Houston Astros 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Regular Season Game 52
Played on Monday, May 27, 1996 (D) at Three Rivers Stadium

HOU N    4  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
PIT N    0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  2
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hunter cf                     4   1   2   0       0   1       2   0
Biggio 2b                     3   2   3   2       1   0       3   3
Bagwell 1b                    3   1   1   1       1   0       7   1
Bell rf                       4   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Berry 3b                      4   0   0   0       0   0       1   1
  Spiers 3b                   0   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Miller ss                     3   1   0   0       0   1       0   1
Mouton lf                     4   0   1   1       0   1       1   0
Knorr c                       4   0   0   0       0   0      10   1
Kile p                        4   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Totals                       33   5   7   4       2   4      27   7

BATTING - 
2B: Bagwell (13,off Smith); Biggio (11,off Smith).
3B: Biggio (1,off Smith); Mouton (1,off Smith).
HR: Biggio (5,5th inning off Smith 0 on 0 out).
HBP: Miller (5,by Wilkins).
GDP: Bagwell (5,off Lieber).
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING - 
CS: Miller (3,2nd base by Wilkins/Kendall).

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Garcia 2b                     4   0   1   1       0   2       3   3
Martin lf                     3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
King 1b                       4   1   2   0       0   2      13   0
Merced rf                     3   1   0   0       1   0       2   0
Bell ss                       4   0   1   0       0   1       0   6
Hayes 3b                      3   0   1   2       1   2       1   3
Cummings cf                   4   0   0   0       0   1       3   0
Kendall c                     3   0   0   0       0   0       4   1
  Clark ph                    1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Smith p                       1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Kingery ph                  1   1   1   0       0   0       0   0
  Lieber p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Liriano ph                  1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Wilkins p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       32   3   6   3       2  10      27  14

FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Bell-Garcia-King.
E: Martin (3), King (3).

BATTING - 
2B: King (13,off Kile); Hayes (10,off Kile); Kingery (3,off Kile); Garcia (4,off
Kile).
HBP: Martin (1,by Kile).
Team LOB: 5.

BASERUNNING - 
CS: Garcia (2,3rd base by Kile/Knorr).

PITCHING
Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Kile W(6-3)                   9     6   3   3   2  10   0  35

HBP: Kile (4,Martin).

Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Smith L(2-3)                  5     6   5   3   1   2   1  23
Lieber                        2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7
Wilkins                       2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6
Totals                        9     7   5   3   2   4   1  36

HBP: Wilkins (1,Miller).

Umpires: HP - Randy Marsh, 1B - Scott Potter, 2B - Mike Winters, 3B - Harry Wendelstedt
Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 8906


Starting Lineups:

   Houston Astros                Pittsburgh Pirates       
1. Hunter              cf        Garcia              2b
2. Biggio              2b        Martin              lf
3. Bagwell             1b        King                1b
4. Bell                rf        Merced              rf
5. Berry               3b        Bell                ss
6. Miller              ss        Hayes               3b
7. Mouton              lf        Cummings            cf
8. Knorr               c         Kendall             c
9. Kile                p         Smith               p

ASTROS 1ST: Hunter singled to center; Biggio tripled to right
[Hunter scored]; Bagwell doubled to right [Biggio scored]; Bell
grounded out (first unassisted) [Bagwell to third]; Berry
grounded out (third to first); Miller reached on an error by
King [Bagwell scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Mouton tripled to
right [Miller scored (unearned)]; Knorr flied to right; 4 R (2
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Garcia was called out on strikes; Martin flied to
left; King doubled to left; Merced grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Kile grounded out (shortstop to first); Hunter was
called out on strikes; Biggio doubled to left; Bagwell walked;
Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. 
Astros 4, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Bell was called out on strikes; Hayes struck out;
Cummings popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4,
Pirates 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Berry lined to left; Miller was called out on
strikes; Mouton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Kendall popped to first; Smith grounded out (first
unassisted); Garcia struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4,
Pirates 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Knorr flied to right; Kile popped to second; Hunter
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Martin struck out; King singled to right; Merced
walked [King to second]; Bell popped to center; Hayes doubled to
center [King scored, Merced scored]; Cummings popped to second;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Biggio homered; Bagwell lined to center; Bell
grounded out (second to first); Berry grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); KINGERY
BATTED FOR SMITH; Kingery doubled to right; Garcia doubled to
right [Kingery scored]; Martin was hit by a pitch; King struck
out; Garcia was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 6TH: LIEBER REPLACED KINGERY (PITCHING); Miller grounded
out (third to first); Mouton was called out on strikes; Knorr
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Merced flied to right; Bell flied to center; Hayes
walked; Cummings grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Astros 5, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Kile struck out; Hunter singled to left [Hunter to
second (error by Martin)]; Biggio walked; Bagwell grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Biggio out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Kendall popped to second; LIRIANO BATTED FOR
LIEBER; Liriano struck out; Garcia grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 8TH: WILKINS REPLACED LIRIANO (PITCHING); Bell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Berry flied to center; Miller was hit
by a pitch; Miller was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 8TH: Martin grounded out (second to first); King struck
out; Merced grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 5, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Mouton flied to center; Knorr grounded out (pitcher
to first); Kile popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
5, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 9TH: SPIERS REPLACED BERRY (PLAYING 3B); Bell singled to
right; Hayes struck out; Cummings struck out; CLARK BATTED FOR
KENDALL; Clark popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 5,
Pirates 3.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Astros           5   7   0    4
 Pirates          3   6   2    5


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