Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 21, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 5, Houston Astros 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 4 1 0 0
Bell ss 5 1 2 1
King 1b,2b 5 1 4 1
Hayes 3b 5 0 2 1
Merced rf 1 1 1 0
  Beamon rf 4 0 1 1
  Johnson 1b 0 0 0 0
Wehner 2b,rf 4 0 0 1
Kingery lf 5 0 3 0
Kendall c 2 1 1 0
Neagle p 2 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
  Clark ph 1 0 0 0
  Ericks p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 1 3 1
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 2 1
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Berry 3b 3 0 1 0
Miller ss 3 0 0 0
  Small p 0 0 0 0
  May ph 0 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 0 0
  Brocail p 0 0 0 0
Mouton lf 4 0 2 0
Manwaring c 2 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
Hampton p 2 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 1 1 1 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Pittsburgh 012 002 0005141
Houston 001 000 1002103
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Neagle  W (13-6) 6.2 8 2 2 2 4
  Wilkins   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Plesac   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Ericks  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
3
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L (10-8) 6.0 12 5 5 3 2
  Small   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Brocail   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
5
3

  E–Wehner (2), Bagwell (15), Miller (15), Mouton (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Merced (21,off Hampton); King (28,off Hampton); Kingery (10,off Brocail), Houston Hunter (19,off Neagle); Gutierrez (7,off Neagle); Berry (34,off Wilkins).  SH–Neagle 2 (13,off Hampton 2).  SB–Beamon (1,2nd base off Hampton/Manwaring); Allensworth (6,2nd base off Small/Manwaring); Biggio (24,3rd base off Neagle/Kendall); Bagwell (19,2nd base off Neagle/Kendall); Mouton (19,2nd base off Neagle/Kendall).  CS–Allensworth (2,3rd base by Small/Manwaring); Mouton (7,2nd base by Neagle/Kendall).  U-HP–Gerry Davis, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Ed Rapuano.  T–3:10.  A–13,357.
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