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Astros
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
August 2, 1998
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Houston Astros, played on August 2, 1998 at Three Rivers Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 2, 1998 |
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Visiting Team |
Houston Astros
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Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 2, 1998 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Houston Astros |
Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Randy Johnson |
Home Starting Pitcher | Todd Van Poppel |
Ballpark | Three Rivers Stadium |
City | Pittsburgh |
State | PA |
Attendance | 21,201 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Larry Poncino 1B: Gary Darling 2B: Brian Gibbons 3B: Steve Rippley |
Houston Astros Lineup
Name | Position |
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Craig Biggio | Second Baseman |
Bill Spiers | Third Baseman |
Derek Bell | Right Fielder |
Jeff Bagwell | First Baseman |
Moises Alou | Left Fielder |
Carl Everett | Center Fielder |
Ricky Gutierrez | Shortstop |
Brad Ausmus | Catcher |
Randy Johnson | Pitcher |
Larry Dierker | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Kevin Polcovich | Second Baseman |
Jason Kendall | Catcher |
Manny Martinez | Center Fielder |
Kevin Young | First Baseman |
Jose Guillen | Right Fielder |
Mark Smith | Left Fielder |
Aramis Ramirez | Third Baseman |
Lou Collier | Shortstop |
Todd Van Poppel | Pitcher |
Gene Lamont | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Astros
@ Pirates
Three Rivers Stadium
August 2, 1998
Top 1
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Van Poppel
Biggio hits a line drive into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Van Poppel
Spiers hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Guillen fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Guillen. Spiers moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Van Poppel
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Bagwell vs. Van Poppel
Bagwell hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Johnson
Polcovich hits a fly ball into left field. Alou settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Johnson
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spiers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Johnson
Martinez strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Alou vs. Van Poppel
Alou hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Everett vs. Van Poppel
Everett hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Van Poppel
Gutierrez hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Johnson
Young strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Johnson
Guillen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Johnson
Ramirez strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Van Poppel
Ausmus strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Van Poppel
Johnson hits a popup towards first. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Van Poppel
Biggio strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Collier vs. Johnson
Collier hits a line drive towards short. Gutierrez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Van Poppel vs. Johnson
Van Poppel hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Polcovich vs. Johnson
Polcovich takes first base on ball four. Van Poppel moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Kendall vs. Johnson
Kendall 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: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Martinez vs. Johnson
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Spiers vs. Van Poppel
Spiers hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Guillen. Spiers reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Van Poppel
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Spiers moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Bagwell vs. Van Poppel
Bagwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Spiers scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. Van Poppel
Alou strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Everett vs. Van Poppel
Everett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polcovich fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Johnson
Young hits a line drive towards third. Spiers reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Johnson
Guillen strikes out. Ausmus drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Guillen out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Gutierrez vs. Van Poppel
Gutierrez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Ausmus vs. Van Poppel
Ausmus hits a popup into center field for a base hit. Gutierrez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Johnson vs. Van Poppel
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Biggio vs. Van Poppel
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polcovich fields it and throws to second for the out. Gutierrez moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
Spiers vs. Van Poppel
Spiers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Polcovich scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Astros, 1 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Johnson
Ramirez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Collier vs. Johnson
Collier strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Van Poppel vs. Johnson
Van Poppel strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Polcovich vs. Johnson
Polcovich strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Van Poppel
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bagwell vs. Van Poppel
The umpire calls a balk on Van Poppel Bell moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Bagwell vs. Van Poppel
Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Alou vs. Van Poppel
Alou hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Everett vs. Van Poppel
Everett is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Gutierrez vs. Van Poppel
Gutierrez hits a fly ball into center field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Johnson
Kendall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Biggio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Johnson
Martinez strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Young vs. Johnson
Young strikes out. There goes Kendall. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Guillen vs. Johnson
Guillen strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ausmus vs. Van Poppel
Ausmus hits a fly ball into right field. Guillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Van Poppel
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. Van Poppel
Biggio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ramirez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Johnson
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Ramirez vs. Johnson
Ramirez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Collier vs. Johnson
Collier is hit by the pitch. Smith moves to third. Ramirez moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Osik vs. Johnson
Keith Osik pinch hits for Todd Van Poppel.
