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Houston Astros 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

August 17,1971

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (60-58)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (72-51)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Three Rivers Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

16,694

Time of Game

2:40

Umpires

[HP]: Bill Williams [1B]: Nick Colosi [2B]: Dick Stello [3B]: Ed Sudol

Houston Astros 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	60-58		1	0	0		0	0	0		5	0	0			6	6	1		3	6	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	72-51		2	0	0		0	2	0		1	0	0			5	9	3		1	2	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Houston Astros - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jesus Alou	lf	29.146	R	3	1	1	1		1	1	.309		91	956
	Jim Ray	p	26.259	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.133		32	160
2	Joe Morgan	2b	27.332	L	5	2	2	0		0	0	.266		119	845
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	20.173	R	5	0	1	2		0	3	.256		119	209
4	Bob Watson	1b	25.129	R	3	0	0	1		1	1	.280		94	261
5	Doug Rader	3b	27.018	R	3	0	0	1		0	1	.248		116	557
6	Jimmy Wynn	rf	29.158	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.211		100	1097
7	Jack Hiatt	c	29.021	R	2	0	1	0		2	0	.285		61	443
8	Roger Metzger	ss	23.311	B	4	1	0	0		0	0	.229		115	116
9	Wade Blasingame	p	27.268	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.182		24	186
	Denis Menke	ph	31.027	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.261		114	1214
	Cesar Geronimo	pr-lf	23.159	L	1	1	0	0		0	1	.231		66	141
Totals

Errors: Bob Watson

2B: Jack Hiatt (8)

3B: Joe Morgan (7)

RBI: Jesus Alou (36), Cesar Cedeno 2 (63), Bob Watson (43), Doug Rader (51), Denis Menke (37)

SF: Bob Watson (2), Doug Rader (5)

SB: Joe Morgan (25)

CS: Joe Morgan (8), Cesar Cedeno (6)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Cash	3b-2b	23.067	R	5	0	1	0		0	0	.304		90	172
2	Gene Clines	cf	24.315	R	3	2	2	0		0	1	.307		73	104
	Al Oliver	ph	24.307	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.271		105	389
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	36.364	R	3	2	2	4		0	0	.325		104	2164
4	Willie Stargell	lf	31.164	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.310		108	1126
5	Manny Sanguillen	c	27.149	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.330		108	392
6	Bob Robertson	1b	24.319	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.264		104	260
7	Gene Alley	ss	31.038	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.237		93	932
	Milt May	ph	21.016	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.231		33	38
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	34.346	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.260		58	2016
	Vic Davalillo	ph-cf	35.017	L	2	1	0	0		0	1	.281		72	1065
9	Luke Walker	p	27.349	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.026		19	138
	Richie Hebner	ph-3b	23.264	L	2	0	0	0		0	1	.280		91	341
Totals

Errors: Dave Cash, Gene Alley, Bill Mazeroski

2B: Gene Clines (8), Bill Mazeroski (3)

3B: Gene Clines (4)

HR: Roberto Clemente (12)

RBI: Roberto Clemente 4 (69), Bob Robertson (56)

SF: Roberto Clemente (3)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Wade Blasingame	L	W 9-9	6.0	7	4	4	0	5	1		4.23	1.34		25	189
2	Jim Ray	R	SV 3	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0		2.37	0.99		32	162
Totals				0.0

WP: Wade Blasingame (9)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Wade Blasingame (0-0-0), Jim Ray (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Luke Walker	L		6.1	4	3	3	4	5	0		3.47	1.26		20	140
2	Bob Miller	R	L 7-5	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2.06	1.30		43	545
3	Bob Veale	L		0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7.41	1.85		26	310
4	Dave Giusti	R		0.2	1	0	0	2	0	0		3.28	1.37		48	304
5	Nelson Briles	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0		3.77	1.43		28	262
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Luke Walker (0-0-0), Bob Miller (0-0-0), Bob Veale (0-0-0), Dave Giusti (0-0-0), Nelson Briles (0-0-0)