Box Score of No-Hitter by Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon

Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon became the first National League pitchers to throw a combined extra inning no-hitter in history and did so versus a powerful lineup anchored by slugger Jeff Bagwell.

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"He (Francisco Cordova) must salivate every time we come in.He'll probably send a limo every time we're in town." - Jeff Bagwell

Francisco Cordova and Ricardo Rincon

Francisco Cordova
Houston Astros
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Craig Biggio 2b 4 0 0 0
Chuck Carr cf 3 0 0 0
Jeff Bagwell 1b 3 0 0 0
Luis Gonzalez lf 3 0 0 0
Derek Bell rf 3 0 0 0
Bill Spiers 3b 4 0 0 0
Brad Ausmus c 4 0 0 0
Tim Bogar ss 3 0 0 0
Billy Wagner p 0 0 0 0
John Hudek p 0 0 0 0
Chris Holt p 2 0 0 0
Ricky Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 0 0
Pittsburgh Pirates
Name Pos AB R H RBI
Tony Womack 2b 4 0 2 0
Jermaine Allensworth cf 4 0 0 0
Al Martin lf 4 0 0 0
Kevin Young 1b 4 0 0 0
Dale Sveum 3b 4 0 0 0
Jason Kendall c 2 1 1 0
Jose Guillen rf 4 0 0 0
Lou Collier ss 3 0 0 0
a-Turner Ward ph 0 1 0 0
Francisco Cordova p 3 0 2 0
Ricardo Rincon p 0 0 0 0
b-Mark Smith ph 1 1 1 3
Totals 33 3 6 3

Hitting & Fielding Notes

a: Bases on balls for Collier in 10th inning.
b: Home run for Rincon in 10th inning.

Caught Stealing: Womack.
Double Play: Spiers-Biggio-Bagwell.
GIDP: Allensworth
Home Run: Smith.
Left on Base: Houston 4, Pittsburgh 4.

Line Score
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 0
Houston Astros
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Chris Holt 7.2 5 0 0 1 1
Billy Wagner 1.1 0 0 0 0 4
John Hudek 0.2 1 3 3 2 1
Pittsburgh Pirates
Name IP H R ER BB SO
Francisco Cordova 9.0 0 0 0 2 10
Ricardo Rincon 1.0 0 0 0 1 1

Pitching Notes

Winning Pitcher: Rincon.
Losing Pitcher: Hudek.
Hit by Pitcher: Carr (by Cordova).

Game Notes

Attendance: 44,119.
Length of Game: 2:39.
Umpires: HP: Tom Hallion, 1B: Jerry Crawfrod, 2B: Ed Montague, 3B: Wally Bell.

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baseball almanac fast facts

Mark Smith, during the tenth inning, slammed a three run pinch-hit home run off John Hudek of Houston to finish off the no-hitter!

Francisco Cordova threw one-hundred twenty-one pitches and seventy-five of them were strikes. Cordova's relief, Ricardo Rincon, threw eighteen pitches and half of them went for strikes!

Did you know that this was the first non-Opening Day sold out game at Three Rivers Stadium in the previous twenty years?