Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 28, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 28, 1996 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 4 1 2 0
Biggio 2b 4 2 4 2
Bagwell 1b 4 0 2 0
Bell rf 3 0 1 1
Berry 3b 4 0 0 0
  Spiers 3b 0 0 0 0
Simms lf 3 0 0 0
  Swindell p 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 1 1 0
Knorr c 3 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Hampton p 1 0 0 0
  Mouton ph 1 0 0 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph,lf 1 1 1 1
Totals 33 5 11 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Garcia 2b 3 0 0 0
Martin lf 3 0 0 0
King 1b 4 0 0 0
Merced rf 4 1 1 1
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
Hayes 3b 3 2 3 2
Wehner cf 3 1 1 0
Kendall c 4 1 2 2
Ruebel p 2 0 0 0
  Kingery ph 1 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Liriano ph 1 0 0 0
  Cordova p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 5
Houston 100 100 0215111
Pittsburgh 010 001 04x680
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton   4.0 4 1 1 2 5
  Hernandez   3.0 1 1 1 1 3
  Swindell  L (0-2) 1.0 3 4 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
4
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ruebel   7.0 5 2 2 2 1
  Miceli  W (1-2) 1.0 2 2 2 1 2
  Cordova  SV (3) 1.0 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
3
4

  E–Hunter (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Houston Bagwell (14,off Ruebel); Biggio (12,off Miceli); Gutierrez (3,off Cordova).  3B–Houston Hunter (1,off Ruebel), Pittsburgh Kendall (2,off Swindell).  HR–Pittsburgh Merced (6,6th inning off Hernandez 0 on, 0 out); Hayes (8,8th inning off Swindell 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Hunter (1,off Miceli).  SF–Biggio (3,off Ruebel).  HBP–Cangelosi (1,by Miceli).  IBB–Bagwell (10,by Miceli).  WP–Miceli (1).  HBP–Miceli (2,Cangelosi).  IBB–Miceli (3,Bagwell).  U-HP–Scott Potter, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Harry Wendelstedt, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:39.  A–7,182.
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