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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1996-05-17 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 22882 · 68°F, dome, dry · Wind to LF · 2:14

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–2. Houston Astros put up 3 in the 8th. Shane Reynolds earned the win and Todd Jones picked up the save. Derrick May went 1-for-1 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Shane Reynolds L: Jon Lieber SV: Todd Jones

Umpires — HP: Jeff Kellogg · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Paul Runge · 3B: Bruce Dreckman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos Garcia	4	0	1	0	0	1
Al Martin	4	0	0	0	0	2
Jeff King	4	0	0	0	0	1
Midre Cummings	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jay Bell	4	1	2	1	0	0
Charlie Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mike Kingery	2	0	0	1	0	1
Jason Kendall	2	0	0	0	1	0
Zane Smith	3	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Brian Hunter	4	1	2	1	0	0
Craig Biggio	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	3	0	0	0	1	1
Derek Bell	4	1	1	0	0	1
Sean Berry	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Wilkins	2	0	0	1	0	1
James Mouton	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Gutierrez	3	1	1	0	0	0
Shane Reynolds	2	0	1	0	0	0
Derrick May	1	1	1	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Zane Smith	7.0	5	1	3
Jon Lieber	1.0	2	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Shane Reynolds	8.0	4	1	7
Todd Jones	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carlos Garcia: 8/F8RD
Al Martin: 9/F89S
Jeff King: 8/F8LD

Bot 1

Brian Hunter: 43/G4
Craig Biggio: D7/L7LM/R6
Jeff Bagwell: W
Derek Bell: K
Sean Berry: 53/G5S

Top 2

Midre Cummings: K
Jay Bell: S7/L7S/R64
Charlie Hayes: 54(1)/FO/G5L
Mike Kingery: K

Bot 2

Rick Wilkins: 6/L6
James Mouton: 43/G4
Ricky Gutierrez: 63/G6M

Top 3

Jason Kendall: W
Zane Smith: 26(1)/FO/BG2L
Carlos Garcia: K
Al Martin: K

Bot 3

Shane Reynolds: S8/G4M/R46
Brian Hunter: 46(1)/FO/G4
Craig Biggio: POCS2(136)
Craig Biggio: 43/G4

Top 4

Jeff King: 5/P5S
Midre Cummings: T9/L89M/R45
Jay Bell: 13/G23.3-H
Charlie Hayes: K

Bot 4

Jeff Bagwell: K
Derek Bell: 9/F9D
Sean Berry: 43/G4

Top 5

Mike Kingery: 6/P6
Jason Kendall: 9/F9M
Zane Smith: 8/F78D

Bot 5

Rick Wilkins: K
James Mouton: 63/G6M
Ricky Gutierrez: 53/G56

Top 6

Carlos Garcia: S9/G34/R46
Al Martin: K
Jeff King: K+SB2/R4
Midre Cummings: 7/F7D

Bot 6

Shane Reynolds: 63/G6M
Brian Hunter: S7/G56/R4
Craig Biggio: 13/G13S.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: 63/G6M

Top 7

Jay Bell: D7/G5L/R65
Charlie Hayes: 63/G6.2-3
Mike Kingery: 43/SH/BG4S.3-H
Jason Kendall: 1/L13

Bot 7

Derek Bell: D8/L89M/R6
Sean Berry: 63/G6M.2-3
Rick Wilkins: 8/SF/F8D/R2.3-H
James Mouton: 43/G4

Top 8

Zane Smith: 2/P2LF
Carlos Garcia: 53/G5L
Al Martin: 23/G23

Bot 8

Ricky Gutierrez: T8/F9D/R5
Derrick May: HR/F9LD.3-H
Brian Hunter: HR/F78XD
Craig Biggio: 8/F8LD
Jeff Bagwell: 43/G4
Derek Bell: 6/L6

Top 9

Jeff King: 8/F8LXD
Midre Cummings: 7/F78M
Jay Bell: 9/F89M