Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 30, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1996 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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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Houston Astros 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 6 2 2 0
Biggio 2b 4 3 3 0
  Spiers ph,2b 0 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 5 3 4 2
  Simms ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 1 2 1
Berry 3b 4 0 3 6
  Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Eusebio c 5 0 1 0
Mouton lf 5 0 0 0
Miller ss,3b 4 0 0 1
Wall p 5 1 2 0
Totals 44 10 17 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 4 0 1 0
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
King 1b 4 0 1 0
Clark rf 4 0 1 0
Liriano 3b 4 0 0 0
Garcia 2b 4 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 0 2 0
Kendall c 3 0 1 0
Peters p 1 0 0 0
  Wainhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Kingery ph 1 0 0 0
  Morel p 0 0 0 0
  Miceli p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 7 0
Houston 102 015 10010170
Pittsburgh 000 000 000070
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Wall  W (9-4) 9.0 7 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
0
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Peters  L (1-4) 4.1 8 4 4 2 2
  Wainhouse   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Morel   0.1 5 5 5 1 1
  Miceli   1.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Ruebel   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
10
10
6
5

  E–None.  2B–Houston Bagwell 2 (39,off Peters,off Miceli), Pittsburgh Kendall (21,off Wall); Clark (12,off Wall).  HBP–Miller (8,by Miceli).  IBB–Bell (8,by Morel).  SB–Berry 2 (12,2nd base off Peters/Kendall,2nd base off Wainhouse/Kendall); Bell (24,3rd base off Wainhouse/Kendall).  HBP–Miceli (3,Miller).  IBB–Morel (5,Bell).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:44.  A–24,619.
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