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Houston Astros 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 9

July 20,1976

Visiting Team

Houston Astros (49-45)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (49-39)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Three Rivers Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

0

Time of Game

2:29

Umpires

[HP]: Bob Engel [1B]: Bruce Froemming [2B]: Jerry Dale [3B]: Ed Sudol

Houston Astros 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 9

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1st inning: **Debut game for Joe Sambito**
8th inning: FC6/RINT.3-3;2X2(6);B-1 **Rennie Stennett called interference on ground ball**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Houston Astros	HOU	49-45		0	1	0		3	0	1		0	0	0			5	10	1		3	6	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	49-39		6	1	0		0	1	0		0	1	x			9	12	1		2	3	5	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	Rob Andrews	2b	23.222	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.285		62	165
2	Enos Cabell	3b	26.286	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.301		81	313
3	Cesar Cedeno	cf	25.146	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.299		83	894
4	Bob Watson	1b	30.101	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.276		90	967
5	Leon Roberts	rf	25.180	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.322		51	197
6	Cliff Johnson	lf	28.364	R	3	2	1	0		1	0	.227		69	286
7	Jerry Davanon	ss	30.334	R	4	2	2	3		0	0	.359		29	221
8	Skip Jutze	c	30.053	R	3	0	2	1		0	0	.159		34	203
	Greg Gross	ph	23.354	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.304		75	376
	Joe Sambito	p	24.022	L	2	0	0	0		0	2	.000		1	1
	Ken Boswell	ph	30.148	L	0	0	0	1		0	0	.289		53	820
	Jose Cruz	ph	28.347	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.308		68	632
Totals

Errors: Leon Roberts

2B: Enos Cabell (9), Cesar Cedeno (17), Skip Jutze (2)

3B: Skip Jutze (3)

HR: Jerry Davanon (1)

RBI: Jerry Davanon 3 (14), Skip Jutze (6), Ken Boswell (10)

SF: Ken Boswell (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Frank Taveras	ss	26.209	R	3	2	1	0		1	1	.260		78	343
2	Rennie Stennett	2b	25.106	R	5	1	2	0		0	0	.257		83	675
3	Al Oliver	cf	29.280	L	5	1	1	1		0	0	.351		79	1106
4	Willie Stargell	1b	36.136	L	4	1	2	1		0	0	.254		67	1776
5	Richie Zisk	lf	27.165	R	5	1	2	2		0	1	.291		84	507
6	Bill Robinson	rf	33.024	R	3	2	1	0		1	1	.343		65	778
7	Richie Hebner	3b	28.237	L	3	1	1	1		1	1	.222		67	969
8	Manny Sanguillen	c	32.121	R	3	0	2	4		0	0	.290		75	1065
9	John Candelaria	p	22.257	L	2	0	0	0		1	0	.140		18	35
	Kent Tekulve	p	29.137	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		33	75
Totals

Errors: Al Oliver

2B: Willie Stargell (11), Bill Robinson (15)

3B: Manny Sanguillen (5)

RBI: Al Oliver (51), Willie Stargell (38), Richie Zisk 2 (50), Richie Hebner (24), Manny Sanguillen 4 (24)

SF: Willie Stargell (2), Manny Sanguillen (3)

HBP: Frank Taveras (1)

GDP: Manny Sanguillen (11)

SB: Frank Taveras 2 (29), Rennie Stennett (7)

Houston Astros - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Tom Griffin	R	L 5-3	0.1	3	5	5	1	0	0		6.05	1.94		20	199
2	Joe Sambito	L		4.2	7	3	3	2	2	0		5.79	1.93		1	1
3	Gene Pentz	R		3.0	2	1	1	1	3	0		3.60	1.38		23	36
Totals				0.0

WP: Joe Sambito (1)

HB: Tom Griffin (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Tom Griffin (0-0-0), Joe Sambito (0-0-0), Gene Pentz (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	John Candelaria	L	W 10-4	5.1	9	5	5	1	4	1		3.02	0.99		18	36
2	Kent Tekulve	R	SV 2	3.2	1	0	0	0	3	0		3.20	1.20		33	75
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: John Candelaria (0-0-0), Kent Tekulve (0-0-0)