Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
June 23, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1997 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 6, Houston Astros 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 3 1 2 3
Smith lf 4 1 1 1
Young 1b 4 0 1 1
Randa 3b 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 2 2 1
Polcovich ss 3 1 1 0
Cordova p 2 1 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 6
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 0 0 0
Howard cf 3 0 1 0
Ausmus c 2 0 0 0
Bogar ss 3 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Garcia p 2 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
Pittsburgh 000 010 050680
Houston 000 000 000020
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  W (6-5) 9.0 2 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  L (3-5) 7.0 5 3 3 2 9
  Lima   0.1 2 3 3 1 1
  Martin   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Hudek   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
11

  E–None.  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Smith (5,off Lima); Young (11,off Martin).  3B–Pittsburgh Guillen (3,off Garcia); Allensworth (2,off Lima).  HR–Pittsburgh Guillen (6,5th inning off Garcia 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Biggio (14,by Cordova).  SB–Randa (4,2nd base off Garcia/Ausmus); Spiers (4,2nd base off Cordova/Kendall).  CS–Allensworth (3,2nd base by Garcia/Ausmus).  HBP–Cordova (6,Biggio).  U-HP–Larry Vanover, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Paul Runge, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:24.  A–16,738.
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