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April 26, 1974

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 3 11 0
Pirates 3 8 2
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Astros 3 11 1
Pirates 4 8 2

Ed Kirkpatrick Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .438
OBP .000 .565
At Bats 0 16
Hits 0 7
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 0 1

Ken Forsch Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 2
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Ken Forsch
Johnny Edwards
Bob Watson
Tommy Helms
Doug Rader
Roger Metzger
Greg Gross
Cesar Cedeno
Bob Gallagher
Ed Kirkpatrick
Paul Popovich
Manny Sanguillen
Gene Clines

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 3 11 1 7
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 8 2 7
Winning Pitcher Dave Giusti
Losing Pitcher Fred Scherman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 11,145
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Ed Kirkpatrick pinch hits for Dave Giusti. Kirkpatrick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger. Clines scores. Sanguillen moves to third. Popovich moves to second. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Paul Popovich pinch hits for Frank Taveras. Popovich is walked intentionally.
Bottom 9 Ken Forsch now pitching. Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mendoza scores. Clines moves to third. Sanguillen moves to second.
Bottom 9 Clines hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mendoza moves to second.
Bottom 9 Mario Mendoza pinch runs for Willie Stargell. Parker strikes out.
Bottom 9 Stargell is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Metzger hits a line drive into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Scherman strikes out.
Top 9 Edwards hits a ball on the ground towards first. Oliver scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Edwards for the out.
Bottom 8 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Greg Gross now playing left field. Bob Watson now playing first base. Bob Gallagher now playing right field. Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Helms hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rader hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 May hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sanguillen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Watson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Dave Parker now playing right field. Gene Clines now playing center field. Cedeno hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Giusti hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Edwards fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Taveras for the out.
Bottom 7 Greg Gross now playing right field. Fred Scherman now pitching. Sanguillen hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dave Giusti now pitching. Greg Gross pinch hits for Ollie Brown. Gross is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Larry Milbourne pinch runs for Cliff Johnson. Metzger hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Metzger reaches second base with a double. Milbourne moves to third.
Top 7 Cliff Johnson pinch hits for Larry Dierker. Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Edwards hits a fly ball into center field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rader tags and scores.
Top 7 Helms hits a line drive towards second. Stennett catches it, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Rader moves to third.
Top 7 Rader hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stargell. Rader reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Parker hits a fly ball into left field. Watson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Stargell hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Oliver tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Brown who is chasing the ball. Oliver reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Watson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 6 Cedeno hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Stargell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Metzger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hebner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stennett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taveras scores. Rooker moves to second.
Bottom 5 Rooker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 5 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dierker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Zisk strikes out.
Top 5 Dierker bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 5 There goes Edwards. The throw from Sanguillen and he is out, Taveras applying the tag.
Top 5 Edwards hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Helms hits a fly ball into center field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Parker hits a line drive into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Stargell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 4 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Helms fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Hebner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Stennett hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rader hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 May hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rooker hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops it up and throws to first, with Dierker covering, for the out.
Top 3 Brown is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Metzger hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dierker moves to second.
Top 3 Dierker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Edwards hits a line drive towards short. Taveras catches it and throws to first to double up Helms.
Top 3 Helms hits a fly ball towards right. Zisk settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Zisk.
Bottom 2 Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rader fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards first. May scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stargell for the out.
Top 2 Rader hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hebner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hebner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Stennett scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Metzger strikes out.