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July 28, 1977

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Top 9 R H E
Astros 4 9 1
Pirates 9 13 0
Top 9 R H E
Astros 4 9 1
Pirates 9 13 0

Wilbur Howard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .215
OBP .000 .250
At Bats 4 107
Hits 0 23
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 4

Jim Rooker Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 5 0
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Three Rivers Stadium - July 28, 1977
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Out
Jim Rooker
Ed Ott
Bill Robinson
Rennie Stennett
Phil Garner
Frank Taveras
Al Oliver
Omar Moreno
Dave Parker
Wilbur Howard
Roger Metzger

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 4 9 1 6
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 13 0 6
Winning Pitcher Jim Rooker
Losing Pitcher Dan Larson
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Oliver
Attendance 16,400
Time of Game 2 hours 17 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Howard hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Julio Gonzalez pinch hits for Gene Pentz. Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Metzger hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Metzger reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Fuller hits a line drive into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Parker for the out.
Bottom 8 Garner hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Taveras strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rooker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Howe 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 8 Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cedeno moves to third.
Top 8 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 8 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cabell scores.
Top 8 Cabell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver who is chasing the ball. Cabell reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Moreno hits a fly ball into right field. Fuller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ott strikes out.
Bottom 7 Gene Pentz now pitching. Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Fuller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rob Sperring pinch hits for Dan Larson. Sperring hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Metzger takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Fuller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Fuller reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Howe hits a line drive towards short. Taveras reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Larson covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 6 Parker takes first base on ball four. Rooker moves to third. Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 6 Garner hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Taveras takes first base on ball four. Rooker moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rooker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Moreno hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ferguson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Watson hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cedeno takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ott hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stennett hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Larson 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 5 Metzger hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Garner, and towards Taveras, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Parker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Fuller 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 4 Howe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Stennett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ferguson strikes out.
Top 4 Watson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Cedeno reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rooker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cabell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Moreno hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ott moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Cabell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howard 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 3 Larson hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Stennett hits a fly ball into right field. Fuller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 There goes Parker. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Howe applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Parker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Garner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 There goes Taveras. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Metzger applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger misplays the ball. That's an error on Metzger.
Top 2 Metzger strikes out.
Top 2 Fuller hits a line drive towards third. Garner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Howe hits a popup towards short. Taveras settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ferguson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Rooker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Howe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Moreno. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Moreno steals second.
Bottom 1 Moreno takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Ott. The throw from Ferguson and he is out, Metzger applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Ott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver scores. Stennett moves to third.
Bottom 1 Stennett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Oliver moves to third.
Bottom 1 Oliver hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garner scores. Parker scores. Robinson moves to third. Oliver moves to second.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Larson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Garner moves to third. Parker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Parker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Garner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Garner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards short. Metzger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There goes Cedeno. The throw from Ott and he is out, Garner applying the tag.
Top 1 Watson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cedeno moves to second.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Cabell hits a fly ball into center field. Moreno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rooker fields it and throws to first for the out.