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Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1999-09-22 · Night game · Three Rivers Stadium · Att: 16647 · 56°F, night · Wind 5 mph R to L · 2:03

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Todd Ritchie earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Todd Ritchie L: Jose Lima SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Alfonso Marquez · 1B: Brian Gorman · 2B: Phil Cuzzi · 3B: Jerry Crawford · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Craig Biggio	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Javier	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jeff Bagwell	4	1	2	1	0	2
Carl Everett	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ken Caminiti	2	0	0	1	1	1
Daryle Ward	4	0	0	0	0	1
Paul Bako	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ricky Gutierrez	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Lima	3	0	0	0	0	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Martin	4	1	1	0	0	2
Abraham Nunez	2	1	0	0	2	0
Brant Brown	3	0	0	1	0	1
Kevin Young	4	0	1	1	0	2
Adrian Brown	3	1	1	0	0	0
Warren Morris	3	0	1	1	0	1
Aramis Ramirez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Joe Oliver	3	0	0	0	0	0
Todd Ritchie	3	0	1	0	0	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jose Lima	7.0	5	2	10
Chris Holt	1.0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Todd Ritchie	9.0	6	2	10

Play-by-play

Top 1

Craig Biggio: 7/F7M
Stan Javier: 7/F7M
Jeff Bagwell: S7/G56
Carl Everett: K

Bot 1

Al Martin: K
Abraham Nunez: W
Brant Brown: 31/G3.1-2
Kevin Young: K

Top 2

Ken Caminiti: 43/G34
Daryle Ward: K
Paul Bako: 8/F8RD

Bot 2

Adrian Brown: S9/L9S
Warren Morris: D7/L78M.1-H
Aramis Ramirez: K
Joe Oliver: 4/P4D
Todd Ritchie: K

Top 3

Ricky Gutierrez: 53/G56S
Jose Lima: K
Craig Biggio: 13/G15S

Bot 3

Al Martin: T8/F89XD
Abraham Nunez: 13/BG34S
Brant Brown: 9/SF/F9D.3-H
Kevin Young: K

Top 4

Stan Javier: D8/L8RD
Jeff Bagwell: S8/G6M.2-H;B-2
Carl Everett: 7/F7D.2-3
Ken Caminiti: 8/SF/L8RM.3-H
Daryle Ward: 63/G6

Bot 4

Adrian Brown: 63/G6
Warren Morris: 5/P25
Aramis Ramirez: K

Top 5

Paul Bako: W
Ricky Gutierrez: K
Jose Lima: K
Craig Biggio: K

Bot 5

Joe Oliver: 7/F78D
Todd Ritchie: K
Al Martin: K

Top 6

Stan Javier: S8/G4M
Jeff Bagwell: K
Carl Everett: S7/F7S.1-3;B-2
Ken Caminiti: W
Daryle Ward: 32(3)/DP/G3.2XH(32);1-2

Bot 6

Abraham Nunez: W
Brant Brown: K+SB2
Kevin Young: S8/G6M.2-H
Adrian Brown: 3/G34S.1-2
Warren Morris: K

Top 7

Paul Bako: K
Ricky Gutierrez: S8/G6
Jose Lima: 26(1)4/GDP/BG13S

Bot 7

Aramis Ramirez: 63/G6
Joe Oliver: 63/G6S
Todd Ritchie: S9/L89S
Al Martin: 4/L4

Top 8

Craig Biggio: 8/L8LS
Stan Javier: 9/L9M
Jeff Bagwell: K

Bot 8

Abraham Nunez: 63/G6
Brant Brown: 9/F89D
Kevin Young: 53/G56

Top 9

Carl Everett: 2/P23F
Ken Caminiti: K
Daryle Ward: 3/P9LSF

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