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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1999-08-15 · Day game · Astrodome · Att: 36231 · 72°F, dome, dry · 2:13

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Astros 2–0. Todd Ritchie earned the win and Mike Williams picked up the save. Warren Morris went 2-for-3 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	1	1	2	5
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7

W: Todd Ritchie L: Shane Reynolds SV: Mike Williams

Umpires — HP: Ron Kulpa · 1B: Bill Hohn · 2B: Paul Schrieber · 3B: Tom Hallion · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Al Martin	4	1	1	1	3
Mike Benjamin	4	0	1	0	1
Brian Giles	4	0	0	0	2
Kevin Young	4	0	0	0	1
Dale Sveum	3	0	0	0	2
Warren Morris	3	1	2	1	0
Brant Brown	3	0	1	0	1
Keith Osik	3	0	0	0	1
Todd Ritchie	3	0	0	0	3

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Glen Barker	3	2	1	0
Bill Spiers	2	0	1	1
Jeff Bagwell	4	1	0	0
Carl Everett	3	0	1	1
Daryle Ward	4	1	0	0
Russ Johnson	4	1	0	0
Tony Eusebio	4	0	0	0
Ricky Gutierrez	4	1	0	0
Shane Reynolds	3	1	0	2
Craig Biggio	1	0	0	1
Matt Mieske	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Ritchie	8.0	6	3	4
Mike Williams	1.0	1	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Shane Reynolds	9.0	5	0	14

Play-by-play

Top 1

Al Martin: K
Mike Benjamin: D7/G5
Brian Giles: K
Kevin Young: K

Bot 1

Glen Barker: W
Bill Spiers: PO1(13)
Bill Spiers: K
Jeff Bagwell: D9/F9LD
Carl Everett: IW
Daryle Ward: 13/G15

Top 2

Dale Sveum: K
Warren Morris: 3/G3
Brant Brown: 13/G13

Bot 2

Russ Johnson: 13/G15S
Tony Eusebio: 43/G4
Ricky Gutierrez: 53/G5

Top 3

Keith Osik: 63/G6
Todd Ritchie: K
Al Martin: K

Bot 3

Shane Reynolds: K
Glen Barker: 7/F7LD
Bill Spiers: W
Jeff Bagwell: 64(1)/FO/G6

Top 4

Mike Benjamin: 13/G13
Brian Giles: 31/G34S
Kevin Young: 7/F7M

Bot 4

Carl Everett: 53/G56
Daryle Ward: 3/G3
Russ Johnson: 63/G6MD

Top 5

Dale Sveum: K
Warren Morris: S9/G34
Brant Brown: K
Keith Osik: 5/L56S

Bot 5

Tony Eusebio: 7/F7LD
Ricky Gutierrez: 63/G6
Shane Reynolds: S9/G34
Glen Barker: S7/L78S.1-2
Bill Spiers: 8/L8LM

Top 6

Todd Ritchie: K
Al Martin: K
Mike Benjamin: K

Bot 6

Jeff Bagwell: 7/F7M
Carl Everett: 7/F7M
Daryle Ward: S9/G34
Russ Johnson: 9/P9S

Top 7

Brian Giles: K
Kevin Young: 9/F9LD
Dale Sveum: 31/G3

Bot 7

Tony Eusebio: 9/F9D
Ricky Gutierrez: 53/G56
Shane Reynolds: K

Top 8

Warren Morris: HR/F8LXD
Brant Brown: S3/G3
Keith Osik: SB2
Keith Osik: K
Todd Ritchie: K
Al Martin: CS3(25)

Bot 8

Glen Barker: S4/BG13S
Bill Spiers: E3/SH/BG3S.1-2
Jeff Bagwell: 3/P13
Carl Everett: K
Daryle Ward: 31/G34

Top 9

Al Martin: HR/F9D
Mike Benjamin: 43/G4
Brian Giles: 3/P3SF
Kevin Young: 53/G56

Bot 9

Russ Johnson: S8/L6MD
Tony Eusebio: 46(1)/FO/G34
Ricky Gutierrez: S8/L8LS.1-2
Craig Biggio: K
Matt Mieske: K

Notes & reviews

Pirates manager Lamont ejected by HP umpire Kulpa for arguing that Spiers' bunt was foul

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