Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 20, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 20, 1996 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 4 1 0 0
Martin lf 5 1 3 1
King 2b 3 1 1 1
Merced rf 4 0 2 0
Hayes 3b 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 2 1
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
Osik c 4 0 1 1
Miceli p 1 0 0 0
  Beamon ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Wainhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Kingery ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Cangelosi lf 4 2 4 0
Biggio 2b 3 4 1 1
Bagwell 1b 4 2 3 3
Bell rf 4 0 1 3
Spiers 3b 5 0 0 0
Eusebio c 3 0 0 1
Hunter cf 4 0 2 0
Miller ss 4 0 2 0
  Hernandez p 0 0 0 0
Wall p 3 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 9 13 8
Pittsburgh 000 001 1204101
Houston 320 200 02x9130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Miceli  L (2-9) 4.0 9 7 6 3 3
  Ruebel   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Wainhouse   2.0 2 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
13
9
8
5
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wall  W (7-4) 7.0 7 3 3 1 4
  Brocail   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Hernandez  SV (3) 1.2 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
7

  E–Martin (8).  2B–Pittsburgh Bell (21,off Wall); Osik (11,off Wall); Johnson (16,off Brocail); Martin (28,off Hernandez), Houston Cangelosi (10,off Miceli); Bagwell (35,off Miceli).  HR–Pittsburgh Martin (15,8th inning off Wall 0 on, 0 out), Houston Bagwell (26,4th inning off Miceli 1 on, 1 out).  SF–King (6,off Wall); Eusebio (1,off Miceli); Bell (9,off Wainhouse).  HBP–Allensworth (2,by Wall).  SB–Bagwell (18,3rd base off Miceli/Osik); Bell (22,2nd base off Miceli/Osik); Cangelosi (17,2nd base off Miceli/Osik).  CS–Cangelosi (7,2nd base by Miceli/Osik).  WP–Miceli (8), Wainhouse (1), Hernandez (8).  HBP–Wall (4,Allensworth).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:44.  A–19,866.
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