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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Houston Astros

1977-08-01 · Night game · Astrodome · 11 innings · Att: 11769 · dome · 3:11

Houston Astros defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3. Mark Lemongello earned the win. Jose Cruz went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14
HOU	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	10

W: Mark Lemongello L: Rich Gossage SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dutch Rennert · 1B: Ed Sudol · 2B: Bob Engel · 3B: Jerry Dale · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Taveras	5	2	3	0	1	1
Ed Ott	6	1	4	1	0	0
Dave Parker	6	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Robinson	5	0	2	1	0	2
Al Oliver	4	0	0	1	1	0
Rennie Stennett	4	0	2	0	2	0
Omar Moreno	6	0	1	0	0	2
Fernando Gonzalez	5	0	1	0	0	0
Odell Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Tolan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gossage	1	0	0	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Terry Puhl	2	0	1	0	2	0
Enos Cabell	5	1	1	0	0	1
Cesar Cedeno	5	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Watson	5	1	1	0	0	2
Jose Cruz	5	2	2	1	0	1
Ed Herrmann	4	0	1	1	0	0
Julio Gonzalez	4	0	1	1	0	1
Roger Metzger	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mark Lemongello	4	0	1	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Odell Jones	5.1	8	1	3
Terry Forster	1.0	1	0	0
Kent Tekulve	0.2	0	0	1
Rich Gossage	3.0	1	1	4

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mark Lemongello	11.0	14	4	7

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank Taveras: S9
Ed Ott: SB2
Ed Ott: S6.2-2
Dave Parker: E6/TH2.2-3;1-2;B-1
Bill Robinson: K
Al Oliver: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Rennie Stennett: 8/L

Bot 1

Terry Puhl: 8
Enos Cabell: S5
Cesar Cedeno: 9(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 2

Omar Moreno: 3/G
Fernando Gonzalez: S7
Odell Jones: PO1(13)
Odell Jones: 5/L

Bot 2

Bob Watson: D7
Jose Cruz: 7
Ed Herrmann: 43.2-3
Julio Gonzalez: S9.3-H
Roger Metzger: 7

Top 3

Frank Taveras: S1
Ed Ott: PO1(E1).1-3
Ed Ott: T8.3-H
Dave Parker: 43
Bill Robinson: S7.3-H
Al Oliver: 13.1-2
Rennie Stennett: 53

Bot 3

Mark Lemongello: 9
Terry Puhl: W
Enos Cabell: 64(1)/FO
Cesar Cedeno: T7.1-H
Bob Watson: 8

Top 4

Omar Moreno: K
Fernando Gonzalez: E4.B-1
Odell Jones: E6.1-2;B-1
Frank Taveras: S7.2XH(72);1-2
Ed Ott: S4.2-3;1-2
Dave Parker: 8

Bot 4

Jose Cruz: 7
Ed Herrmann: 4/L
Julio Gonzalez: K

Top 5

Bill Robinson: 13
Al Oliver: 43
Rennie Stennett: S5
Omar Moreno: S7.1-2
Fernando Gonzalez: 7

Bot 5

Roger Metzger: S7
Mark Lemongello: 16(1)/FO
Terry Puhl: S9.1-2
Enos Cabell: K
Cesar Cedeno: 5/L

Top 6

Odell Jones: 53
Frank Taveras: K
Ed Ott: S4
Dave Parker: 43

Bot 6

Bob Watson: K
Jose Cruz: S9
Ed Herrmann: SB2
Ed Herrmann: D7.2-H
Julio Gonzalez: 43.2-3
Roger Metzger: 13

Top 7

Bill Robinson: K
Al Oliver: 8
Rennie Stennett: S7
Omar Moreno: K

Bot 7

Mark Lemongello: S9
Terry Puhl: 14/SH.1-2
Enos Cabell: 4/L
Cesar Cedeno: K

Top 8

Fernando Gonzalez: 8
Bobby Tolan: 3
Frank Taveras: 63

Bot 8

Bob Watson: K
Jose Cruz: K
Ed Herrmann: 5

Top 9

Ed Ott: 7
Dave Parker: K
Bill Robinson: S8
Al Oliver: W.1-2
Rennie Stennett: W.2-3;1-2
Omar Moreno: 2/FL

Bot 9

Julio Gonzalez: 43
Roger Metzger: K
Mark Lemongello: K

Top 10

Fernando Gonzalez: 8
Rich Gossage: K
Frank Taveras: W
Ed Ott: SB2
Ed Ott: 8

Bot 10

Terry Puhl: W
Enos Cabell: WP.1-2
Enos Cabell: 7
Cesar Cedeno: 53
Bob Watson: 8

Top 11

Dave Parker: S8
Bill Robinson: 23/SH.1-2
Al Oliver: 31.2-3
Rennie Stennett: IW
Omar Moreno: 1/BP

Bot 11

Jose Cruz: HR/9