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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1997-06-25 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 26954 · dome, dry · 2:30

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–1. Houston Astros put up 4 in the 8th. Darryl Kile earned the win. Derek Bell went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Darryl Kile L: Clint Sodowsky SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Runge · 1B: Joe West · 2B: Larry Vanover · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Womack	3	0	1	0	1	0
Jermaine Allensworth	4	0	0	0	0	2
Al Martin	3	0	2	0	1	0
Kevin Young	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dale Sveum	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jason Kendall	3	1	1	0	0	1
Jose Guillen	4	0	1	1	0	2
Kevin Polcovich	3	0	0	0	0	1
Steve Cooke	2	0	0	0	0	1
Midre Cummings	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	2	2	0	1	0
James Mouton	5	0	2	3	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	2	0	0	0	3	0
Luis Gonzalez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Derek Bell	4	1	1	1	0	1
Sean Berry	4	0	1	0	0	1
Tony Eusebio	2	0	1	0	2	1
Tim Bogar	2	0	0	0	0	0
Darryl Kile	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ricky Gutierrez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Spiers	1	1	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Cooke	7.0	6	4	6
Clint Sodowsky	0.2	1	1	0
Matt Ruebel	0.0	1	1	0
Rich Loiselle	0.1	1	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Darryl Kile	8.0	6	2	7
Billy Wagner	1.0	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: 43/G
Jermaine Allensworth: K/C
Al Martin: D9
Kevin Young: 43/G

Bot 1

Craig Biggio: S1
James Mouton: 64(1)/FO/G
Jeff Bagwell: SB2
Jeff Bagwell: IW
Luis Gonzalez: S9.2-3;1-2
Derek Bell: 6(1)3/GDP/G

Top 2

Dale Sveum: 43/G
Jason Kendall: D9
Jose Guillen: SB3
Jose Guillen: S7.3-H;BX2(74)
Kevin Polcovich: 4/P

Bot 2

Sean Berry: K
Tony Eusebio: S8
Tim Bogar: 64(1)/FO/G
Darryl Kile: 8/F

Top 3

Steve Cooke: 43/G
Tony Womack: 31/G
Jermaine Allensworth: 7/F

Bot 3

Craig Biggio: 13/G
James Mouton: 53/G
Jeff Bagwell: E5/TH/G.B-1
Luis Gonzalez: K

Top 4

Al Martin: S8
Kevin Young: K
Dale Sveum: SB2
Dale Sveum: K
Jason Kendall: SB3
Jason Kendall: 13/G

Bot 4

Derek Bell: K
Sean Berry: 9/F
Tony Eusebio: W
Tim Bogar: 3/G

Top 5

Jose Guillen: K23
Kevin Polcovich: K
Steve Cooke: K

Bot 5

Darryl Kile: K
Craig Biggio: S9/G34
James Mouton: 53/G.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: SB3
Jeff Bagwell: IW
Luis Gonzalez: SB2
Luis Gonzalez: 3/G

Top 6

Tony Womack: S9
Jermaine Allensworth: K/C
Al Martin: 8/L
Kevin Young: SB2
Kevin Young: 63/G

Bot 6

Derek Bell: 63/G
Sean Berry: S8
Tony Eusebio: K
Tim Bogar: CS2(24)

Top 7

Dale Sveum: S8
Jason Kendall: HP.1-2
Jose Guillen: 54(1)3/GDP/G.2-3
Kevin Polcovich: 13/G

Bot 7

Ricky Gutierrez: 43/G
Darryl Kile: K
Craig Biggio: E5/TH/G.B-2
James Mouton: WP.2-3
James Mouton: S5/BG.3-H(UR)
Jeff Bagwell: W.1-2
Luis Gonzalez: 7/F

Top 8

Midre Cummings: 7/F
Tony Womack: W
Jermaine Allensworth: 63/G.1-2
Al Martin: IW
Kevin Young: 9/F

Bot 8

Derek Bell: HR/78XD
Sean Berry: 63/G
Tony Eusebio: W
Ricky Gutierrez: 13/G.1-2
Bill Spiers: D9.2-H
Craig Biggio: IW
James Mouton: D7.2-H;1-H
Jeff Bagwell: 43/G

Top 9

Dale Sveum: K
Jason Kendall: K
Jose Guillen: K