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Houston Astros 2 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

July 14,1972

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (48-35)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (49-30)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Three Rivers Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

24,487

Time of Game

2:09

Umpires

[HP]: Chris Pelekoudas [1B]: John Kibler [2B]: Frank Pulli [3B]: Lee Weyer

Houston Astros 2 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	48-35		0	0	0		0	0	2		0	0	0			2	4	1		2	4	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	49-30		1	1	0		2	0	1		0	0	x			5	11	0		1	1	2	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	24.278	B	4	0	1	0		0	0	.211		83	229
2	Norm Miller	cf	26.160	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.211		38	438
3	Jimmy Wynn	rf	30.124	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.280		75	1192
4	Lee May	1b	29.113	R	4	1	1	2		0	1	.283		79	839
5	Bob Watson	lf	26.095	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.298		83	375
6	Doug Rader	3b	27.350	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.246		83	656
7	Johnny Edwards	c	34.034	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.250		59	1288
8	Tommy Helms	2b	31.070	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.245		70	920
9	Larry Dierker	p	25.296	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.200		17	212
	Jesus Alou	ph	30.112	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.273		29	1011
	Bob Stinson	ph	26.277	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.238		17	42
Totals

Errors: Tommy Helms

HR: Lee May (19)

RBI: Lee May 2 (56)

GDP: Norm Miller (3)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rennie Stennett	2b	21.100	R	4	1	0	0		0	0	.289		50	100
2	Vic Davalillo	rf	35.349	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.356		59	1151
3	Al Oliver	cf	25.274	L	3	0	0	0		0	0	.322		78	505
4	Willie Stargell	1b	32.130	L	4	0	1	1		0	2	.285		71	1230
5	Richie Hebner	3b	24.231	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.291		58	420
	Gene Clines	lf	25.282	R	3	1	2	0		0	1	.333		54	182
6	Bob Robertson	lf-3b	25.286	R	4	2	2	0		0	1	.163		60	347
7	Milt May	c	21.348	L	2	1	1	1		1	0	.269		31	85
8	Gene Alley	ss	32.004	R	3	0	2	2		0	0	.278		61	1013
9	Nelson Briles	p	28.344	R	3	0	2	1		0	1	.161		13	276
Totals

2B: Gene Clines (7), Gene Alley (6)

3B: Gene Alley (1)

RBI: Willie Stargell (57), Milt May (7), Gene Alley 2 (26), Nelson Briles (3)

SF: Milt May (2)

HBP: Al Oliver (2)

GDP: Rennie Stennett 2 (8), Al Oliver (4)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R	L 8-5	4.0	8	3	3	1	0	0		3.13	1.14		17	217
2	George Culver	R		3.0	2	1	1	0	5	0		2.86	1.13		26	258
3	Jim York	R		1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		5.84	1.78		9	66
Totals				0.0

HB: George Culver (4)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0), George Culver (0-0-0), Jim York (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Nelson Briles	R	W 8-3	9.0	4	2	2	2	5	1		3.18	1.18		13	284
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Nelson Briles (0-0-0)