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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1995-08-05 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 31147 · 74°F, night, drizzle, damp · Wind 3 mph to RF · 2:38

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Astros 3–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. John Ericks earned the win and Dan Miceli picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: John Ericks L: Darryl Kile SV: Dan Miceli

Umpires — HP: Gerry Davis · 1B: Wally Bell · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Eric Gregg · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Hunter	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dave Magadan	4	1	1	0	0	0
Craig Biggio	3	0	1	1	1	0
Derrick May	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Eusebio	3	0	0	0	1	0
Milt Thompson	2	0	1	0	2	0
Mike Simms	3	0	1	0	0	1
Orlando Miller	3	0	0	0	0	3
Darryl Kile	1	0	0	0	1	0
John Cangelosi	1	0	1	0	0	0
James Mouton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Derek Bell	1	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Shipley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jacob Brumfield	3	2	1	0	1	2
Al Martin	4	1	2	1	0	1
Orlando Merced	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jeff King	3	0	0	0	1	1
Mark Johnson	2	0	0	0	2	2
Jay Bell	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mark Parent	4	0	0	0	0	1
John Wehner	3	0	1	0	0	0
John Ericks	2	0	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	7.0	7	4	8
Greg Swindell	0.1	0	0	1
Jim Dougherty	0.2	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Ericks	8.0	5	4	5
Dan Miceli	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Brian Hunter: 9/F9LS
Dave Magadan: S7/F7S
Craig Biggio: T9/L89M.1-H
Derrick May: 8/F8LS
Tony Eusebio: 9/F9LS

Bot 1

Jacob Brumfield: W
Al Martin: D9/L3D.1-H
Orlando Merced: S9/L34D.2-H(E9);B-2
Jeff King: 9/F9D.2-3
Mark Johnson: K
Jay Bell: K

Top 2

Milt Thompson: 3/G34
Mike Simms: 53/G5
Orlando Miller: K

Bot 2

Mark Parent: K
John Wehner: S9/L34D
John Ericks: 54/SH/BG25.1-2
Jacob Brumfield: K

Top 3

Darryl Kile: W
Brian Hunter: K
Dave Magadan: 16(1)/FO/G13
Craig Biggio: 5/L5

Bot 3

Al Martin: 8/L8LD
Orlando Merced: 31/G34
Jeff King: 63/G6M

Top 4

Derrick May: 43/G4M
Tony Eusebio: 63/G6
Milt Thompson: W
Mike Simms: S7/L7M.1-2
Orlando Miller: K

Bot 4

Mark Johnson: W
Jay Bell: 7/F7D
Mark Parent: 3/P34
John Wehner: 63/G56

Top 5

Darryl Kile: 31/G34
Brian Hunter: 63/G6MD
Dave Magadan: 9/L9M

Bot 5

John Ericks: 63/G6
Jacob Brumfield: S9/G4
Al Martin: SB2
Al Martin: K
Orlando Merced: S9/G4.2-H
Jeff King: SB2
Jeff King: W
Mark Johnson: W.2-3;1-2
Jay Bell: K

Top 6

Craig Biggio: 8/F78XD
Derrick May: 3/L34
Tony Eusebio: 13/G13S

Bot 6

Mark Parent: 6/P6MD
John Wehner: 8/F8RD
John Ericks: S8/G6M
Jacob Brumfield: K

Top 7

Milt Thompson: W
Mike Simms: K
Orlando Miller: CS2(24)
Orlando Miller: K

Bot 7

Al Martin: S9/F9S
Orlando Merced: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M
Jeff King: K

Top 8

John Cangelosi: S7/P56D
Brian Hunter: S8/G6M.1-2
Dave Magadan: 7/F78M
Craig Biggio: W.2-3;1-2
Derrick May: 46(1)3/GDP/G4M

Bot 8

Mark Johnson: K
Jay Bell: 3/G3L
Mark Parent: 43/G4

Top 9

Tony Eusebio: W
Milt Thompson: S8/G6M.1-2
James Mouton: 25(2)/FO/BG2L.1-2
Derek Bell: 8/F8LXD
Craig Shipley: 4/P34