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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1997-09-26 · Night game · Astrodome · Att: 37850 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:18

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0. Ramon Garcia earned the win and Billy Wagner picked up the save. Russ Johnson went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ramon Garcia L: Esteban Loaiza SV: Billy Wagner

Umpires — HP: Joe West · 1B: Jerry Layne · 2B: Mike Winters · 3B: Brian Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Tony Womack	3	2	1	0
Adrian Brown	3	1	1	0
Freddy Garcia	4	0	0	2
Mark Smith	3	1	1	1
Jose Guillen	3	0	0	2
Keith Osik	4	1	0	1
Emil Brown	2	1	0	1
Abraham Nunez	3	0	0	0
Esteban Loaiza	2	0	0	0
Turner Ward	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chuck Carr	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Abreu	4	0	0	0	0	1
Thomas Howard	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sean Berry	3	0	1	0	1	0
Luis Gonzalez	2	0	0	0	0	0
Russ Johnson	2	2	2	1	1	0
Randy Knorr	3	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Rivera	1	0	0	1	1	1
Ramon Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Pena	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Esteban Loaiza	7.0	3	3	5
Jason Christiansen	1.0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ramon Garcia	7.0	6	1	3
Oscar Henriquez	1.0	0	2	1
Billy Wagner	1.0	0	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tony Womack: S7/L7S/R6
Adrian Brown: S8/G6M.1X3(85)
Freddy Garcia: 9/F9S/R4
Mark Smith: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Chuck Carr: 3/G3
Bobby Abreu: 3/G3
Thomas Howard: 7/F78M

Top 2

Mark Smith: W
Jose Guillen: K
Keith Osik: S8/L8LS/R6.1-2
Emil Brown: HP.2-3;1-2
Abraham Nunez: 64(1)3/GDP/6M

Bot 2

Sean Berry: D7/L7LM/R4
Luis Gonzalez: 7/L78M/R5
Russ Johnson: W
Randy Knorr: K
Luis Rivera: K

Top 3

Esteban Loaiza: 8/F8RXD
Tony Womack: S4/G4/R3
Adrian Brown: SB2/R6
Adrian Brown: PO2(16)
Adrian Brown: 13/G13

Bot 3

Ramon Garcia: K
Chuck Carr: 5/P15
Bobby Abreu: 9/L9M

Top 4

Freddy Garcia: K
Mark Smith: 3/P3DF
Jose Guillen: HP
Keith Osik: 4/P34D

Bot 4

Thomas Howard: 63/G6M
Sean Berry: 63/G56D
Luis Gonzalez: 3/G3

Top 5

Emil Brown: T9/L89D/R4
Abraham Nunez: 53(B)26(3)/DP/G56S
Esteban Loaiza: 63/G6

Bot 5

Russ Johnson: S9/L89M/R6
Randy Knorr: K+SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Luis Rivera: 3/SH/BG3S.3-H(UR)
Ramon Garcia: 4/P34D

Top 6

Tony Womack: 7/F7D
Adrian Brown: 31/G3L
Freddy Garcia: 9/F9S

Bot 6

Chuck Carr: 3/P3D
Bobby Abreu: K
Thomas Howard: E5/TH/G5.B-1
Sean Berry: W.1-2
Tony Pena: 4/P3D

Top 7

Mark Smith: S1/G25
Jose Guillen: 64(1)/FO/G6
Keith Osik: 14(1)/FO/G13
Emil Brown: K

Bot 7

Russ Johnson: HR/F78XD
Randy Knorr: 9/F9S
Luis Rivera: W
Jeff Bagwell: BK.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: 9/F9LS/R6
Chuck Carr: 9/L89D

Top 8

Abraham Nunez: 23/G2R
Turner Ward: 7/F7D
Tony Womack: W
Adrian Brown: SB2/R6
Adrian Brown: W
Freddy Garcia: K

Bot 8

Bobby Abreu: 7/L78D
Thomas Howard: 43/G4
Sean Berry: 63/G6

Top 9

Mark Smith: K
Jose Guillen: K
Keith Osik: K