Osik strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Polcovich vs. Johnson
Polcovich hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Kendall vs. Johnson
Kendall hits a popup towards third. Spiers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Astros, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Berry vs. Christiansen
Jason Christiansen now pitching. Turner Ward now playing left field. Sean Berry pinch hits for Bill Spiers.
Berry hits a line drive beyond third. Ramirez can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Christiansen
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Berry moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Bagwell vs. Christiansen
Bagwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alou vs. Christiansen
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier fields it and throws to second for the out. Berry moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1-3
Everett vs. Christiansen
Everett hits a popup beyond second. Polcovich can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. Berry scores. Alou moves to second. View Play -
Astros, 2 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Gutierrez vs. Christiansen
Gutierrez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Guillen. Gutierrez reaches second base with a double. Alou scores. Everett goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Ausmus vs. Christiansen
Ausmus is walked intentionally. View Play -
Astros, 4 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Eusebio vs. Christiansen
Tony Eusebio pinch hits for Randy Johnson.
Eusebio hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Ward. Eusebio reaches second base with a double. Gutierrez scores. There goes Ausmus trying to get to home. Ward throws the ball in to Collier who relays the ball to Kendall, who tags Ausmus, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Astros, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Elarton
Sean Berry now playing third base. Scott Elarton now pitching.
Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bagwell scoops it up and throws to first, with Elarton covering, for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Young vs. Elarton
Young hits a ball on the ground towards third. Berry fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guillen vs. Elarton
Guillen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Elarton fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Astros, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Biggio vs. McCurry
Jeff McCurry now pitching.
Biggio hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berry vs. McCurry
There goes Biggio. The throw from Kendall and he is safe. Biggio steals second. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Berry vs. McCurry
Berry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Young scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Berry for the out. Biggio moves to third. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Bell vs. McCurry
Bell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Astros, 5 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bagwell vs. McCurry
Bagwell hits a fly ball into center field. Martinez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Biggio tags and scores. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Alou vs. McCurry
Alou hits a ball on the ground towards short. Collier fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Astros, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Elarton
Ward hits a popup towards short. Gutierrez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Ramirez vs. Elarton
Ramirez strikes out. View Play -
Astros, 6 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Martin vs. Elarton
Al Martin pinch hits for Lou Collier.
Martin strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/2/1998 -- Houston at Pittsburgh (D) Houston AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Biggio C, 2b 5 1 1 0 Polcovich K, 2b 2 0 0 1 Spiers B, 3b 3 1 2 0 Kendall J, c 4 0 1 0 Berry S, ph-3b 2 1 1 0 Martinez M, cf 4 0 0 0 Bell D, rf 4 0 1 0 Young K, 1b 4 0 0 0 Bagwell J, 1b 3 0 1 2 Guillen J, rf 4 0 1 0 Alou M, lf 5 1 0 0 Smith M, lf 3 1 1 0 Everett C, cf 3 1 1 1 Ward T, lf 1 0 0 0 Gutierrez R, ss 3 1 1 2 Ramirez A, 3b 4 1 2 1 Ausmus B, c 3 0 1 0 Collier L, ss 2 0 0 0 Johnson R, p 3 0 0 0 Martin A, ph 1 0 0 0 Eusebio T, ph 1 0 1 1 Van Poppel T, p 2 0 1 0 Elarton S, p 0 0 0 0 Osik K, ph 1 0 0 0 Christiansen J, p 0 0 0 0 McCurry J, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 35 6 10 6 32 2 6 2 Houston 000 100 041 -- 6 Pittsburgh 000 010 100 -- 2 Houston IP H R ER BB SO Johnson R (W) 7.0 6 2 2 1 12 Elarton S (S) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Van Poppel T 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 Christiansen J (L) 1.0 4 4 4 2 0 McCurry J 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 E -- Guillen J LOB -- Houston 8, Pittsburgh 6 2B -- Spiers B 2, Gutierrez R, Eusebio T HR -- Ramirez A SB -- Kendall J, Biggio C SF -- Polcovich K, Bagwell J HBP -- by Johnson R (Collier L) Balk -- Van Poppel T T -- 2:35 A -- 21201
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