Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Houston Astros 5
Regular Season Game 53
Played on Tuesday, May 28, 1996 (N) at Three Rivers Stadium

HOU N    1  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  1  -   5 11  1
PIT N    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  4  x  -   6  8  0
Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Hunter cf                     4   1   2   0       0   0       1   0
Biggio 2b                     4   2   4   2       0   0       3   2
Bagwell 1b                    4   0   2   0       1   2       8   0
Bell rf                       3   0   1   1       1   0       1   0
Berry 3b                      4   0   0   0       0   1       0   2
  Spiers 3b                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Simms lf                      3   0   0   0       1   1       2   0
  Swindell p                  0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Gutierrez ss                  4   1   1   0       0   0       0   1
Knorr c                       3   0   0   0       0   0       9   0
  May ph                      1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Hampton p                     1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Mouton ph                   1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Hernandez p                 0   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
  Cangelosi ph,lf             1   1   1   1       0   0       0   0
Totals                       33   5  11   4       3   4      24   6

FIELDING - 
E: Hunter (7).

BATTING - 
2B: Bagwell (14,off Ruebel); Biggio (12,off Miceli); Gutierrez (3,off Cordova).
3B: Hunter (1,off Ruebel).
SH: Hunter (1,off Miceli).
SF: Biggio (3,off Ruebel).
HBP: Cangelosi (1,by Miceli).
GDP: Berry (4,off Ruebel); Bell (8,off Ruebel).
IBB: Bagwell (10,by Miceli).
Team LOB: 7.

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Garcia 2b                     3   0   0   0       1   1       3   2
Martin lf                     3   0   0   0       1   3       1   0
King 1b                       4   0   0   0       0   0      11   0
Merced rf                     4   1   1   1       0   0       3   1
Bell ss                       4   1   1   0       0   1       1   5
Hayes 3b                      3   2   3   2       1   0       0   0
Wehner cf                     3   1   1   0       1   2       2   0
Kendall c                     4   1   2   2       0   0       5   0
Ruebel p                      2   0   0   0       0   1       1   2
  Kingery ph                  1   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Miceli p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Liriano ph                  1   0   0   0       0   1       0   0
  Cordova p                   0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Totals                       32   6   8   5       4   9      27  10

FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Bell-Garcia-King, Bell-King.

BATTING - 
3B: Kendall (2,off Swindell).
HR: Merced (6,6th inning off Hernandez 0 on 0 out); Hayes (8,8th inning off
Swindell 1 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 6.

PITCHING
Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Hampton                       4     4   1   1   2   5   0  18
Hernandez                     3     1   1   1   1   3   1  11
Swindell L(0-2)               1     3   4   3   1   1   1   7
Totals                        8     8   6   5   4   9   2  36


Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Ruebel                        7     5   2   2   2   1   0  26
Miceli W(1-2)                 1     2   2   2   1   2   0   7
Cordova SV(3)                 1     4   1   1   0   1   0   6
Totals                        9    11   5   5   3   4   0  39

WP: Miceli (1).
HBP: Miceli (2,Cangelosi).
IBB: Miceli (3,Bagwell).

Umpires: HP - Scott Potter, 1B - Mike Winters, 2B - Harry Wendelstedt, 3B - Randy Marsh
Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 7182


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. Simms               lf        Hayes               3b
7. Gutierrez           ss        Wehner              cf
8. Knorr               c         Kendall             c
9. Hampton             p         Ruebel              p

ASTROS 1ST: Hunter tripled to left; Biggio out on a sacrifice
fly to right [Hunter scored]; Bagwell struck out; Bell grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Garcia struck out; Martin walked; King flied to
center; Merced grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Berry popped to second; Simms grounded out
(shortstop to first); Gutierrez grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Bell grounded out (first unassisted); Hayes singled
to second; Wehner singled to center [Hayes to second]; Kendall
singled to center [Hayes scored, Wehner to second]; Ruebel
struck out; Garcia walked [Wehner to third, Kendall to second];
Martin struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 3RD: Knorr grounded out (shortstop to first); Hampton
grounded out (first unassisted); Hunter flied to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 3RD: King grounded out (third to first); Merced flied to
left; Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates
1.

ASTROS 4TH: Biggio singled to center; Bagwell doubled to right
[Biggio to third]; Bell walked; Berry grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Biggio scored (no RBI),
Bagwell to third, Bell out at second]; Simms walked; Gutierrez
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
2, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Hayes singled to center; Wehner was called out on
strikes; Kendall forced Hayes (shortstop to second); Ruebel
popped to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Knorr flied to center; MOUTON BATTED FOR HAMPTON;
Mouton lined to second; Hunter flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED MOUTON (PITCHING); Garcia
grounded out (third to first); Martin struck out; King popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Biggio singled to shortstop; Bagwell singled to
pitcher [Biggio to second]; Bell grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Biggio to third, Bagwell out at second];
Berry popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates
1.

PIRATES 6TH: Merced homered; Bell flied to right; Hayes walked;
Wehner struck out; Kendall grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 2.

ASTROS 7TH: Simms flied to right; Gutierrez lined to pitcher;
Knorr grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Astros 2, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 7TH: KINGERY BATTED FOR RUEBEL; Kingery grounded out
(pitcher to first); Garcia popped to first; Martin struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 2.

ASTROS 8TH: MICELI REPLACED KINGERY (PITCHING); CANGELOSI BATTED
FOR HERNANDEZ; Cangelosi was hit by a pitch; Hunter out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Cangelosi to second]; Biggio
doubled to right [Cangelosi scored]; Bagwell was walked
intentionally; Bell singled to center [Biggio scored, Bagwell to
third]; Miceli threw a wild pitch [Bell to second]; Berry struck
out; Simms struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates
2.

PIRATES 8TH: SWINDELL REPLACED SIMMS (PITCHING); SPIERS REPLACED
BERRY (PLAYING 3B); CANGELOSI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); King
popped to second; Merced grounded out (second to first); Bell
singled to right; Hayes homered [Bell scored]; Wehner walked;
Kendall tripled to center [Wehner scored, Kendall scored (error
by Hunter) (unearned)]; LIRIANO BATTED FOR MICELI; Liriano
struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates 6.

ASTROS 9TH: CORDOVA REPLACED LIRIANO (PITCHING); Gutierrez
doubled to left; MAY BATTED FOR KNORR; May flied to center
[Gutierrez to third]; Cangelosi singled to right [Gutierrez
scored]; Hunter singled to shortstop [Cangelosi to second];
Biggio singled to right [Cangelosi out at home (right to
catcher), Hunter to third]; Bagwell struck out; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Astros 5, Pirates 6.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Astros           5  11   1    7
 Pirates          6   8   0    6


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