Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 1, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1998 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."

"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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 1 1 0
Spiers 3b 5 0 1 0
Bell rf 3 0 2 1
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 0
Alou lf 5 1 1 0
Everett cf 4 0 1 0
Ausmus c 4 0 3 0
Bogar ss 3 0 0 0
  Clark ph 0 0 0 0
  Gutierrez ph,ss 0 0 0 1
Lima p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 10 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 0 0
Ward cf 3 0 1 0
Young 1b 1 0 0 0
  Smith 1b 3 0 1 0
Guillen rf 4 1 1 0
Martin lf 4 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0
Collier ss 3 0 1 1
Schmidt p 2 0 1 0
  Strange ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Houston 000 010 0102101
Pittsburgh 010 000 000150
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  W (10-6) 9.0 5 1 1 1 10
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
10
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   7.0 7 1 1 2 9
  Williams  L (2-1) 0.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Rincon   1.1 0 0 0 3 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
6
10

  E–Ausmus (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Biggio (36,off Schmidt), Pittsburgh Collier (11,off Lima); Smith (6,off Lima); Ward (12,off Lima).  HBP–Ramirez (2,by Lima).  SB–Ausmus (8,2nd base off Schmidt/Kendall).  CS–Bagwell (6,2nd base by Williams/Kendall).  WP–Schmidt 2 (8).  HBP–Lima (5,Ramirez).  U-HP–Brian Gibbons, 1B–Larry Poncino, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Gary Darling.  T–2:49.  A–19,783.
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