Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
September 27, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 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 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Nunez 2b 5 0 0 0
Allensworth cf 4 1 2 0
Brown A. rf 3 0 0 0
Smith 1b 3 0 1 1
Garcia 3b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 3 0 2 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 1 0
  Peters p 0 0 0 0
Brown E. lf 4 0 1 0
Collier ss 4 0 1 0
Schmidt p 2 0 0 0
  Dessens p 0 0 0 0
  Osik c 2 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 8 1
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 2 0 0 0
  Johnson 2b 3 1 1 0
Carr cf 5 1 2 1
Bagwell 1b 2 1 1 1
  Spiers 1b 3 2 2 1
Berry 3b 3 1 1 2
Abreu lf 3 1 1 2
Mouton rf 4 0 1 0
Pena c 2 0 0 0
  Howard ph 1 0 0 0
  Magnante p 0 0 0 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 1 1
  Springer p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 1 1 1 0
  Rivera ss 2 0 0 0
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Knorr c 2 0 1 0
Totals 35 8 12 8
Pittsburgh 100 000 000181
Houston 003 030 20x8120
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (10-9) 4.1 7 6 6 1 4
  Dessens   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Johnson   2.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Peters   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
8
2
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (9-10) 5.0 6 1 1 0 5
  Magnante   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Springer   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Martin   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
2
10

  E–E Brown (3).  PB–Kendall (7).  2B–Pittsburgh Allensworth (18,off Reynolds); Smith (13,off Reynolds), Houston Bagwell (40,off Schmidt); Spiers (27,off Schmidt); Abreu (10,off Schmidt).  3B–Houston Spiers (4,off J Johnson).  SH–Reynolds (7,off Schmidt).  SF–Berry (6,off J Johnson).  HBP–Gutierrez (3,by Schmidt).  WP–Schmidt (8).  HBP–Schmidt (9,Gutierrez).  U-HP–Jerry Layne, 1B–Mike Winters, 2B–Brian Gorman, 3B–Joe West.  T–2:45.  A–36,170.
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