Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 2, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 1 1 0
Spiers 3b 3 1 2 0
  Berry ph,3b 2 1 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 3 0 1 2
Alou lf 5 1 0 0
Everett cf 3 1 1 1
Gutierrez ss 3 1 1 2
Ausmus c 3 0 1 0
Johnson p 3 0 0 0
  Eusebio ph 1 0 1 1
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 10 6
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Polcovich 2b 2 0 0 1
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Martinez cf 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 1 0
Smith lf 3 1 1 0
  Ward lf 1 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 4 1 2 1
Collier ss 2 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
Van Poppel p 2 0 1 0
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
  Christiansen p 0 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 6 2
Houston 000 100 0416100
Pittsburgh 000 010 100261
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (1-0) 7.0 6 2 2 1 12
  Elarton  SV (2) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
1
14
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Van Poppel   7.0 5 1 1 2 5
  Christiansen  L (1-2) 1.0 4 4 4 2 0
  McCurry   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
6
6
5
5

  E–Guillen (9).  2B–Houston Spiers 2 (23,off Van Poppel 2); Gutierrez (16,off Christiansen); Eusebio (4,off Christiansen).  HR–Pittsburgh Ramirez (6,5th inning off Randy Johnson 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bagwell (4,off McCurry); Polcovich (2,off Randy Johnson).  IBB–Everett (2,by Van Poppel); Ausmus (9,by Christiansen).  HBP–Collier (4,by Randy Johnson).  SB–Biggio (34,2nd base off McCurry/Kendall); Kendall (15,2nd base off Randy Johnson/Ausmus).  BK–Van Poppel (2).  HBP–Randy Johnson (1,Collier).  IBB–Van Poppel (1,Everett); Christiansen (5,Ausmus).  U-HP–Larry Poncino, 1B–Gary Darling, 2B–Brian Gibbons, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–2:35.  A–21,201.
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