biggio); Young (7,2nd base off Tomlin/LaValliere).  HBP–Jones (3,Bonds).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Eric Gregg.  T–3:13.  A–24,447.
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