Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 30, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1998 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 4, Houston Astros 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Womack 2b 4 1 1 0
Brown cf 3 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 1 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 2 0
Ward rf 4 1 2 3
  Loiselle p 0 0 0 0
Martin lf 3 0 0 0
  Rincon p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Guillen rf 1 0 0 0
Strange 3b 4 1 1 0
Polcovich ss 3 0 1 0
Lawrence p 1 0 0 0
  Tabaka p 0 0 0 0
  Garcia ph 0 0 0 1
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez lf 2 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 5 1 1 1
Bell rf 5 3 3 1
Bagwell 1b 4 3 3 2
Alou lf 4 1 1 1
Hidalgo cf 5 2 2 3
Berry 3b 2 0 2 2
  Spiers 3b 2 0 0 0
Eusebio c 3 0 1 0
Reynolds p 3 1 1 1
  Meluskey ph 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 14 11
Pittsburgh 300 010 000471
Houston 010 323 02x11140
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence   3.1 4 4 4 2 2
  Tabaka   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  McCurry  L (1-3) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  Rincon   0.1 4 3 3 0 0
  Williams   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Loiselle   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
11
6
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  W (17-8) 7.0 6 4 4 1 11
  Henry   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
2
15

  E–Polcovich (19).  2B–Pittsburgh Strange (7,off Reynolds); Young (37,off Henry), Houston Berry 2 (15,off Lawrence 2); Bell (35,off Lawrence); Bagwell 2 (26,off McCurry,off Rincon); Gutierrez (20,off Rincon).  HR–Pittsburgh Ward (6,1st inning off Reynolds 2 on, 2 out), Houston Hidalgo 2 (5,2nd inning off Lawrence 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off McCurry 1 on, 2 out); Bagwell (28,8th inning off Loiselle 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Garcia (1,off Reynolds).  IBB–Eusebio (2,by Tabaka).  IBB–Tabaka (4,Eusebio).  U-HP–Randy Marsh, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Bill Hohn, 3B–Greg Bonin.  T–3:12.  A–25,342.
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