Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 17, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 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 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 1 0 0
Bell rf 5 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 4 1 3 2
Gonzalez lf 5 3 2 1
Spiers 3b 5 1 3 2
Hidalgo cf 5 1 3 2
Gutierrez ss 5 0 2 0
Ausmus c 4 0 1 0
Reynolds p 3 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 15 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
  Collier ss 1 0 0 0
Ward cf 4 1 2 0
Martin lf 4 1 1 2
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Randa 3b 4 1 2 0
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Guillen rf 3 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 1 1 2
Nunez ss,2b 3 0 1 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Brown ph 1 0 1 0
  Silva p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
  Sodowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
  Smith rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Houston 014 001 2008150
Pittsburgh 000 000 022480
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (8-10) 8.1 8 4 4 1 5
  Wagner   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
2
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (9-8) 3.0 6 5 5 1 2
  Silva   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Sodowsky   1.0 1 1 1 2 1
  Peters   1.0 5 2 2 0 0
  Dessens   2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
8
8
4
8

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Hidalgo (4,off Schmidt); Bagwell (36,off Dessens), Pittsburgh Nunez (1,off Reynolds); Randa (24,off Reynolds).  3B–Houston Gonzalez (2,off Peters).  HR–Houston Gonzalez (9,2nd inning off Schmidt 0 on, 0 out); Hidalgo (1,6th inning off Sodowsky 0 on, 0 out); Bagwell (41,7th inning off Peters 0 on, 0 out), Pittsburgh Martin (12,8th inning off Reynolds 1 on, 2 out); Sveum (12,9th inning off Reynolds 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Reynolds (5,off Silva).  HBP–Biggio (31,by Schmidt).  SB–Ausmus (13,2nd base off Sodowsky/Kendall); Biggio (41,2nd base off Sodowsky/Kendall).  CS–Bagwell (9,2nd base by Schmidt/Kendall).  WP–Schmidt (7).  HBP–Schmidt (8,Biggio).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Ed Rapuano, 2B–Gerry Davis, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–2:52.  A–27,422.
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