Pittsburgh Pirates 1, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 5
Played on Saturday, April 9, 1983 (N) at Astrodome

PIT N    1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  0
HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  4
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Lacy rf                       3   1   0   0       1   1       2   0
Mazzilli cf                   2   0   0   0       2   0       1   0
Madlock 3b                    4   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
Thompson 1b                   3   0   1   0       1   1       8   0
Easler lf                     4   0   2   0       0   1       1   0
Ray 2b                        4   0   0   0       0   0       3   1
Pena c                        4   0   0   0       0   1       8   1
Berra ss                      4   0   0   0       0   0       4   4
McWilliams p                  2   0   0   0       1   1       0   1
Totals                       30   1   3   0       5   6      27   7

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Pena-Ray.

BATTING - 
2B: Easler (1,off Niekro).
SH: McWilliams (1,off Niekro).
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Lacy (6,2nd base off Niekro/Pujols).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Moreno cf                     4   0   0   0       0   2       3   0
Doran 2b                      3   0   0   0       0   0       2   3
Thon ss                       3   0   1   0       0   0       4   2
Garner 3b                     3   0   0   0       0   1       0   2
Cruz lf                       3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Knight 1b                     3   0   1   0       0   0       9   2
Puhl rf                       2   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
  Bass ph,rf                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Pujols c                      2   0   0   0       0   1       7   1
  T. Scott ph                 1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Niekro p                      2   0   0   0       0   1       0   1
  Tolman ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       28   0   2   0       0   7      27  11

FIELDING - 
E: Doran (1), Thon (3), Knight (1), Pujols (2).
PB: Pujols (1).

BATTING - 
Team LOB: 1.

BASERUNNING - 
CS: Thon (2,2nd base by McWilliams/Pena).

PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
McWilliams W(1-0)             9     2   0   0   0   7   0  28


Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Niekro L(0-1)                 9     3   1   0   5   6   0  36


Umpires: HP - Lee Weyer, 1B - Dutch Rennert, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lanny Harris
Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 13856


Starting Lineups:

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Houston Astros           
1. Lacy                rf        Moreno              cf
2. Mazzilli            cf        Doran               2b
3. Madlock             3b        Thon                ss
4. Thompson            1b        Garner              3b
5. Easler              lf        Cruz                lf
6. Ray                 2b        Knight              1b
7. Pena                c         Puhl                rf
8. Berra               ss        Pujols              c
9. McWilliams          p         Niekro              p

PIRATES 1ST: Lacy walked; Mazzilli flied out to left; Lacy stole
second [Lacy to third (error by Pujols)]; Madlock struck out;
Thompson walked; Pujols allowed a passed ball [Lacy scored
(unearned), Thompson to second]; Easler struck out; 1 R (0 ER),
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Moreno struck out; Doran made an out to shortstop;
Thon made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Astros 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Ray grounded out (second to first); Pena grounded
out (pitcher to first); Berra grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Garner grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
struck out; Knight singled to left; Puhl made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 3RD: McWilliams struck out; Lacy struck out; Mazzilli
walked; Madlock lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Pujols made an out to second; Niekro struck out;
Moreno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Thompson singled to left; Easler forced Thompson
(first to shortstop); Ray forced Easler (second to shortstop)
[Ray to first (error by Knight)]; Pena grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Doran grounded out (shortstop to first); Thon
singled to left; Garner struck out while Thon was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Berra reached on an error by Thon; McWilliams out
on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Berra to second]; Lacy
grounded out (second to first) [Berra to third]; Mazzilli
walked; Madlock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. 
Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Cruz lined to second; Knight grounded out (first
unassisted); Puhl struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Astros 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Thompson flied out to right; Easler doubled to
right; Ray grounded out (catcher to first) [Easler to third];
Pena struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Pujols struck out; Niekro flied out to right; Moreno
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Berra made an out to shortstop; McWilliams walked;
Lacy forced McWilliams (shortstop to second) [Lacy to second
(error by Doran)]; Mazzilli grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Doran grounded out (first unassisted); Thon flied
out to center; Garner grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Madlock grounded out (third to first); Thompson was
called out on strikes; Easler singled to center; Ray flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Cruz flied out to left; Knight grounded out (second
to first); BASS BATTED FOR PUHL; Bass made an out to shortstop;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 9TH: BASS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Pena grounded out
(third to first); Berra flied out to center; McWilliams made an
out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: T. SCOTT BATTED FOR PUJOLS; T. Scott made an out to
catcher; TOLMAN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Tolman flied out to right;
Moreno was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
1, Astros 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Pirates          1   3   0    8
 Astros           0   2   4    1


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