Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 12, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 12, 1997 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."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Houston Astros 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Carr cf 3 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
Bell rf 3 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 4 0 0 0
Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Bogar ss 3 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
  Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Holt p 2 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 0 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 2 0
Allensworth cf 4 0 0 0
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Sveum 3b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 2 1 1 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Collier ss 3 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 1 0 0
Cordova p 3 0 2 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 1 1 3
Totals 33 3 6 3
Houston 000 000 000 0–000
Pittsburgh 000 000 000 3–360
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Holt   7.2 5 0 0 1 1
  Wagner   1.1 0 0 0 0 4
  Hudek  L (0-1) 0.2 1 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.2
6
3
3
3
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova   9.0 0 0 0 2 10
  Rincon  W (3-4) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
0
0
0
3
11
  E–None.  DP–Houston 1.  HR–Pittsburgh Smith (3,10th inning off Hudek 2 on, 2 out).  HBP–Carr (1,by Cordova).  CS–Womack (3,2nd base by Holt/Ausmus).  HBP–Cordova (8,Carr).  U-HP–Tom Hallion, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Ed Montague, 3B–Wally Bell.  T–2:39.  A–44,119.
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