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Pirates
@ Astros
Astrodome
September 26, 1997
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on September 26, 1997 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
Date | September 26, 1997 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
Houston Astros
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 26, 1997 |
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Day of Week | Fri |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Esteban Loaiza |
Home Starting Pitcher | Ramon Garcia |
Ballpark | Astrodome |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 37,850 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 18 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Joe West 1B: Jerry Layne 2B: Mike Winters 3B: Brian Gorman |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
Adrian Brown | Center Fielder |
Freddy Garcia | Third Baseman |
Mark Smith | First Baseman |
Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
Keith Osik | Catcher |
Emil Brown | Left Fielder |
Abraham Nunez | Shortstop |
Esteban Loaiza | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Chuck Carr | Center Fielder |
Bobby Abreu | Right Fielder |
Thomas Howard | Left Fielder |
Sean Berry | Third Baseman |
Luis Gonzalez | First Baseman |
Russ Johnson | Second Baseman |
Randy Knorr | Catcher |
Luis Rivera | Shortstop |
Ramon Garcia | Pitcher |
Larry Dierker | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Astros
Astrodome
September 26, 1997
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Garcia
Womack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Garcia
Brown hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Womack trying to get to third. Carr throws the ball in to Berry, who tags Womack for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Garcia
Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Garcia
There goes Brown. The throw from Knorr and he is out, Johnson applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Carr vs. Loaiza
Carr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Carr for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Abreu vs. Loaiza
Abreu hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Abreu for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Loaiza
Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Garcia
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Garcia
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Garcia
Osik hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Garcia
Brown is hit by the pitch. Smith moves to third. Osik moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Nunez vs. Garcia
Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Loaiza
Berry hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brown. Berry reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Loaiza
Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Loaiza
Johnson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Knorr vs. Loaiza
Knorr strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Rivera vs. Loaiza
Rivera strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Loaiza vs. Garcia
Loaiza hits a fly ball into center field. Carr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Garcia
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Garcia
There goes Womack. The throw from Knorr and he is safe. Womack steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Garcia
Garcia spins and fires to second, with Rivera covering, and Womack is picked off. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Garcia
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Loaiza
Garcia strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Carr vs. Loaiza
Carr hits a popup towards third. Garcia settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Abreu vs. Loaiza
Abreu hits a line drive into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Garcia
Garcia strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Garcia
Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gonzalez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Garcia
Guillen is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Garcia
Osik hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Loaiza
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Loaiza
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Loaiza
Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Smith scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gonzalez for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Garcia
Tony Pena now catching. Randy Knorr now playing first base.
Brown hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Abreu who is chasing the ball. Brown reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Nunez vs. Garcia
Nunez hits a ball on the ground for a double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Loaiza vs. Garcia
Loaiza hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Loaiza
Johnson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Knorr vs. Loaiza
Knorr strikes out. The ball gets by Osik. He chases the ball to the backstop. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: --3
Rivera vs. Loaiza
Rivera bunts towards first. Smith scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out. Johnson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Loaiza
Garcia hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Garcia
Womack hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Garcia
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards first. Knorr scoops it up and throws to first, with Garcia covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Garcia
Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Abreu settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Carr vs. Loaiza
Carr hits a popup towards first. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Abreu vs. Loaiza
Abreu strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Loaiza
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garcia fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Garcia. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. Loaiza
Berry takes first base on ball four. Howard moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pena vs. Loaiza
Pena hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Garcia
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guillen vs. Garcia
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Rivera fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Garcia
Osik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Garcia
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Loaiza
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Knorr vs. Loaiza
Knorr hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Rivera vs. Loaiza
Rivera takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. Loaiza
Jeff Bagwell pinch hits for Ramon Garcia.
The umpire calls a balk on Loaiza Rivera moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Bagwell vs. Loaiza
Bagwell hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Carr vs. Loaiza
Carr hits a line drive into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Nunez vs. Henriquez
Oscar Henriquez now pitching.
Nunez hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Pena fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Henriquez
Turner Ward pinch hits for Esteban Loaiza.
Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Henriquez
Womack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Henriquez
There goes Womack. The throw from Pena and he is safe. Womack steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Brown vs. Henriquez
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Garcia vs. Henriquez
Garcia strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Abreu vs. Christiansen
Lou Collier now playing shortstop. Jason Christiansen now pitching. Abraham Nunez now playing second base.
Abreu hits a line drive into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Howard vs. Christiansen
Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Nunez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Christiansen
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Wagner
Billy Wagner now pitching. Craig Biggio now playing second base. Russ Johnson now playing third base.
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Wagner
Guillen strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Wagner
Osik strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/26/1997 -- Pittsburgh at Houston (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Womack T, 2b 3 0 2 0 Carr C, cf 4 0 0 0 Christiansen J, p 0 0 0 0 Abreu B, rf 4 0 0 0 Brown A, cf 3 0 1 0 Howard T, lf 4 0 0 0 Garcia F, 3b 4 0 0 0 Berry S, 3b 3 0 1 0 Smith M, 1b 3 0 1 0 Wagner B, p 0 0 0 0 Guillen J, rf 3 0 0 0 Gonzalez L, 1b 2 0 0 0 Osik K, c 4 0 1 0 Pena T, c 1 0 0 0 Brown E, lf 2 0 1 0 Johnson R, 2b-3b 2 2 2 1 Nunez A, ss-2b 3 0 0 0 Knorr R, c-1b 3 0 0 0 Loaiza E, p 2 0 0 0 Rivera L, ss 1 0 0 1 Ward T, ph 1 0 0 0 Garcia R, p 2 0 0 0 Collier L, ss 0 0 0 0 Bagwell J, ph 1 0 0 0 Henriquez O, p 0 0 0 0 Biggio C, 2b 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 28 0 6 0 27 2 3 2 Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0 Houston 000 010 10x -- 2 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Loaiza E (L) 7.0 3 2 1 3 5 Christiansen J 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Garcia R (W) 7.0 6 0 0 1 3 Henriquez O 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 Wagner B (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 E -- Osik K, Garcia F DP -- Houston 2 LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, Houston 5 2B -- Berry S 3B -- Brown E HR -- Johnson R SB -- Womack T 2, Johnson R CS -- Brown A SH -- Rivera L HBP -- by Garcia R (Brown E), by Garcia R (Guillen J) Balk -- Loaiza E T -- 2:18 A -- 37850
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