Houston Astros 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Regular Season Game 109
Played on Friday, July 31, 1998 (N) at Three Rivers Stadium
HOU N 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 - 7 10 1 PIT N 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 4 12 1
Houston Astros AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Biggio 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 Spiers 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 Bell rf 4 1 0 0 1 3 2 0 Bagwell 1b 4 3 2 1 1 1 15 0 Alou lf 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 Everett cf 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 Eusebio c 4 0 1 2 0 1 5 2 Gutierrez ss 1 0 0 1 2 0 3 3 Powell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nitkowski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hampton p 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Magnante p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bogar ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 35 7 10 7 5 9 27 14 FIELDING - E: Gutierrez (11). PB: Eusebio 2 (4). BATTING - 2B: Spiers (21,off Cordova); Everett (28,off Cordova); Hampton (3,off Cordova). HR: Bagwell (23,9th inning off Williams 0 on 1 out). SF: Gutierrez (5,off Cordova). HBP: Spiers (3,by Cordova). GDP: Spiers (9,off Dessens). Team LOB: 8. BASERUNNING - SB: Alou (8,3rd base off Cordova/Kendall); Everett (13,2nd base off Cordova/Kendall); Spiers (7,2nd base off Cordova/Kendall).
Pittsburgh Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO PO A Womack 2b,ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 4 4 Kendall c 5 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 Smith lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 Young 1b 5 2 3 1 0 0 9 0 Guillen rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 M. Martinez cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 Ramirez 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 Polcovich ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 Ward ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Strange 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cordova p 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 McCurry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Collier ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Dessens p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Osik ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Martin ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 39 4 12 4 1 6 27 11 FIELDING - DP: 1. Womack-Polcovich-Young. E: Polcovich (15). BATTING - 2B: Young 2 (26,off Hampton 2); Guillen (30,off Hampton). HR: Young (21,7th inning off Hampton 0 on 0 out). Team LOB: 9. BASERUNNING - SB: Womack (41,2nd base off Henry/Eusebio). CS: Polcovich (2,2nd base by Hampton/Eusebio).
PITCHING
Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Hampton W(9-5) 6.2 6 3 3 1 4 1 27 Magnante 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 Powell 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 Nitkowski 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Henry SV(2) 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 5 Totals 9 12 4 4 1 6 1 40 Inherited Runners - Scored: Magnante 2-0; Powell 3-0; Nitkowski 2-0. .
Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP Cordova L(9-9) 6.1 7 6 6 5 6 0 32 McCurry 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Dessens 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Williams 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 4 Totals 9 10 7 7 5 9 1 42 HBP: Cordova (3,Spiers). Inherited Runners - Scored: McCurry 2-1. . Umpires: HP - Steve Rippley, 1B - Brian Gibbons, 2B - Gary Darling, 3B - Larry Poncino Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 32476 Starting Lineups: Houston Astros Pittsburgh Pirates 1. Biggio 2b Womack 2b 2. Spiers 3b Kendall c 3. Bell rf Smith lf 4. Bagwell 1b Young 1b 5. Alou lf Guillen rf 6. Everett cf M. Martinez cf 7. Eusebio c Ramirez 3b 8. Gutierrez ss Polcovich ss 9. Hampton p Cordova p ASTROS 1ST: Biggio popped to second; Spiers doubled to right; Bell struck out; Bagwell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. PIRATES 1ST: Womack grounded out (pitcher to first); Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 0, Pirates 0. ASTROS 2ND: Alou walked; Everett singled to right [Alou to second]; Eusebio struck out; Alou stole third and Everett stole second; Gutierrez out on a sacrifice fly to left [Alou scored]; Hampton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 0. PIRATES 2ND: Young doubled to right; Eusebio allowed a passed ball [Young to third]; Guillen struck out; M. Martinez grounded out (pitcher to first) [Young scored]; Ramirez singled to left; Eusebio allowed a passed ball [Ramirez to second]; Polcovich lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 1. ASTROS 3RD: Biggio grounded out (third to first); Spiers grounded out (second to first); Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 3RD: Cordova grounded out (first unassisted); Womack grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 1. ASTROS 4TH: Bagwell grounded out (third to first); Alou popped to second; Everett singled to center; Eusebio popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 4TH: Smith grounded out (third to first); Young doubled to left; Guillen grounded out (shortstop to first); M. Martinez flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 1. ASTROS 5TH: Gutierrez walked; On a bunt Hampton made an out to catcher; Biggio was called out on strikes; Spiers flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 1. PIRATES 5TH: Ramirez struck out; Polcovich reached on an error by Gutierrez; Polcovich was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cordova struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Astros 1, Pirates 1. ASTROS 6TH: Bell walked; Bagwell singled to third [Bell to second]; Alou struck out; Everett doubled to left [Bell scored, Bagwell scored, Everett to third (error by Polcovich)]; Eusebio grounded out (third to first) [Everett scored]; Gutierrez walked; Hampton doubled to center [Gutierrez to third]; Biggio grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Astros 4, Pirates 1. PIRATES 6TH: Womack grounded out (first unassisted); Kendall grounded out (third to first); Smith grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 4, Pirates 1. ASTROS 7TH: Spiers was hit by a pitch; Spiers stole second; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Spiers to third]; Bagwell walked; Alou singled to third [Spiers scored, Bagwell to second]; MCCURRY REPLACED CORDOVA (PITCHING); Everett forced Alou (third to second) [Bagwell to third]; Eusebio singled to shortstop [Bagwell scored, Everett to third]; Gutierrez lined to third; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 6, Pirates 1. PIRATES 7TH: Young homered; Guillen doubled to left; M. Martinez grounded out (third to first); Ramirez grounded out (second to first); Polcovich singled to center [Guillen scored]; COLLIER BATTED FOR MCCURRY; Collier walked [Polcovich to second]; MAGNANTE REPLACED HAMPTON (PITCHING); Womack singled to pitcher [Polcovich to third, Collier to second]; POWELL REPLACED GUTIERREZ (PITCHING); BOGAR REPLACED MAGNANTE (PLAYING SS); Kendall flied to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Astros 6, Pirates 3. ASTROS 8TH: DESSENS REPLACED COLLIER (PITCHING); Bogar struck out; Biggio singled to shortstop; Spiers grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Biggio out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 6, Pirates 3. PIRATES 8TH: Smith singled to left; Young grounded out (second to first) [Smith to second]; Guillen popped to second; M. Martinez singled to center [Smith scored]; Ramirez singled to first [M. Martinez to second]; WARD BATTED FOR POLCOVICH; NITKOWSKI REPLACED POWELL (PITCHING); Ward grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 6, Pirates 4. ASTROS 9TH: WOMACK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); WILLIAMS REPLACED DESSENS (PITCHING); STRANGE REPLACED WARD (PLAYING 2B); Bell struck out; Bagwell homered; Alou struck out; Everett grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 7, Pirates 4. PIRATES 9TH: OSIK BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; HENRY REPLACED NITKOWSKI (PITCHING); MARTIN BATTED FOR OSIK; Martin struck out; Womack singled to left; Womack stole second; Kendall singled to center [Womack to third]; Smith struck out; Young flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 7, Pirates 4. Final Totals R H E LOB Astros 7 10 1 8 Pirates 4 12 1 9
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