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Pirates
@ Astros
Astrodome
May 13, 1998
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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 May 13, 1998 at Astrodome.
Game Summary
Date | May 13, 1998 |
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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 | May 13, 1998 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Houston Astros |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jon Lieber |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Hampton |
Ballpark | Astrodome |
City | Houston |
State | TX |
Attendance | 14,239 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Tom Hallion 1B: Jerry Crawford 2B: Bob Davidson 3B: Brian Gorman |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tony Womack | Second Baseman |
Al Martin | Left Fielder |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Kevin Young | First Baseman |
Jermaine Allensworth | Center Fielder |
Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
Kevin Polcovich | Third Baseman |
Lou Collier | Shortstop |
Jon Lieber | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
Derek Bell | Right Fielder |
Bill Spiers | Third Baseman |
Jack Howell | First Baseman |
Moises Alou | Left Fielder |
Richard Hidalgo | Center Fielder |
Brad Ausmus | Catcher |
Tim Bogar | Shortstop |
Mike Hampton | Pitcher |
Larry Dierker | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Astros
Astrodome
May 13, 1998
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Hampton
Womack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Hampton
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howell scoops it up and throws to first, with Hampton covering, for the out. Womack moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Kendall vs. Hampton
Kendall strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Young vs. Hampton
Young hits a popup, foul, towards first. Howell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Lieber
Biggio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Biggio reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Lieber
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Spiers vs. Lieber
Spiers strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Howell vs. Lieber
Howell hits a fly ball into left field. Martin 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: 0-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Hampton
Allensworth strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Hampton
Guillen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Polcovich vs. Hampton
Polcovich hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton 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: 3-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Lieber
Alou takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Hidalgo vs. Lieber
Hidalgo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Polcovich fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ausmus vs. Lieber
The ball gets by Kendall for a passed ball. Hidalgo moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Ausmus vs. Lieber
Ausmus hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Bogar vs. Lieber
Bogar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Lieber covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collier vs. Hampton
Collier hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lieber vs. Hampton
Lieber strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Hampton
Womack hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Hampton
Martin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Hampton vs. Lieber
Hampton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Lieber
Biggio strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Lieber
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Womack catches it and throws to first to double up Hampton. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Hampton
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Young vs. Hampton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Hampton
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Lieber
Spiers hits a line drive into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Lieber
Howell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Lieber
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Howell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Hidalgo vs. Lieber
Hidalgo hits a line drive beyond second. Womack can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Howell scores. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Ausmus vs. Lieber
Ausmus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Alou moves to third. Hidalgo moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Bogar vs. Lieber
Bogar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Polcovich fields it and throws to home to get Alou. Hidalgo moves to third. Ausmus moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Hampton vs. Lieber
Hampton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Womack fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Hampton
Guillen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Polcovich vs. Hampton
Polcovich hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Collier vs. Hampton
Collier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lieber vs. Hampton
Lieber bunts towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. Guillen moves to third. Collier moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -23
Womack vs. Hampton
Womack takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Martin vs. Hampton
Martin hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Lieber
Biggio strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Lieber
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Lieber
Spiers hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Hampton
Kendall is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Hampton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers juggles the ball. That's an error on Spiers. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Allensworth vs. Hampton
Allensworth bunts towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. Kendall moves to third. Young moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Guillen vs. Hampton
Guillen hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Biggio reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -23
Polcovich vs. Hampton
Polcovich hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Howell vs. Lieber
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Lieber
Alou hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hidalgo vs. Lieber
Hidalgo strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Ausmus vs. Lieber
Ausmus hits a line drive into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Collier vs. Hampton
Collier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lieber vs. Hampton
Lieber strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Womack vs. Hampton
Womack hits a fly ball into center field. Hidalgo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bogar vs. Lieber
Bogar strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hampton vs. Lieber
Hampton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Polcovich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Lieber
Biggio strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Hampton
Martin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Hampton
Kendall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Hampton
Young hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Allensworth vs. Hampton
Allensworth hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ausmus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Lieber
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Lieber
Spiers hits a popup off the glove of Collier, and into shallow left field. Spiers reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Howell vs. Lieber
Howell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Lieber covering, for the out. Spiers moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: --3
Alou vs. Lieber
Alou is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Hidalgo vs. Lieber
Hidalgo hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Hampton
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bogar fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Polcovich vs. Hampton
Polcovich bunts towards the mound. Hampton fields it and throws to first for the out. Guillen moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Collier vs. Hampton
Collier hits a line drive beyond short. Bogar can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hidalgo throws the ball in to Howell who tags Collier trying to return to first, for the out. Guillen moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Ward vs. Wagner
Turner Ward pinch hits for Jon Lieber. Billy Wagner now pitching.
Ward strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/13/1998 -- Pittsburgh at Houston (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI Womack T, 2b 2 0 1 0 Biggio C, 2b 4 0 1 0 Martin A, lf 4 0 0 0 Bell D, rf 4 0 0 0 Kendall J, c 3 0 1 0 Spiers B, 3b 4 0 1 0 Young K, 1b 4 0 0 0 Howell J, 1b 4 1 1 0 Allensworth J, cf 3 0 0 0 Alou M, lf 2 0 2 0 Guillen J, rf 3 0 2 0 Hidalgo R, cf 4 0 1 1 Polcovich K, 3b 3 0 0 0 Ausmus B, c 3 0 1 0 Collier L, ss 4 0 2 0 Bogar T, ss 3 0 0 0 Lieber J, p 2 0 0 0 Hampton M, p 2 0 0 0 Ward T, ph 1 0 0 0 Wagner B, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 29 0 6 0 30 1 7 1 Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0 Houston 000 100 00x -- 1 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Lieber J (L) 8.0 7 1 1 3 6 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Hampton M (W) 8.2 6 0 0 3 5 Wagner B (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 E -- Spiers B DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Houston 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, Houston 8 2B -- Biggio C, Spiers B SH -- Lieber J, Allensworth J, Polcovich K HBP -- by Hampton M (Kendall J) PB -- Kendall J T -- 2:16 A -- 14239
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