Pirates @ Astros
August 22, 1996

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 11 0
Astros 6 13 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 11 0
Astros 6 13 1

Bill Spiers Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .234
OBP .500 .292
At Bats 3 154
Hits 1 36
• Singles 0 24
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 1 12
RBI’s 1 17

John Ericks Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 3
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Astrodome - August 22, 1996
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Strikeout
John Ericks
Jason Kendall
Mark Johnson
Jeff King
John Wehner
Jay Bell
Al Martin
Jermaine Allensworth
Dave Clark
Bill Spiers

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 11 0 8
Houston Astros 6 13 1 8
Winning Pitcher Marc Wilkins
Losing Pitcher Billy Wagner
Save John Ericks
Game Winning RBI Jeff King
Attendance 14,899
Time of Game 3 hours 20 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Spiers strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Bagwell hits a line drive into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 John Ericks now pitching. Jermaine Allensworth now playing center field. Biggio strikes out.
Top 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Denny Neagle pinch hits for Marc Wilkins. Neagle bunts towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. Clark moves to third. Johnson moves to second.
Top 9 Johnson is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Clark hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Hunter. Clark reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Xavier Hernandez now pitching. King hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 9 Alvin Morman now pitching. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell fields the ball and throws to Morman covering. Safe. Kendall moves to third. Allensworth moves to second.
Top 9 Jermaine Allensworth pinch hits for Mike Kingery. Allensworth takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Wehner bunts towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Biggio covering, for the out. Kendall moves to second.
Top 9 Billy Wagner now pitching. Kirt Manwaring now catching. Kendall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hunter is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 8 Cangelosi takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Derrick May pinch hits for Danny Darwin. May strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gutierrez bunts towards first. Johnson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gutierrez for the out. Hunter moves to second.
Bottom 8 Marc Wilkins now pitching. John Wehner now playing third base. Hunter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out.
Top 8 Hayes hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Cangelosi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Eusebio strikes out.
Bottom 7 Spiers hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bagwell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Biggio hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Cangelosi hits a fly ball into center field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clark hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Biggio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 King hits a line drive into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Martin tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Darwin fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Darwin. Martin moves to third.
Top 7 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Darwin is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Gutierrez strikes out.
Bottom 6 Francisco Cordova now pitching. Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Nelson Liriano pinch hits for Esteban Loaiza. Liriano hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Liriano for the out.
Top 6 Danny Darwin now pitching. Kendall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hayes scores. Bell moves to second.
Top 6 Bell hits a line drive towards the mound. Drabek can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Hayes moves to second.
Top 6 Hayes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clark scores.
Top 6 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clark moves to third.
Top 6 Clark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cangelosi. Clark reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 King hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Johnson scoops it up and throws to first, with Loaiza covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell strikes out.
Top 5 Martin bunts towards the mound. Drabek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Loaiza bunts towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. Kendall moves to third.
Top 5 Kendall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cangelosi. Kendall reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Bagwell hits a line drive into right field. Clark settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Biggio takes first base on ball four. Gutierrez moves to third. Drabek moves to second.
Bottom 4 Cangelosi hits a line drive into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Drabek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Eusebio scores. Gutierrez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Eusebio moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hunter hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. King reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Eusebio hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kingery. Eusebio reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Bell strikes out.
Top 4 Hayes takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Hunter. Johnson reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabek covering, for the out.
Top 4 King is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards second base. King fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Cangelosi moves to third.
Bottom 3 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cangelosi moves to second.
Bottom 3 Cangelosi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Martin for the out.
Top 3 Kingery hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bell tags and scores.
Top 3 Loaiza bunts towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third. Kendall moves to second.
Top 3 Kendall hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Drabek strikes out.
Bottom 2 Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hunter moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Spiers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Clark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabek covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cangelosi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Kingery hits a fly ball into left field. Cangelosi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.