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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1993-04-30 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 31867 · dome, dry · 2:39

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 11–2. Houston Astros put up 5 in the 8th. Mark Portugal earned the win and Xavier Hernandez picked up the save. Jeff Bagwell went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6
HOU	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	5		11	13

W: Mark Portugal L: Bob Walk SV: Xavier Hernandez

Umpires — HP: Jim Quick · 1B: Jerry Crawford · 2B: Wally Bell · 3B: Tom Hallion · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Martin	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jay Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Van Slyke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Orlando Merced	4	1	1	0	0	3
Jeff King	4	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Young	3	0	0	0	1	0
Don Slaught	4	0	2	2	0	1
Carlos Garcia	3	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Walk	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Clark	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	2	3	1	0	3	0
Luis Gonzalez	3	2	1	1	1	0
Jeff Bagwell	3	2	2	3	2	1
Eric Anthony	5	0	3	3	0	2
Ken Caminiti	5	0	1	2	0	1
Kevin Bass	3	0	1	0	0	0
Andujar Cedeno	4	2	2	0	0	1
Ed Taubensee	4	2	2	2	0	0
Mark Portugal	2	0	0	0	0	0
Casey Candaele	2	0	0	0	0	1
Xavier Hernandez	2	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Walk	6.0	5	3	5
Paul Wagner	0.1	2	1	0
Rich Robertson	0.2	2	0	0
Dennis Moeller	1.0	4	2	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Portugal	6.2	4	1	4
Xavier Hernandez	2.1	2	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Martin: K
Jay Bell: 8/F8LD
Andy Van Slyke: 43/G4

Bot 1

Craig Biggio: D7/G5L
Luis Gonzalez: 8/F8RM
Jeff Bagwell: K+SB3
Eric Anthony: S8/L8LS.3-H
Ken Caminiti: K

Top 2

Orlando Merced: K/C
Jeff King: 9/F89XD
Kevin Young: 9/F89M

Bot 2

Kevin Bass: 63/G6M
Andujar Cedeno: K
Ed Taubensee: 13/G1

Top 3

Don Slaught: K
Carlos Garcia: 5/L5
Bob Walk: 4/P4

Bot 3

Mark Portugal: 53/G5
Craig Biggio: W
Luis Gonzalez: CS2(26)
Luis Gonzalez: W
Jeff Bagwell: W.1-2
Eric Anthony: K

Top 4

Al Martin: 63/G6M
Jay Bell: 43/G4
Andy Van Slyke: 9/F89D

Bot 4

Ken Caminiti: 43/G4M
Kevin Bass: S9/G34
Andujar Cedeno: 4(B)3(1)/LDP/L4

Top 5

Orlando Merced: K/C
Jeff King: S5/G56S.B-2(E5/TH)
Kevin Young: 13/G1.2-3
Don Slaught: S1/BG15S.3-H(UR)
Carlos Garcia: 1/G13S

Bot 5

Ed Taubensee: 31/G34
Mark Portugal: 6/L6
Craig Biggio: 8/F8RD

Top 6

Bob Walk: 53/G5
Al Martin: 8/F8LD
Jay Bell: 53/G5

Bot 6

Luis Gonzalez: S8/L4M
Jeff Bagwell: HR/F7D.1-H
Eric Anthony: K
Ken Caminiti: 43/G4
Kevin Bass: 2/P2LF

Top 7

Andy Van Slyke: 3/G3
Orlando Merced: S9/L89S
Jeff King: 9/L9LM
Kevin Young: W.1-2
Don Slaught: S7/G56.2-H;1-2
Carlos Garcia: S5/G5L.2-3;1-2
Dave Clark: K

Bot 7

Andujar Cedeno: S9/L9S
Ed Taubensee: HR/F89XD.1-H
Casey Candaele: 7/F78M
Craig Biggio: W
Luis Gonzalez: 9/F9M
Jeff Bagwell: S7/L56.1-2
Eric Anthony: S9/G34.2-H;1-2
Ken Caminiti: 5/P5

Top 8

Al Martin: K
Jay Bell: 63/G6
Andy Van Slyke: S4/G34
Orlando Merced: SB2
Orlando Merced: K/C

Bot 8

Xavier Hernandez: 43/G4
Andujar Cedeno: S7/L78S
Ed Taubensee: S9/L9S.1-2
Casey Candaele: K
Craig Biggio: SB3
Craig Biggio: W.1-2
Luis Gonzalez: HP.3-H;2-3;1-2
Jeff Bagwell: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Eric Anthony: S4/G4MD.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ken Caminiti: S7/L7S.3-H;2-H;1-2
Xavier Hernandez: 43/G4

Top 9

Jeff King: 7/F7LS
Kevin Young: 8/F8LD
Don Slaught: 7/F78XD

Notes & reviews

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