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April 29, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 11 14 2
Pirates 3 11 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Astros 11 14 2
Pirates 3 11 1

Al Oliver Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .275
OBP .250 .302
At Bats 4 51
Hits 1 14
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 5

Floyd Bannister Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Three Rivers Stadium - April 29, 1977
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Out
Floyd Bannister
Joe Ferguson
Bob Watson
Rob Sperring
Art Howe
Julio Gonzalez
Art Gardner
Cesar Cedeno
Jose Cruz
Al Oliver

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Houston Astros 11 14 2 7
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 11 1 10
Winning Pitcher Floyd Bannister
Losing Pitcher Jerry Reuss
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Rob Sperring
Attendance 7,186
Time of Game 2 hours 40 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bannister fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Parker hits a line drive into left field. Gardner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Art Gardner now playing left field. Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bannister hits a line drive into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sperring hits a popup towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Howe takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Mario Mendoza now playing shortstop. Grant Jackson now pitching. Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Mario Mendoza pinch hits for Terry Forster. Mendoza hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dyer moves to second.
Bottom 8 Dyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Garner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Howe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stennett hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ferguson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Watson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cruz strikes out.
Bottom 7 Stargell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 7 Parker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Johnson. Parker reaches second base with a double. Taveras scores.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dilone hits a line drive into center field. Cedeno settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Taveras hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bannister strikes out.
Top 7 Terry Forster now pitching. Sperring hits a fly ball into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tommy Helms pinch hits for Odell Jones. Helms is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez misplays the ball. That's an error on Gonzalez. Stennett moves to third. Garner moves to second.
Bottom 6 Garner takes first base on ball four. Stennett moves to second.
Bottom 6 Stennett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Stargell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Watson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bannister covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Oliver hits a line drive into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Garner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Ferguson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Watson hits a fly ball into right field. Parker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Cedeno is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gonzalez scores. Cruz moves to second.
Top 6 Gonzalez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Gonzalez reaches second base with a double. Sperring scores.
Top 6 Bannister bunts towards first. Stargell scoops it up and throws to first, with Stennett covering, for the out. Sperring moves to second.
Top 6 Odell Jones now pitching. Sperring takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Parker hits a line drive towards third. Howe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out. Taveras moves to second.
Bottom 5 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Fernando Gonzalez pinch hits for Larry Demery. Gonzalez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ferguson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gonzalez scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Stennett takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner juggles the ball. That's an error on Garner. Sperring scores. Cruz moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Gonzalez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Larry Demery now pitching. Bannister hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Demery fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sperring hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Parker. Sperring reaches second base with a double. Johnson scores. Howe scores.
Top 4 Howe hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Oliver. Howe reaches second base with a double. Watson scores. Ferguson scores. Johnson moves to third.
Top 4 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Watson moves to third. Ferguson moves to second.
Top 4 Ferguson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Watson moves to second.
Top 4 Watson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Stargell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Oliver hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cruz. Oliver reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Bannister fires to first and has Parker trapped. There's the throw to Gonzalez who tags Parker for the out.
Bottom 3 Parker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Cedeno hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stargell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cruz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gonzalez moves to second.
Top 3 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bannister bunts towards third. Garner fields it, throws to second, with Taveras covering, for one, and over to first, with Stennett covering, for the double play.
Top 3 Sperring takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Taveras strikes out.
Bottom 2 Reuss strikes out.
Bottom 2 Dyer strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ferguson fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ferguson. Garner moves to second.
Bottom 2 Garner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Howe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Garner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Ferguson strikes out.
Top 2 Watson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Taveras scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Stennett strikes out.
Bottom 1 Stargell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Parker scores.
Bottom 1 Oliver strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Parker. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Parker steals second.
Bottom 1 Parker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dilone scores.
Bottom 1 There goes Dilone. The throw from Ferguson and he is safe. Dilone steals second.
Bottom 1 Dilone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Taveras hits a ball on the ground towards third. Howe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Cedeno hits a ball on the ground towards second. Stennett scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gonzalez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.