Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 30, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 30, 1999 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Houston Astros 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 7

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 4 1 1 0
Bagwell 1b 2 1 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 1 1
Everett cf 3 0 0 1
Hidalgo lf 4 1 1 1
Eusebio c 2 0 0 0
Johnson ss 4 0 1 0
Hampton p 2 0 0 0
  McCurry p 0 0 0 0
  Diaz ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Nunez ss 5 0 1 0
Sprague 3b 3 0 0 0
Garcia lf 4 1 1 0
Young 1b 3 0 3 1
Kendall c 4 2 1 0
Guillen rf 3 2 2 0
Ward cf 4 1 1 1
Benjamin 2b 3 1 2 3
Benson p 2 0 0 2
  Osik ph 1 0 0 0
  Clontz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 11 7
Houston 200 000 001341
Pittsburgh 040 120 00x7110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Hampton  L (5-2) 4.2 10 7 5 3 3
  McCurry   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Wagner   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
7
5
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Benson  W (4-3) 8.0 3 2 2 3 7
  Clontz   1.0 1 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
4
9

  E–Johnson (4).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Kendall (3).  2B–Houston Johnson (3,off Benson), Pittsburgh Benjamin 2 (6,off Hampton 2); Young (16,off Hampton); F Garcia (4,off Hampton).  HR–Houston Hidalgo (8,9th inning off Clontz 0 on, 2 out).  SF–Everett (3,off Benson); Young (1,off Hampton).  SH–Benson (2,off Hampton).  IBB–Benjamin (2,by Hampton).  SB–Kendall (14,2nd base off Williams/Eusebio).  WP–Hampton (1).  IBB–Hampton (2,Benjamin).  U-HP–Brian Gorman, 1B–Paul Nauert, 2B–Jerry Crawford, 3B–C.B. Bucknor.  T–2:33.  A–28,905.
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