Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 1, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 1, 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 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hunter cf 5 0 1 0
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 1
Bell rf 2 1 0 0
Berry 3b 3 0 0 1
Eusebio c 3 1 1 1
Mouton lf 2 1 0 0
Miller ss 4 1 1 2
Darwin p 3 0 0 0
  Morman p 0 0 0 0
  Olson p 0 0 0 0
  Holt p 0 0 0 0
  Abreu ph 0 0 0 0
  Simms ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 5 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allensworth cf 4 1 1 2
Martin lf 3 2 1 1
King 2b,3b 3 1 1 1
Johnson 1b 3 1 0 0
Liriano 3b 4 0 1 3
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ss 0 0 0 0
Kingery rf 4 1 1 0
Garcia ss,2b 4 2 2 1
Kendall c 3 1 1 0
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Wainhouse p 1 0 0 0
  Beamon ph 0 0 0 0
  Wehner ph,3b 2 0 0 1
  Plesac p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 8 9
Houston 000 040 010551
Pittsburgh 111 000 60x980
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (9-11) 6.0 6 6 6 1 4
  Morman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Olson   0.2 2 3 3 2 2
  Holt   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
9
9
3
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   4.2 4 4 4 4 2
  Wainhouse  W (1-0) 2.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Wilkins   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Plesac   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
5
5
6
4

  E–Miller (18).  2B–Houston Miller (22,off Schmidt); Bagwell (41,off Schmidt), Pittsburgh Liriano (12,off Olson).  HR–Pittsburgh King (27,1st inning off Darwin 0 on, 2 out); Garcia (4,2nd inning off Darwin 0 on, 2 out); Martin (16,3rd inning off Darwin 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Kendall (10,by Darwin).  IBB–Johnson (3,by Olson).  SB–Bell (25,2nd base off Wilkins/Kendall); King (12,2nd base off Darwin/Eusebio); Allensworth 2 (8,2nd base off Olson/Eusebio,3rd base off Olson/Eusebio); Martin (29,2nd base off Olson/Eusebio).  CS–Wehner (5,2nd base by Holt/Eusebio).  HBP–Darwin (9,Kendall).  IBB–Olson (2,Johnson).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Randy Marsh, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:41.  A–14,144.
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