Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 18, 1998 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 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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Houston Astros 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 5 0 4 2
Gutierrez ss 4 0 0 1
Bell rf 4 0 2 0
Bagwell 1b 5 0 2 0
Alou lf 3 1 1 0
Everett cf 5 1 2 0
Berry 3b 4 0 1 0
  Bogar 3b 0 0 0 0
Ausmus c 3 2 1 1
Johnson p 3 1 1 1
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 14 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown A. cf 4 0 1 1
Polcovich 2b 3 1 1 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Martinez J. p 0 0 0 0
Kendall c 4 0 1 0
Young 1b 3 0 0 0
Guillen rf 4 0 0 1
Martinez M. lf 4 0 1 0
Ramirez 3b 3 0 0 0
Collier ss 1 1 0 0
Dessens p 1 0 0 0
  Van Poppel p 0 0 0 0
  Brown E. ph 1 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Laker ph 1 0 1 0
  Womack 2b 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 5 2
Houston 030 011 0005140
Pittsburgh 000 000 110251
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (9-1) 7.1 4 2 2 3 12
  Powell  SV (7) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
3
14
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Dessens  L (2-5) 4.2 9 4 4 1 0
  Van Poppel   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  McCurry   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Martinez   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
14
5
5
4
3

  E–Ramirez (9).  DP–Houston 1, Pittsburgh 3.  2B–Houston Randy Johnson (1,off Dessens); Biggio 2 (51,off Van Poppel,off J Martinez), Pittsburgh A Brown (3,off Randy Johnson); M Martinez (11,off Powell).  SH–Randy Johnson (2,off Van Poppel).  SF–Gutierrez (7,off Dessens).  HBP–Ramirez (4,by Randy Johnson).  CS–Biggio (7,3rd base by Dessens/Kendall).  SB–Young 2 (15,2nd base off Randy Johnson/Ausmus,3rd base off Randy Johnson/Ausmus).  HBP–Randy Johnson (3,Ramirez).  U-HP–Bill Hohn, 1B–Angel Hernandez, 2B–Paul Nauert, 3B–Randy Marsh.  T–2:47.  A–16,937.
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