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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1998-09-20 · Day game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 23657 · 78°F, cloudy, dry · Wind 3 mph to LF · 2:32

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 2–0. Shane Reynolds earned the win and Billy Wagner picked up the save. Richard Hidalgo went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Shane Reynolds L: Jason Schmidt SV: Billy Wagner

Umpires — HP: Paul Nauert · 1B: Randy Marsh · 2B: Bill Hohn · 3B: Angel Hernandez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	0	2	0	0	1
Richard Hidalgo	4	2	2	2	0	0
Derek Bell	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	4	0	1	0	0	1
Moises Alou	3	0	0	0	1	0
Sean Berry	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tony Eusebio	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ricky Gutierrez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Shane Reynolds	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Clark	1	0	0	0	0	1
Carl Everett	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Tony Womack	4	3	0	0
Adrian Brown	4	1	0	1
Jason Kendall	4	1	0	1
Kevin Young	4	0	0	1
Jose Guillen	3	2	1	0
Turner Ward	4	0	0	1
Aramis Ramirez	4	1	0	1
Abraham Nunez	3	1	0	0
Jason Schmidt	2	1	0	1
Tim Laker	1	0	0	0
Lou Collier	0	0	1	0
Freddy Garcia	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Shane Reynolds	7.0	10	0	4
Jay Powell	1.0	0	1	1
Billy Wagner	1.0	0	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jason Schmidt	7.0	5	1	2
Mike Williams	2.0	2	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Biggio: 9/F9LD
Richard Hidalgo: HR/F7D
Derek Bell: HP
Jeff Bagwell: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 1

Tony Womack: 3/G34
Adrian Brown: 43/G4
Jason Kendall: S8/G4M
Kevin Young: SB2
Kevin Young: K

Top 2

Moises Alou: 9/F9LD
Sean Berry: 43/G4
Tony Eusebio: S8/G6M
Ricky Gutierrez: 8/F8RD

Bot 2

Jose Guillen: S8/G4M
Turner Ward: 8/L8RD
Aramis Ramirez: D5/G5L.1-3
Abraham Nunez: 4(B)6(2)/LDP/L4

Top 3

Shane Reynolds: 43/G4
Craig Biggio: K
Richard Hidalgo: HR/F8LXD
Derek Bell: 8/F8LXD

Bot 3

Jason Schmidt: K
Tony Womack: S8/L8LS
Adrian Brown: S8/P8LS.1-2
Jason Kendall: 64(1)/FO/G56.2-3
Kevin Young: 43/G4M

Top 4

Jeff Bagwell: 8/F8RXD
Moises Alou: 9/F89M
Sean Berry: 8/F78M

Bot 4

Jose Guillen: D7/L7D
Turner Ward: 8/F8RM
Aramis Ramirez: 9/F9M.2-3
Abraham Nunez: 63/G6

Top 5

Tony Eusebio: 63/G6
Ricky Gutierrez: 53/G6S
Shane Reynolds: K

Bot 5

Jason Schmidt: S5/BG56S
Tony Womack: S5/BG56S.1-2
Adrian Brown: PO2(14)
Adrian Brown: K+SB2
Jason Kendall: K

Top 6

Craig Biggio: S6/G56
Richard Hidalgo: 9(B)3(1)/LDP/L9M
Derek Bell: 43

Bot 6

Kevin Young: 8/F8LD
Jose Guillen: 8/F8RXD
Turner Ward: 3/G3

Top 7

Jeff Bagwell: D9/F9LM
Moises Alou: 9/F9D.2-3
Sean Berry: IW
Tony Eusebio: 54(1)3/GDP/G5

Bot 7

Aramis Ramirez: 4/P34D
Abraham Nunez: S4/BG6MS
Tim Laker: 8/F8LD
Tony Womack: S8/L8LS.1-2
Adrian Brown: 43/G4

Top 8

Ricky Gutierrez: 6/L6M
Dave Clark: K
Craig Biggio: S9/P9S
Richard Hidalgo: 64(1)/FO/G6M

Bot 8

Jason Kendall: 8/F8LD
Kevin Young: 3/P3F
Jose Guillen: W
Turner Ward: K

Top 9

Derek Bell: D8/L89D
Jeff Bagwell: K
Moises Alou: IW
Carl Everett: 4/P4D
Tony Eusebio: 9/F9D

Bot 9

Aramis Ramirez: K
Lou Collier: W
Freddy Garcia: 64(1)3/GDP/G6M