Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
September 2, 1990 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1990 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 7, Houston Astros 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Backman 2b 3 2 3 0
  Lind 2b 2 1 1 0
Bell ss 5 1 2 1
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 1
Bonilla rf 3 0 1 2
Bonds lf 4 0 1 0
Bream 1b 4 1 2 0
LaValliere c 2 1 0 0
King 3b 4 1 1 3
Smiley p 3 0 0 0
  Power p 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 7
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Yelding cf 5 1 2 1
Ramirez ss 4 1 1 1
Biggio c 2 0 0 1
Davis 1b 4 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 1 0
Davidson rf 3 1 1 0
  Candaele ph 1 0 0 0
Stubbs lf 4 1 2 2
Rohde 2b 3 1 1 0
Darwin p 1 0 0 0
  Cedeno ph 1 0 0 0
  Osuna p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 0 0 0 1
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 0 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Pittsburgh 101 003 2007121
Houston 000 003 201690
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (8-7) 7.0 6 5 5 1 5
  Power   1.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Kipper  SV (3) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
6
6
1
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (10-2) 6.0 9 5 5 2 4
  Osuna   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
  Schatzeder   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
7
7
2
8

  E–Bonilla (14).  2B–Pittsburgh Van Slyke (18,off Darwin); Bream (20,off Darwin); Bell 2 (23,off Osuna,off Schatzeder), Houston Stubbs (18,off Smiley).  3B–Pittsburgh Lind (4,off Osuna), Houston Yelding (5,off Smiley); Ramirez (3,off Smiley).  HR–Pittsburgh King (10,6th inning off Darwin 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Bonilla (11,off Osuna); Biggio (1,off Smiley); Wilson (4,off Smiley).  HBP–Biggio (3,by Smiley).  CS–Bream (4,3rd base by Darwin/Biggio); Yelding (22,2nd base by Smiley/LaValliere).  SB–Davis (6,2nd base off Smiley/LaValliere).  WP–Osuna (1).  BK–Darwin (2).  HBP–Smiley (2,Biggio).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Ed Montague, 2B–Bob Davidson, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:47.  A–16,598.
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