Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 12, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Houston Astros 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 1 1 0
Benjamin ss 5 0 1 2
Ward rf,cf 5 0 2 0
Young 1b 4 0 3 0
Kendall c 3 0 0 0
Brown cf 4 0 1 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Sprague 3b 3 1 0 0
Morris 2b 3 0 0 0
Schmidt p 2 0 0 0
  Clontz p 1 0 0 0
  Garcia rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Bagwell 1b 5 1 0 0
Caminiti 3b 4 2 1 0
Everett cf 4 1 3 1
Hidalgo lf 3 1 2 2
Spiers ss 3 1 1 1
  Bogar ss 1 0 0 0
Bako c 2 0 1 1
Lima p 3 0 0 0
  Elarton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 5
Pittsburgh 100 000 001282
Houston 000 004 20x6100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (4-2) 5.0 7 4 4 4 3
  Clontz   2.0 2 2 0 2 1
  Williams   1.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
10
6
4
6
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Lima  W (6-1) 8.0 8 1 1 1 9
  Elarton   1.0 0 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
8
2
2
4
10

  E–Benjamin (2), Kendall (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Young (11,off Lima), Houston Hidalgo (9,off Schmidt); Biggio (16,off Schmidt).  3B–Pittsburgh Martin (3,off Lima), Houston Hidalgo (2,off Schmidt); Spiers (1,off Schmidt).  SH–Lima (2,off Schmidt).  IBB–Bako (3,by Clontz).  SB–Biggio (10,3rd base off Schmidt/Kendall); Everett (8,2nd base off Clontz/Kendall); Hidalgo (2,2nd base off Clontz/Kendall); Bell (8,2nd base off Williams/Kendall).  IBB–Clontz (1,Bako).  U-HP–Charlie Reliford, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Sam Holbrook, 3B–Dana DeMuth.  T–2:39.  A–19,792.
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