Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 10, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 10, 1997 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 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 0

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 4 3
Carr cf 4 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 0 0
Gonzalez lf 5 0 2 0
Bell rf 5 1 2 1
Spiers 3b 5 1 1 0
Eusebio c 4 3 1 0
Bogar ss 3 0 1 1
Kile p 2 0 1 1
Totals 36 7 12 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 1 0
  Polcovich 2b 0 0 0 0
Ward cf 3 0 1 0
Martin lf 3 0 0 0
Young 1b,3b 4 0 1 0
Sveum 3b 2 0 0 0
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 0 0
  Ruebel p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Guillen rf 2 0 1 0
Collier ss 3 0 0 0
Schmidt p 1 0 0 0
  Smith 1b 2 0 1 0
Totals 30 0 6 0
Houston 120 130 0007121
Pittsburgh 000 000 000062
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  W (11-3) 9.0 6 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
2
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (4-5) 4.0 9 7 4 2 2
  Silva   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Sodowsky   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Ruebel   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Rincon   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
4
4
4

  E–Eusebio (3), Womack (8), Sveum (6).  DP–Houston 2, Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Houston Biggio 2 (26,off Schmidt 2); Spiers (13,off Schmidt); Bell (11,off Schmidt); Gonzalez (20,off Silva), Pittsburgh Womack (7,off Kile); Smith (8,off Kile); Guillen (14,off Kile).  SH–Carr (1,off Schmidt); Bogar (2,off Schmidt); Kile (4,off Schmidt); Ward (3,off Kile).  CS–Bell (4,2nd base by Schmidt/Kendall).  SB–Kendall (7,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio).  WP–Schmidt (6).  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Wally Bell, 2B–Tom Hallion, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:39.  A–17,335.
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