Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 10, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1999 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 0, Houston Astros 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Brown A. cf 4 0 0 0
Meares ss 4 0 2 0
Giles rf 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 3 0 1 0
Kendall c 3 0 2 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 0 0
Garcia lf 3 0 0 0
Benjamin 2b 2 0 0 0
Schourek p 1 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
  Brown B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 0 5 0
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 1
Bell rf 3 1 1 2
Bagwell 1b 3 1 1 0
Caminiti 3b 5 1 3 0
Hidalgo lf 3 1 1 1
Eusebio c 4 1 3 1
Bogar ss 4 1 1 1
Barker cf 5 0 2 0
Hampton p 3 0 1 0
Totals 34 6 13 6
Pittsburgh 000 000 000050
Houston 001 050 00x6130
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schourek  L (1-3) 4.0 9 6 6 5 6
  Clontz   1.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Sauerbeck   2.0 1 0 0 2 1
  Wilkins   1.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
9
10
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  W (4-1) 9.0 5 0 0 0 7
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
0
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2, Houston 3.  2B–Houston Hampton (2,off Schourek); Caminiti (4,off Schourek).  HR–Houston Bell (6,3rd inning off Schourek 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Benjamin (1,by Hampton); Bell (1,by Sauerbeck).  HBP–Sauerbeck (2,Bell); Hampton (2,Benjamin).  U-HP–Sam Holbrook, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Charlie Reliford, 3B–Jeff Kellogg.  T–2:46.  A–17,064.
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