Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
June 25, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1997 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 1, Houston Astros 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 3 0 1 0
Allensworth cf 4 0 0 0
Martin lf 3 0 2 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Sveum 3b,1b 4 0 1 0
Kendall c 3 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 1
Polcovich ss 3 0 0 0
Cooke p 2 0 0 0
  Cummings ph 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Randa 3b 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 6 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 2 2 0
Mouton cf 5 0 2 3
Bagwell 1b 2 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 1 1 1
Berry 3b 4 0 1 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Eusebio c 2 0 1 0
  Ausmus pr,c 0 1 0 0
Bogar ss 2 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Kile p 3 0 0 0
  Spiers ph,3b 1 1 1 1
Totals 33 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 010 000 000162
Houston 000 000 14x590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cooke   7.0 6 1 0 4 6
  Sodowsky  L (0-1) 0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Ruebel   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Loiselle   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
4
6
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (9-3) 8.0 6 1 1 2 7
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
10

  E–Sveum 2 (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Houston 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Martin (5,off Kile); Kendall (16,off Kile), Houston Spiers (12,off Ruebel); Mouton (6,off Loiselle).  HR–Houston Bell (4,8th inning off Sodowsky 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Kendall (18,by Kile).  IBB–Martin (4,by Kile); Bagwell 2 (16,by Cooke 2); Biggio (2,by Ruebel).  SB–Kendall (5,3rd base off Kile/Eusebio); Martin 2 (10,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio,3rd base off Kile/Eusebio); Womack (29,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio); Mouton (6,2nd base off Cooke/Kendall); Biggio (12,3rd base off Cooke/Kendall); Bagwell (10,2nd base off Cooke/Kendall).  CS–Berry (4,2nd base by Cooke/Kendall).  WP–Cooke (7).  HBP–Kile (6,Kendall).  IBB–Cooke 2 (6,Bagwell 2); Ruebel (3,Biggio); Kile (1,Martin).  U-HP–Paul Runge, 1B–Joe West, 2B–Larry Vanover, 3B–Jerry Layne.  T–2:30.  A–26,954.
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