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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1996-05-19 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 18815 · dome, dry · 2:35

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3. Houston Astros put up 2 in the 5th. Todd Jones earned the win. Jeff Bagwell went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4
HOU	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	4	10

W: Todd Jones L: Jon Lieber SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos Garcia	3	1	1	0	1	1
Al Martin	4	0	0	0	0	1
Orlando Merced	4	1	1	1	0	2
Mark Johnson	4	0	1	2	0	1
Jay Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Hayes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Midre Cummings	3	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Osik	3	1	1	0	0	0
Paul Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	1
Nelson Liriano	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff King	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Cangelosi	4	0	1	0	1	0
Bill Spiers	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jeff Bagwell	4	1	2	4	1	1
Derek Bell	4	0	2	0	0	0
Derrick May	2	0	0	0	1	0
Sean Berry	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Wilkins	4	0	0	0	0	3
Orlando Miller	4	1	2	0	0	0
Donne Wall	3	0	1	0	0	1
James Mouton	1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Hunter	1	1	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Wagner	3.0	3	3	3
Jason Christiansen	2.0	1	0	1
Marc Wilkins	2.1	2	0	2
Dan Plesac	0.2	0	0	0
Jon Lieber	0.2	4	0	1

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Donne Wall	8.2	3	1	7
Todd Jones	0.1	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Carlos Garcia: K
Al Martin: 7/F7LMF
Orlando Merced: K

Bot 1

John Cangelosi: W
Bill Spiers: S9/G34.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: K
Derek Bell: 8/F8RXD
Derrick May: W.2-3;1-2
Sean Berry: 1/G3S

Top 2

Mark Johnson: 9/F9LM
Jay Bell: 63/G6
Charlie Hayes: 63/G56

Bot 2

Rick Wilkins: 63/G6
Orlando Miller: S8/G6M
Donne Wall: K
John Cangelosi: CS2(26)

Top 3

Midre Cummings: 8/F8RM
Keith Osik: 53/G56
Paul Wagner: K

Bot 3

John Cangelosi: 43/G4
Bill Spiers: K
Jeff Bagwell: W
Derek Bell: S9/G34.1-2
Derrick May: WP.2-3;1-2
Derrick May: 9/F9M

Top 4

Carlos Garcia: D8/F78XD
Al Martin: 8/F8LD.2-3
Orlando Merced: 4/P4
Mark Johnson: K

Bot 4

Sean Berry: 63/G6
Rick Wilkins: K
Orlando Miller: 63/G6

Top 5

Jay Bell: 6/L6
Charlie Hayes: 63/G6M
Midre Cummings: 31/G3L

Bot 5

Donne Wall: 63/G6
John Cangelosi: 7/F7LD
Bill Spiers: HP
Jeff Bagwell: HR/F8LXD.1-H
Derek Bell: 63/G6

Top 6

Keith Osik: 8/F78XD
Nelson Liriano: 3/G3
Carlos Garcia: 63/G6

Bot 6

Derrick May: 63/G6M
Sean Berry: 43/G4M
Rick Wilkins: K

Top 7

Al Martin: K
Orlando Merced: K
Mark Johnson: 13/G13

Bot 7

Orlando Miller: 53/G56
Donne Wall: S8/G4M
John Cangelosi: 7/F78S
Bill Spiers: K23

Top 8

Jay Bell: 7/F7M
Charlie Hayes: 7/F7M
Midre Cummings: 53/G5

Bot 8

Jeff Bagwell: 9/F9LD
Derek Bell: S7/L6D
James Mouton: 9/F9M
Sean Berry: 6/P6D

Top 9

Keith Osik: D9/F9LS
Jeff King: K
Carlos Garcia: W
Al Martin: 8/F8RM
Orlando Merced: S7/F78S.2-H;1-2
Mark Johnson: D9/F9D.2-H;1-H
Jay Bell: 3/G3

Bot 9

Rick Wilkins: K
Orlando Miller: S8/G4M
Brian Hunter: S8/G4M.1-2
John Cangelosi: S9/G34.2-3;1-2
Bill Spiers: 6/P6MD
Jeff Bagwell: S9/P3D.3-H;2-H;1-2