Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Houston Astros 0
Regular Season Game 75
Played on Monday, June 23, 1997 (N) at Astrodome

PIT N    0  0  0    0  1  0    0  5  0  -   6  8  0
HOU N    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Womack 2b                     4   0   0   0       0   1       1   2
Allensworth cf                3   1   2   3       1   0       4   0
Smith lf                      4   1   1   1       0   2       1   0
Young 1b                      4   0   1   1       0   2      15   1
Randa 3b                      4   0   1   0       0   2       0   0
Kendall c                     4   0   0   0       0   1       5   0
Guillen rf                    4   2   2   1       0   1       0   0
Polcovich ss                  3   1   1   0       1   1       0   4
Cordova p                     2   1   0   0       1   1       1   5
Totals                       32   6   8   6       3  11      27  12

BATTING - 
2B: Smith (5,off Lima); Young (11,off Martin).
3B: Guillen (3,off Garcia); Allensworth (2,off Lima).
HR: Guillen (6,5th inning off Garcia 0 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 2.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Randa (4,2nd base off Garcia/Ausmus).
CS: Allensworth (3,2nd base by Garcia/Ausmus).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Biggio 2b                     3   0   0   0       0   0       2   2
Spiers 3b                     4   0   1   0       0   1       0   1
Bagwell 1b                    3   0   0   0       1   2       7   2
Gonzalez lf                   4   0   0   0       0   0       1   0
Bell rf                       3   0   0   0       0   1       1   0
Howard cf                     3   0   1   0       0   0       1   0
Ausmus c                      2   0   0   0       1   1      12   1
Bogar ss                      3   0   0   0       0   0       3   2
  Hudek p                     0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
Garcia p                      2   0   0   0       0   0       0   2
  Lima p                      0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Martin p                    0   0   0   0       0   0       0   0
  Gutierrez ss                1   0   0   0       0   0       0   1
Totals                       28   0   2   0       2   5      27  11

FIELDING - 
DP: 2. Ausmus-Biggio, Bagwell-Bogar.

BATTING - 
HBP: Biggio (14,by Cordova).
Team LOB: 4.

BASERUNNING - 
SB: Spiers (4,2nd base off Cordova/Kendall).

PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Cordova W(6-5)                9     2   0   0   2   5   0  31

HBP: Cordova (6,Biggio).

Houston Astros               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Garcia L(3-5)                 7     5   3   3   2   9   1  26
Lima                          0.1   2   3   3   1   1   0   4
Martin                        0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2
Hudek                         1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3
Totals                        9     8   6   6   3  11   1  35

Garcia faced 2 batters in the 8th inning
Inherited Runners - Scored: Lima 2-2; Martin 1-1.
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Umpires: HP - Larry Vanover, 1B - Jerry Layne, 2B - Paul Runge, 3B - Joe West
Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 16738


Starting Lineups:

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Houston Astros           
1. Womack              2b        Biggio              2b
2. Allensworth         cf        Spiers              3b
3. Smith               lf        Bagwell             1b
4. Young               1b        Gonzalez            lf
5. Randa               3b        Bell                rf
6. Kendall             c         Howard              cf
7. Guillen             rf        Ausmus              c
8. Polcovich           ss        Bogar               ss
9. Cordova             p         Garcia              p

PIRATES 1ST: Womack flied to left; Allensworth grounded out
(shortstop to first); Smith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Pirates 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Biggio grounded out (pitcher to first); Spiers
struck out; Bagwell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
0, Astros 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Young struck out; Randa singled to right; Kendall
flied to right; Randa stole second; Randa was picked off second
(pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros
0.

ASTROS 2ND: Gonzalez grounded out (first unassisted); Bell lined
to left; Howard singled to left; Ausmus was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Guillen struck out; Polcovich singled to center; On
a bunt Cordova forced Polcovich (first to shortstop) [Cordova to
first]; Womack grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Bogar flied to center; Garcia grounded out (second
to first); Biggio grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Allensworth singled to center; Smith struck out
while Allensworth was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Young struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Spiers grounded out (first to pitcher); Bagwell
flied to center; Gonzalez grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 0, Astros 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Randa struck out; Kendall grounded out (shortstop
to first); Guillen homered; Polcovich struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Bell grounded out (second to first); Howard grounded
out (pitcher to first); Ausmus walked; Ausmus was picked off
first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Astros 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Cordova struck out; Womack popped to catcher;
Allensworth walked; Smith forced Allensworth (third to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Bogar grounded out (shortstop to first); Garcia
grounded out (pitcher to first); Biggio popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Young grounded out (pitcher to first); Randa struck
out; Kendall flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: Spiers singled to pitcher; Bagwell struck out;
Gonzalez flied to center; Spiers stole second; Bell struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 8TH: Guillen tripled to center; Polcovich walked; LIMA
REPLACED GARCIA (PITCHING); Cordova walked [Polcovich to
second]; Womack struck out; Allensworth tripled to left [Guillen
scored, Polcovich scored, Cordova scored]; Smith doubled to left
[Allensworth scored]; MARTIN REPLACED LIMA (PITCHING); Young
doubled to left [Smith scored]; Randa lined into a double play
to first [Young out at second (first to shortstop)]; 5 R, 4 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); Ausmus
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bogar flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Astros 0.

PIRATES 9TH: HUDEK REPLACED BOGAR (PITCHING); GUTIERREZ REPLACED
MARTIN (PLAYING SS); Kendall struck out; Guillen grounded out
(second to first); Polcovich grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 6, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: Gutierrez popped to second; Biggio was hit by a
pitch; Spiers grounded out (first unassisted) [Biggio to
second]; Bagwell walked; Gonzalez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 6, Astros 0.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Pirates          6   8   0    2
 Astros           0   2   0    4


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