Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1996 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 2, Houston Astros 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 5 0 0 0
Martin cf,lf 4 0 1 0
King 1b,3b 4 0 0 0
Clark lf 3 0 1 0
  Wehner pr,lf 0 0 0 0
  Cummings ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 2 1 0
Merced rf 4 0 1 1
Hayes 3b 4 0 1 0
  Cordova p 0 0 0 0
  Kingery ph 1 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 5 0 1 1
Darwin p 2 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson 1b 2 0 0 0
Totals 40 2 6 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Spiers 3b 1 0 0 0
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Berry 3b 4 1 1 1
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Young p 0 0 0 0
  Miller ss 0 0 0 0
Wilkins c 4 0 1 0
Mouton lf,cf 4 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 3 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 100 01260
Houston 010 000 000 00132
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin   6.0 3 1 1 0 6
  Miceli   2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Cordova  W (1-2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Plesac  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
3
1
1
1
12
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile   8.0 4 1 1 1 8
  Hernandez   1.2 1 0 0 1 2
  Morman   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Young  L (1-2) 0.1 0 1 1 2 0
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
6
2
2
5
11

  E–Biggio (6), Wilkins (2).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Wilkins (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Bell (8,off Kile); Merced (3,off Kile), Houston Wilkins (6,off Darwin).  HR–Houston Berry (4,2nd inning off Darwin 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Merced (2,by Hernandez).  HBP–Biggio (9,by Darwin).  SB–Martin (8,3rd base off Kile/Wilkins); Bell (2,2nd base off Jones/Wilkins); Bagwell (8,2nd base off Darwin/Kendall); Cangelosi (3,2nd base off Miceli/Kendall).  HBP–Darwin (4,Biggio).  IBB–Hernandez (1,Merced).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Bruce Dreckman, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–3:10.  A–21,010.
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