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April 26,1974

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (11-9)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (5-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Three Rivers Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

11,145

Time of Game

2:20

Umpires

[HP]: Chris Pelekoudas [1B]: Paul Pryor [2B]: Bob Engel [3B]: Jerry Dale

Houston Astros 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

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9th inning: NP **Willie Stargell hit on the head; left with injury above his left eye**
9th inning: **Debut game for Mario Mendoza**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	11-9		0	0	0		0	0	0		1	2	0			3	11	1		3	4	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	5-11		0	0	0		0	1	1		0	0	2			4	8	2		6	11	24	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	26.198	B	5	0	2	0		0	1	.293		20	471
2	Ollie Brown	rf	30.074	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.233		10	926
	Greg Gross	ph-rf-lf	21.268	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.333		17	30
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	23.060	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.338		20	540
4	Bob Watson	lf-1b	28.016	R	4	1	3	2		0	0	.329		20	615
5	Lee May	1b	31.034	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.268		20	1074
6	Doug Rader	3b	29.270	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.246		19	896
7	Tommy Helms	2b	32.356	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.338		19	1153
8	Johnny Edwards	c	35.320	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.219		10	1425
9	Larry Dierker	p	27.216	R	2	0	1	0		0	1	.273		4	240
	Cliff Johnson	ph	26.278	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	.167		6	18
	Fred Scherman	p	29.275	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		9	221
Totals

Errors: Roger Metzger

2B: Roger Metzger (5), Doug Rader (4)

HR: Bob Watson (3)

RBI: Bob Watson 2 (12), Johnny Edwards (4)

SF: Johnny Edwards (1)

CS: Johnny Edwards (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Rennie Stennett	2b	23.021	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.289		16	303
2	Richie Hebner	3b	26.151	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.368		16	646
3	Al Oliver	1b	27.194	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.307		16	741
4	Willie Stargell	lf	34.051	L	1	0	0	1		1	0	.262		16	1461
5	Dave Parker	cf-rf	22.321	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.317		15	69
6	Richie Zisk	rf	25.079	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.200		14	141
	Gene Clines	cf	27.202	R	1	1	1	0		0	0	.167		12	356
7	Manny Sanguillen	c	30.036	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.278		9	716
8	Frank Taveras	ss	24.123	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.406		12	17
	Paul Popovich	ph	33.251	B	0	0	0	0		1	0	.286		8	603
9	Jim Rooker	p	31.215	R	2	0	1	0		0	0	.429		3	150
	Dave Giusti	p	34.150	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.000		8	452
	Ed Kirkpatrick	ph	29.200	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.412		13	965
Totals

Errors: Rennie Stennett, Richie Zisk

3B: Al Oliver (2)

RBI: Rennie Stennett (10), Willie Stargell (13), Manny Sanguillen (8)

SF: Willie Stargell (3)

HBP: Willie Stargell (1)

GDP: Richie Zisk (1)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Dierker	R		6.0	6	2	2	1	2	0		2.17	1.07		4	248
2	Fred Scherman	L	L 0-1	2.1	1	1	1	0	1	0		1.50	0.75		9	221
3	Ken Forsch	R		0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0		1.00	1.00		6	117
Totals				0.0

WP: Larry Dierker (2)

HB: Fred Scherman (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Dierker (0-0-0), Fred Scherman (0-0-0), Ken Forsch (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Rooker	L		6.2	9	1	1	0	4	0		1.25	1.20		3	150
2	Dave Giusti	R	W 1-1	2.1	2	2	2	0	2	1		5.94	1.68		8	443
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jim Rooker (0-0-0), Dave Giusti (0-0-0)