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Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Houston Astros 6

July 4,1972

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (43-26)

Home Team

Houston Astros (44-29)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Astrodome

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

31,164

Time of Game

2:28

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Williams [1B]: John McSherry [2B]: Frank Pulli [3B]: Tom Gorman

Pittsburgh Pirates 0 Houston Astros 6

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9th inning: D7 **Astros manager Walker ejected by 1B umpire McSherry**
9th inning: D7 **for arguing that Oliver missed 1st on his double**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	43-26		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			0	8	1		1	1	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Houston Astros	HOU	44-29		2	0	0		0	1	1		2	0	x			6	14	0		2	4	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Gene Clines	rf	25.272	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.340		45	173
2	Dave Cash	2b	24.023	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.270		56	261
3	Vic Davalillo	lf	35.339	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.348		50	1142
4	Willie Stargell	1b	32.120	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.296		61	1220
5	Al Oliver	cf	25.264	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.322		68	495
6	Manny Sanguillen	c	28.105	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.335		66	488
7	Bob Robertson	3b	25.276	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.150		52	339
8	Gene Alley	ss	31.360	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.279		52	1004
9	Nelson Briles	p	28.334	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.120		11	274
	Rennie Stennett	ph	21.090	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		41	91
Totals

Errors: Gene Clines

2B: Al Oliver (12)

GDP: Bob Robertson (3)

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Roger Metzger	ss	24.268	B	5	0	1	0		0	1	.207		73	219
2	Cesar Cedeno	cf	21.130	R	4	2	1	0		1	1	.341		67	312
3	Jimmy Wynn	rf	30.114	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.278		65	1182
4	Lee May	1b	29.103	R	4	1	2	1		1	0	.286		69	829
5	Bob Watson	lf	26.085	R	5	1	2	2		0	0	.307		73	365
6	Doug Rader	3b	27.340	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.240		73	646
7	Tommy Helms	2b	31.060	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.260		60	910
8	Larry Howard	c	27.028	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.250		21	71
9	Larry Dierker	p	25.286	R	3	0	2	2		0	0	.214		15	210
Totals

2B: Cesar Cedeno (18)

RBI: Lee May (47), Bob Watson 2 (50), Doug Rader (48), Larry Dierker 2 (4)

SH: Larry Dierker (5)

GDP: Bob Watson (4)

SB: Cesar Cedeno (22)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Nelson Briles	R	L 6-3	5.1	11	4	4	1	4	0		3.22	1.27		11	282
2	Bob Miller	R		1.1	3	2	2	1	0	0		2.30	1.50		22	580
3	Luke Walker	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3.69	1.55		15	163
4	Ramon Hernandez	L		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.31	0.82		24	87
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Nelson Briles (0-0-0), Bob Miller (0-0-0), Luke Walker (0-0-0), Ramon Hernandez (0-0-0)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R	W 8-4	9.0	8	0	0	0	4	0		2.66	1.05		15	215
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0)