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Houston Astros 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 8

May 1,1972

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (11-4)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (5-9)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Three Rivers Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

4,788

Time of Game

2:40

Umpires

[HP]: Shag Crawford [1B]: Chris Pelekoudas [2B]: Mel Steiner [3B]: Jerry Dale

Houston Astros 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 8

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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	11-4		0	0	0		0	4	3		0	0	2			9	13	2		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	5-9		1	0	0		2	0	4		0	0	1			8	16	2		5	9	19	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	Roger Metzger	ss	24.204	B	4	1	1	0		0	1	.119		15	161
2	Cesar Cedeno	cf	21.066	R	4	1	3	0		1	0	.412		12	257
3	Jimmy Wynn	rf	30.050	R	5	2	3	4		0	1	.379		15	1132
4	Lee May	1b	29.039	R	4	1	1	0		1	2	.306		15	775
5	Bob Watson	lf	26.021	R	3	0	1	1		2	0	.241		15	307
6	Doug Rader	3b	27.276	R	4	1	1	0		1	0	.276		15	588
7	Tommy Helms	2b	30.362	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.213		15	865
8	Johnny Edwards	c	33.326	L	5	2	2	3		0	0	.319		13	1242
9	Dave Roberts	p	27.233	L	3	0	0	0		0	1	.000		4	103
	Norm Miller	ph	26.086	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.300		7	407
Totals

Errors: Roger Metzger, Cesar Cedeno

2B: Jimmy Wynn (3)

HR: Jimmy Wynn (5), Johnny Edwards (3)

RBI: Jimmy Wynn 4 (16), Bob Watson (9), Tommy Helms (8), Johnny Edwards 3 (9)

SH: Roger Metzger (1)

SF: Tommy Helms (1)

GDP: Jimmy Wynn (1), Doug Rader 2 (2)

CS: Cesar Cedeno (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Cash	2b	23.325	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.262		9	214
2	Rennie Stennett	lf	21.026	R	5	1	3	1		0	0	.425		13	63
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	37.257	R	5	2	3	3		0	0	.288		13	2205
4	Manny Sanguillen	c	28.041	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.379		14	436
5	Al Oliver	1b	25.200	L	4	0	2	1		1	1	.390		14	441
6	Gene Clines	cf	25.208	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.167		10	138
	Willie Stargell	ph	32.056	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.204		13	1172
7	Richie Hebner	3b	24.157	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.308		14	376
8	Gene Alley	ss	31.296	R	4	1	3	1		0	0	.500		9	961
9	Steve Blass	p	30.013	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.286		4	214
	Jose Pagan	ph	36.362	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		7	1203
	Dave Giusti	p	32.156	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		7	330
Totals

Errors: Gene Clines, Gene Alley

2B: Rennie Stennett 2 (3), Roberto Clemente (3)

HR: Roberto Clemente (1)

RBI: Rennie Stennett (6), Roberto Clemente 3 (3), Al Oliver (12), Gene Clines (1), Gene Alley (5)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Roberts	L		5.2	12	5	5	1	3	0		5.04	1.84		4	105
2	George Culver	R		1.1	2	2	2	0	0	1		3.09	1.29		6	238
3	Jim Ray	R	W 4-0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		2.76	1.04		8	183
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Roberts (0-0-0), George Culver (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	Steve Blass	R		6.0	8	7	7	3	4	2		5.11	1.30		4	221
2	Dave Giusti	R	L 0-2	2.2	5	2	2	3	1	0		4.22	1.78		7	321
3	Ramon Hernandez	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.55		6	69
Totals				0.0

WP: Dave Giusti (1)

BK: Steve Blass (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Steve Blass (0-0-0), Dave Giusti (0-0-0), Ramon Hernandez (0-0-0)