Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 18, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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."

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Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 12

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 2 0 0
Howard cf,rf,lf 4 0 2 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 1
Gonzalez lf 4 0 0 0
  Lima p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 2 1 1 1
  Berry ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Abreu rf 2 0 0 0
  Hidalgo ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Eusebio c 4 0 1 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 0
Kile p 2 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Bell ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 5 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 3 2 1 1
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 1 1 0
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Ward cf 4 1 3 3
Martin lf 4 1 1 0
  Brown E. pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Young 1b 4 1 0 1
Randa 3b 2 2 1 2
Dunston ss 3 0 1 1
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
  Wallace p 0 0 0 0
  Collier ss 0 0 0 0
Guillen rf 5 0 2 3
Kendall c 4 2 1 0
Cordova p 2 0 1 0
  Brown A. ph 0 1 0 0
  Nunez ss,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 12 11
Houston 000 011 010354
Pittsburgh 300 113 04x12120
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Kile  L (18-7) 5.0 6 8 6 5 2
  Magnante   0.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Springer   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Lima   0.1 4 4 4 1 1
  Martin   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
12
10
7
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova  W (11-8) 6.0 2 2 2 1 4
  Wallace   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wilkins   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Rincon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Loiselle   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
5

  E–Bagwell (11), Spiers (15), Berry (16), Gutierrez (7).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–Houston Howard (15,off Cordova), Pittsburgh Kendall (35,off Kile); Smith (12,off Lima); Martin (23,off Lima).  HR–Houston Spiers (4,5th inning off Cordova 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Young (8,off Kile); Randa (4,off Springer).  HBP–A Brown (4,by Kile).  SB–Biggio (42,3rd base off Wilkins/Kendall); Martin (22,2nd base off Kile/Eusebio); Womack (54,3rd base off Magnante/Eusebio); Ward (4,2nd base off Magnante/Eusebio).  WP–Kile (7).  HBP–Kile (10,A Brown).  U-HP–Ed Rapuano, 1B–Gerry Davis, 2B–Terry Tata, 3B–Bill Hohn.  T–2:57.  A–14,852.
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