Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 20, 1999 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 20, 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Biggio 2b 3 2 0 0
Spiers ss 4 0 0 1
Bagwell 1b 4 0 2 3
Everett cf 5 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 5 1 1 0
Ward lf 4 1 2 0
Eusebio c 5 0 1 1
Javier rf 3 1 2 0
Reynolds p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Mieske ph 1 0 0 0
  Powell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Martin lf 3 2 1 0
Benjamin ss 5 1 2 1
Giles cf 4 3 3 2
Young 1b 3 1 1 2
Brown B. rf 5 1 3 4
  Brown A. rf 0 0 0 0
Ramirez 3b 5 0 1 1
Nunez 2b 4 1 2 0
  Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Sveum ph 1 0 0 0
  Sauerbeck p 0 0 0 0
Osik c 4 1 0 0
Cordova p 2 0 0 0
  Schourek p 1 0 0 0
  Garcia p 0 0 0 0
  Morris 2b 1 1 1 0
Totals 38 11 14 10
Houston 130 010 000592
Pittsburgh 206 000 03x11141
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Reynolds  L (16-12) 2.2 7 8 5 4 3
  Miller   1.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Williams   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Powell   2.0 4 3 3 1 4
Totals
8.0
14
11
8
5
11
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Cordova   3.0 6 4 4 3 2
  Schourek  W (4-7) 3.2 3 1 1 2 3
  Garcia   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Wilkins   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Sauerbeck   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
6
7

  E–Biggio (11), Bagwell (8), Benjamin (8).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Houston Caminiti (11,off Schourek), Pittsburgh Giles (33,off Reynolds); Benjamin (26,off Powell).  HR–Pittsburgh B Brown (15,3rd inning off Reynolds 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Reynolds (15,off Cordova).  IBB–Giles (7,by Powell).  SB–Bagwell (27,2nd base off Wilkins/Osik); Martin (19,2nd base off Reynolds/Eusebio); Giles (6,2nd base off Reynolds/Eusebio).  CS–B Brown (4,2nd base by Williams/Eusebio).  WP–Cordova (5).  IBB–Powell (4,Giles).  U-HP–Phil Cuzzi, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Alfonso Marquez, 3B–Brian Gorman.  T–3:07.  A–10,256.
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