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Astros
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 1, 1996
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Houston Astros, played on September 1, 1996 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 1, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 1, 1996 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Danny Darwin |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jason Schmidt |
| Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 14,144 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Brian Gorman 1B: Mike Winters 2B: Randy Marsh 3B: Harry Wendelstedt |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Brian Hunter | Center Fielder |
| Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
| Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
| Derek Bell | Right Fielder |
| Sean Berry | Third Baseman |
| Tony Eusebio | Catcher |
| James Mouton | Left Fielder |
| Orlando Miller | Shortstop |
| Danny Darwin | Pitcher |
| Terry Collins | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jermaine Allensworth | Center Fielder |
| Al Martin | Left Fielder |
| Jeff King | Second Baseman |
| Mark Johnson | First Baseman |
| Nelson Liriano | Third Baseman |
| Mike Kingery | Right Fielder |
| Carlos Garcia | Shortstop |
| Jason Kendall | Catcher |
| Jason Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Jim Leyland | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Astros
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 1, 1996
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Schmidt
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Biggio vs. Schmidt
Biggio hits a fly ball into right field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. Schmidt
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Liriano fields it and throws to first for the out. Hunter moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Schmidt
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Darwin
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Darwin
Martin hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Darwin
King hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Darwin
Johnson hits a fly ball into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Schmidt
Berry strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Eusebio vs. Schmidt
Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Liriano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Mouton vs. Schmidt
Mouton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Schmidt
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Liriano vs. Darwin
Liriano hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Darwin
Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Darwin
Garcia hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Darwin
Kendall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Schmidt vs. Darwin
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schmidt for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Schmidt
Darwin bunts towards the mound. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Schmidt
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Schmidt
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. King scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Darwin
Allensworth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Darwin
Martin hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Darwin
King strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Darwin
Johnson strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Schmidt
Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Schmidt
Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Schmidt
Berry hits a fly ball into right field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Liriano vs. Darwin
Liriano hits a popup into left field. Mouton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Darwin
Kingery hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Darwin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Darwin
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Eusebio vs. Schmidt
Eusebio takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Mouton vs. Schmidt
Mouton takes first base on ball four. Eusebio moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Miller vs. Schmidt
Miller hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Miller reaches second base with a double. Eusebio scores. Mouton goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Darwin vs. Schmidt
Darwin strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Hunter vs. Schmidt
Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Biggio vs. Schmidt
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Bagwell vs. Schmidt
Bagwell hits a fly ball into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Miller scores. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Schmidt
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 123
Berry vs. Wainhouse
Dave Wainhouse now pitching.
Berry takes first base on ball four. Biggio scores. Bagwell moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Eusebio vs. Wainhouse
Eusebio hits a fly ball into right field. Kingery settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Darwin
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Wainhouse vs. Darwin
Wainhouse hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Allensworth vs. Darwin
Allensworth strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mouton vs. Wainhouse
Mouton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Wainhouse
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wainhouse fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Darwin vs. Wainhouse
Darwin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Darwin
Martin hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
King vs. Darwin
King takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Johnson vs. Darwin
There goes King. The throw from Eusebio and he is safe. King steals second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Johnson vs. Darwin
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Liriano vs. Darwin
Liriano hits a fly ball into center field. Hunter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Wainhouse
Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Liriano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Wainhouse
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Liriano fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Wainhouse
Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. Allensworth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kingery vs. Darwin
Kingery hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Darwin
Garcia hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kingery moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Kendall vs. Darwin
Kendall is hit by the pitch. Garcia moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wehner vs. Morman
Trey Beamon pinch hits for Dave Wainhouse. Alvin Morman now pitching. John Wehner pinch hits for Trey Beamon.
Wehner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out. Kingery scores. Garcia moves to third. Kendall moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Allensworth vs. Olson
Gregg Olson now pitching.
Allensworth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Garcia scores. Kendall scores. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Martin vs. Olson
There goes Allensworth. The throw from Eusebio and he is safe. Allensworth steals second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Martin vs. Olson
Martin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
King vs. Olson
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
King vs. Olson
King strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Olson
Johnson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Liriano vs. Olson
Liriano hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Hunter. Liriano reaches second base with a double. Allensworth scores. Martin scores. Johnson goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Kingery vs. Olson
Kingery strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 4 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Wilkins
Marc Wilkins now pitching. John Wehner now playing third base.
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. Wilkins
There goes Bell. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Bell steals second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Berry vs. Wilkins
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wehner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Eusebio vs. Wilkins
Eusebio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell scores. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mouton vs. Wilkins
Mouton hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kendall fields it and throws to first for the out. Eusebio moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Miller vs. Wilkins
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilkins fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Holt
Chris Holt now pitching.
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Holt
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller misplays the ball. That's an error on Miller. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Wehner vs. Holt
Wehner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Allensworth vs. Holt
There goes Wehner. The throw from Eusebio and he is out, Biggio applying the tag. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Simms vs. Plesac
Dan Plesac now pitching. Jay Bell now playing shortstop. Carlos Garcia now playing second base. Jeff King now playing third base. Bobby Abreu pin
Simms hits a fly ball into left field. Martin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Hunter vs. Plesac
Hunter strikes out. Kendall drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Hunter out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Plesac
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/1/1996 -- Houston at Pittsburgh (D)
Houston AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Hunter B, cf 5 0 1 0 Allensworth J, cf 4 1 1 2
Biggio C, 2b 5 1 1 0 Martin A, lf 3 2 1 1
Bagwell J, 1b 4 0 1 1 King J, 2b-3b 3 1 1 1
Bell D, rf 2 1 0 0 Johnson M, 1b 3 1 0 0
Berry S, 3b 3 0 0 1 Liriano N, 3b 4 0 1 3
Eusebio T, c 3 1 1 1 Wilkins M, p 0 0 0 0
Mouton J, lf 2 1 0 0 Bell J, ss 0 0 0 0
Miller O, ss 4 1 1 2 Kingery M, rf 4 1 1 0
Darwin D, p 3 0 0 0 Garcia C, ss-2b 4 2 2 1
Morman A, p 0 0 0 0 Kendall J, c 3 1 1 0
Olson G, p 0 0 0 0 Schmidt J, p 1 0 0 0
Holt C, p 0 0 0 0 Wainhouse D, p 1 0 0 0
Abreu B, ph 0 0 0 0 Beamon T, ph 0 0 0 0
Simms M, ph 1 0 0 0 Wehner J, ph-3b 2 0 0 1
Plesac D, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 5 5 32 9 8 9
Houston 000 040 010 -- 5
Pittsburgh 111 000 60x -- 9
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin D (L)* 6.0 6 6 6 1 4
Morman A 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Olson G 0.2 2 3 3 2 2
Holt C 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt J 4.2 4 4 4 4 2
Wainhouse D (W) 2.1 0 0 0 1 1
Wilkins M 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Plesac D 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Miller O
LOB -- Houston 6, Pittsburgh 3
2B -- Miller O, Bagwell J, Liriano N
HR -- King J, Garcia C, Martin A
SB -- King J, Allensworth J 2, Martin A, Bell D
CS -- Wehner J
HBP -- by Darwin D (Kendall J)
T -- 2:41
A -- 14144
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