Try this game in our Simulator
Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Astros
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 21, 1999
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Houston Astros, played on September 21, 1999 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 21, 1999 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
|
| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 21, 1999 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Scott Elarton |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Kris Benson |
| Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 12,745 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Crawford 1B: Alfonso Marquez 2B: Brian Gorman 3B: Phil Cuzzi |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
| Bill Spiers | Right Fielder |
| Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
| Carl Everett | Center Fielder |
| Ken Caminiti | Third Baseman |
| Daryle Ward | Left Fielder |
| Paul Bako | Catcher |
| Ricky Gutierrez | Shortstop |
| Scott Elarton | Pitcher |
| Larry Dierker | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Martin | Left Fielder |
| Mike Benjamin | Shortstop |
| Brian Giles | Center Fielder |
| Kevin Young | First Baseman |
| Brant Brown | Right Fielder |
| Warren Morris | Second Baseman |
| Aramis Ramirez | Third Baseman |
| Keith Osik | Catcher |
| Kris Benson | Pitcher |
| Gene Lamont | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Astros
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
September 21, 1999
Top 1
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Benson
Biggio strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Benson
Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Benson
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Benjamin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Elarton
Martin hits a popup towards short. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Benjamin vs. Elarton
Benjamin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Giles vs. Elarton
Giles strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Elarton
Young hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Benjamin moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Brown vs. Elarton
Brown strikes out. View Play
Top 2
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Benson
Everett hits a popup towards short. Benjamin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Benson
Caminiti strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Benson
Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bako vs. Benson
Bako hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ward moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Gutierrez vs. Benson
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Elarton
Morris hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Elarton
Ramirez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Caminiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Elarton
Osik hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ward. Osik reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Benson vs. Elarton
Benson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elarton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Elarton vs. Benson
Elarton hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Benson
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Benson covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Benson
Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Spiers for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Elarton
Martin strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Benjamin vs. Elarton
Benjamin strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Elarton
Giles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Elarton
Young takes first base on ball four. Giles moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 12-
Brown vs. Elarton
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Benson
Bagwell hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Benson
Everett hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Caminiti vs. Benson
Caminiti hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops it up and throws to first, with Benson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Elarton
Morris hits a line drive towards third. Caminiti reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Elarton
Ramirez hits a fly ball into right field. Spiers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Osik vs. Elarton
Osik hits a fly ball into center field. Everett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Benson
Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Bako vs. Benson
Bako hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Benson
Gutierrez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Benson vs. Elarton
Benson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Elarton
Martin hits a line drive into right field. Spiers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Benjamin vs. Elarton
Benjamin strikes out. View Play
Top 6
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Elarton vs. Benson
Elarton strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Benson
Biggio hits a fly ball into center field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Benson
Spiers hits a line drive into center field. Giles settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Elarton
Giles strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Elarton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez misplays the ball. That's an error on Gutierrez. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Elarton
Brown strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Morris vs. Elarton
Morris strikes out. View Play
Top 7
-
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Bagwell vs. Benson
Bagwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Benson
Everett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Caminiti vs. Benson
Caminiti hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Everett moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Ward vs. Benson
Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Everett scores. Caminiti moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Bako vs. Benson
Glen Barker pinch runs for Daryle Ward.
Bako hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Martin. Bako reaches second base with a double. Caminiti scores. Barker goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 3 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Gutierrez vs. Benson
Gutierrez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields the ball and throws to first. Young drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Young. Bako scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Elarton vs. Benson
Elarton strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Elarton
Bill Spiers now playing left field. Carl Everett now playing right field. Glen Barker now playing center field.
Ramirez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Spiers. Ramirez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Osik vs. Elarton
Osik hits a ball on the ground towards third. Caminiti fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Sveum vs. Elarton
Dale Sveum pinch hits for Kris Benson.
Sveum takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Elarton
Martin takes first base on ball four. Ramirez moves to third. Sveum moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Benjamin vs. Cabrera
Jose Cabrera now pitching.
Benjamin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gutierrez fields it and throws to second for the out. Ramirez scores. Sveum moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Giles vs. Cabrera
Abraham Nunez pinch runs for Mike Benjamin.
Giles hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sveum scores. Nunez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Cabrera
Young strikes out. View Play
Top 8
-
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Williams
Abraham Nunez now playing shortstop. Mike Williams now pitching.
Biggio hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Spiers vs. Williams
Spiers strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. Williams
Bagwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Everett vs. Williams
Everett strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Caminiti vs. Williams
Caminiti takes first base on ball four. Bagwell moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 123
Barker vs. Williams
Barker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brown throws the ball in to Morris who tags Barker trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Biggio scores. Bagwell scores. Caminiti moves to third. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Cabrera
Brown hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Morris vs. Cabrera
Morris hits a fly ball into center field. Barker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Cabrera
Ramirez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Osik vs. Cabrera
Osik hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Ramirez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Hermansen vs. Wagner
Chad Hermansen pinch hits for Mike Williams. Bill Spiers now playing third base. Billy Wagner now pitching. Stan Javier now playing left field.
Hermansen strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Martin vs. Wagner
Martin takes first base on ball four. Ramirez moves to third. Osik moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Wehner vs. Wagner
John Wehner pinch hits for Abraham Nunez.
Wehner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Eusebio vs. Wallace
John Wehner now playing shortstop. Jeff Wallace now pitching. Tony Eusebio pinch hits for Paul Bako.
Eusebio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Wallace
Gutierrez strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Javier vs. Wallace
Javier strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
-
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Giles vs. Henry
Doug Henry now pitching. Tony Eusebio now catching.
Giles hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Henry
Young hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Henry fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Henry
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Javier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morris vs. Henry
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Young moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Morris vs. Henry
Morris strikes out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 9/21/1999 -- Houston at Pittsburgh (N)
Houston AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Biggio C, 2b 4 1 1 0 Martin A, lf 3 0 0 0
Spiers B, rf-lf-3b 4 0 0 0 Benjamin M, ss 4 0 1 1
Bagwell J, 1b 4 1 1 0 Nunez A, pr-ss 0 0 0 0
Everett C, cf-rf 3 1 0 0 Wehner J, ph-ss 1 0 0 0
Caminiti K, 3b 3 1 1 0 Giles B, cf 5 0 3 1
Wagner B, p 0 0 0 0 Young K, 1b 4 0 1 0
Henry D, p 0 0 0 0 Brown B, rf 5 1 1 1
Ward D, lf 3 0 2 1 Morris W, 2b 5 0 0 0
Barker G, pr-cf 1 1 1 2 Ramirez A, 3b 4 1 2 0
Bako P, c 3 1 2 2 Osik K, c 4 0 2 0
Eusebio T, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Benson K, p 2 0 0 0
Gutierrez R, ss 4 0 0 0 Sveum D, ph 0 1 0 0
Elarton S, p 3 0 0 0 Williams M, p 0 0 0 0
Cabrera J, p 0 0 0 0 Hermansen C, ph 1 0 0 0
Javier S, lf 1 0 0 0 Wallace J, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 6 8 5 38 3 10 3
Houston 000 000 420 -- 6
Pittsburgh 000 000 210 -- 3
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
Elarton S (W) 6.1 5 2 2 3 8
Cabrera J 1.0 4 1 1 0 1
Wagner B 0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Henry D (S) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Benson K (L) 7.0 5 4 3 1 5
Williams M 1.0 3 2 2 1 2
Wallace J 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
E -- Gutierrez R, Young K
LOB -- Houston 3, Pittsburgh 12
2B -- Osik K, Bako P, Ramirez A
HR -- Brown B
T -- 3:12
A -- 12745
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
