Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
August 15, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1999 at Astrodome. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Houston Astros 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 4 1 1 1
Benjamin ss 4 0 1 0
Giles cf 4 0 0 0
Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Sveum 3b 3 0 0 0
Morris 2b 3 1 2 1
Brown B. rf 3 0 1 0
  Brown A. rf 0 0 0 0
Osik c 3 0 0 0
Ritchie p 3 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Barker rf,lf 3 0 2 0
  Mieske ph 1 0 0 0
Spiers 3b 2 0 0 0
Bagwell 1b 4 0 1 0
Everett cf 3 0 0 0
Ward lf 4 0 1 0
  Bell rf 0 0 0 0
Johnson 2b 4 0 1 0
Eusebio c 4 0 0 0
  Bako pr 0 0 0 0
Gutierrez ss 4 0 1 0
Reynolds p 3 0 1 0
  Biggio ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 7 0
Pittsburgh 000 000 011251
Houston 000 000 000070
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Ritchie  W (11-8) 8.0 6 0 0 3 4
  Williams  SV (19) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
3
6
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (14-9) 9.0 5 2 2 0 14
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
0
14

  E–Young (18).  2B–Pittsburgh Benjamin (14,off Reynolds), Houston Bagwell (27,off Ritchie).  HR–Pittsburgh Morris (13,8th inning off Reynolds 0 on, 0 out); Martin (19,9th inning off Reynolds 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Spiers (3,off Ritchie).  IBB–Everett (4,by Ritchie).  SB–B Brown (2,2nd base off Reynolds/Eusebio).  CS–B Brown (3,3rd base by Reynolds/Eusebio).  IBB–Ritchie (3,Everett).  U-HP–Ron Kulpa, 1B–Bill Hohn, 2B–Paul Schrieber, 3B–Tom Hallion.  T–2:13.  A–36,231.
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