Pittsburgh Pirates (9) Houston Astros (6)

| 1975

Date of Game: Sunday, August 31, 1975
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium

Houston Astros (NL)	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
Record: 52-86	Record: 75-58
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Attendance: 14,507 Time of Game: 2:42

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Dave Parker 1B in 1st inning (22.16)

Milt May 2B in 1st inning (17.77)

Cesar Cedeno 1B in 6th inning (12.61)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	6	11	0
Pittsburgh Pirates	4	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	x	9	14	4

Houston Astros Batting Stats

Houston Astros	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Wilbur Howard	lf	26.235	5	3	2	0	0	0	.311	99	179	0	19	23
Jerry Davanon	2b-ss	30.010	4	1	1	0	1	0	.274	25	185	1	9	2
Cesar Cedeno	cf	24.187	4	1	2	2	1	1	.280	109	789	9	47	42
Bob Watson	1b	29.143	5	0	1	0	0	0	.333	118	863	18	85	2
Jose Cruz	rf	28.023	3	1	1	2	1	0	.272	102	546	8	47	5
Milt May	c	25.030	5	0	2	2	0	0	.251	93	431	4	45	1
Doug Rader	3b	31.032	3	0	0	0	2	0	.225	121	1150	10	44	5
Roger Metzger	ss	27.326	3	0	0	0	0	0	.241	109	703	2	24	3
Cliff Johnson	ph	28.040	1	0	0	0	0	0	.291	102	197	15	54	0
Rob Andrews	pr-2b	22.263	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	82	82	0	15	6
Dave Roberts	p	30.354	1	0	1	0	0	0	.153	28	234	0	5	0
Jose Sosa	p	22.246	1	0	1	0	0	0	.400	18	18	1	3	0
Ken Boswell	ph	29.189	1	0	0	0	0	0	.242	74	755	0	19	0
Joe Niekro	p	30.297	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	31	267	0	0	0
Greg Gross	ph	23.030	1	0	0	0	0	1	.300	115	284	0	40	2
Wayne Granger	p	31.169	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	53	421	0	0	0
Jim Crawford	p	24.336	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	38	86	0	2	0
Totals:			37	6	11	6	5	2	.297	1317	7190

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Rennie Stennett	2b	24.148	5	1	3	0	0	1	.278	126	570	6	55	5
Manny Sanguillen	c	31.163	4	2	1	0	1	1	.322	109	967	7	45	6
Al Oliver	cf	28.321	4	0	1	1	0	0	.279	129	1001	16	71	4
Bob Robertson	1b	28.333	4	2	2	2	0	1	.264	64	676	6	16	0
Richie Zisk	lf	26.206	3	1	1	1	0	1	.281	123	399	16	56	0
Bill Robinson	lf	32.066	1	1	1	0	0	0	.282	73	694	4	29	3
Dave Parker	rf	24.083	4	1	3	3	0	0	.315	121	248	20	76	8
Richie Hebner	3b	27.279	2	0	0	1	1	0	.257	110	884	14	48	0
Frank Taveras	ss	25.250	4	1	2	0	0	0	.206	108	239	0	15	13
Larry Demery	p	22.088	0	0	0	0	1	0	.143	43	64	0	0	0
Bruce Kison	p	25.194	0	0	0	0	0	0	.118	27	123	0	3	1
Dock Ellis	p	30.173	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	22	253	0	1	0
Ed Kirkpatrick	ph	30.327	1	0	0	0	0	1	.226	75	1143	4	13	1
Dave Giusti	p	35.278	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	51	559	0	1	0
Totals:			33	9	14	8	3	6	.424	1181	7820

Game Stats

2B: Milt May (13), Al Oliver (32), Dave Parker (25), Manny Sanguillen (21), Jose Sosa (1), Richie Zisk (22)
3B: Dave Parker (9)
HR: Jose Cruz (8), Bob Robertson (6)
RBIs: Cesar Cedeno 2 (47), Jose Cruz 2 (47), Richie Hebner (48), Milt May 2 (45), Al Oliver (71), Dave Parker 3 (76), Bob Robertson 2 (16), Richie Zisk (56)
SH: Bruce Kison (10)
SF: Jose Cruz (6), Richie Hebner (4)
GDP: Jerry Davanon (3), Milt May (6), Manny Sanguillen (12)

Houston Astros Pitching Stats

Houston Astros	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Dave Roberts	30.354	1.2	6	5	5	2	1	0	4.36	1.27	0	0	0	29	238
Jose Sosa (L 0-3)	22.246	3.1	4	2	2	1	1	1	4.33	1.81	0	0	0	18	18
Joe Niekro	30.297	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.52	1.41	0	0	0	32	276
Wayne Granger	31.169	0.1	2	2	2	0	1	0	3.42	1.32	0	0	0	53	421
Jim Crawford	24.336	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.60	1.51	0	0	0	38	86
Pitching Totals:		8	14	9	9	3	6	1			0	0	0	170	1039

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Larry Demery	22.088	2.2	7	4	4	1	0	1	2.82	1.16	0	0	0	40	59
Bruce Kison (W 10-11)	25.194	2.1	3	1	1	3	0	0	3.43	1.30	0	0	0	27	124
Dock Ellis	30.173	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.76	1.40	0	0	0	22	221
Dave Giusti (Sv 15)	35.278	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	2.45	1.23	0	0	0	51	550
Pitching Totals:		9	11	6	5	5	2	1			0	0	0	140	954

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Jose Sosa;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Roberts 0-0-0; Jose Sosa 0-0-0; Joe Niekro 0-0-0; Wayne Granger 0-0-0; Jim Crawford 0-0-0; Larry Demery 0-0-0; Bruce Kison 0-0-0; Dock Ellis 0-0-0; Dave Giusti 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Dave Roberts 12; Jose Sosa 14; Joe Niekro 4; Wayne Granger 3; Jim Crawford 5; Larry Demery 15; Bruce Kison 11; Dock Ellis 6; Dave Giusti 11;
Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 14,507
Umpires: Home: Paul Pryor 1B Nick Colosi 2B John McSherry 3B Chris Pelekoudas

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