September 25, 1995 Pittsburgh Pirates at Houston Astros Box Score and Play by Play

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DET 7
@BOS 4 MIN 6
CHW 1 CHC 7
STL 0 MON 9
@FLA 0 HOU 10
PIT 5 LAD 4
COL 3 NYM 2
CIN 1
(6) SDP 7
@SFG 4

Standings at end of play this day

Astrodome, Attendance: 11,142

Monday, September 25, 1995, 7:06
Time of Game: 2:56

Pirates

56-83

Lost 4

5th, 26½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Pirates         0  0  0   0  5  0   0  0  0    5  8  2
Astros          3  0  3   0  1  0   0  3  X   10 13  1

W: D Brocail (6-3), L: R White (1-3)

Astros

73-65

Won 3

2nd, 9 GB

BATTING

Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Brumfield CF                4   1   1   0    0   1  .271  .707   12    2   1   
A Martin LF                   4   1   2   2    0   1  .281  .785   17    4   0   2B,SB
O Merced RF                   4   0   1   1    0   1  .296  .826   20    1   0   
J King 1B                     3   0   0   1    1   0  .264  .801   15    6   1   
C Garcia 2B                   4   0   0   0    0   2  .289  .751   11    3   3   
J Bell SS                     4   0   0   0    0   0  .260  .738   18    2   5   
D Slaught C                   4   1   2   0    0   0  .318  .745   12    5   1   
J Wehner 3B                   3   1   1   0    0   0  .305  .721   10    0   0   GDP
  J Christiansen P            0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Lieber P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .048  .096         0   0   
  D Clark PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .286  .744    5    0   0   
R White P                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .083  .250    2    0   2   
  J McCurry P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         1   0   
  M Cummings PH               1   1   1   1    0   0  .235  .628    3    0   0   
  L Hancock P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Dyer P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .571 1.142         0   1   
  N Liriano 3B                2   0   0   0    0   0  .280  .741    5    0   0   
Totals                       35   5   8   5    1   6              130   24  14

BATTING

2B: A Martin (23, off S Reynolds).

TB: A Martin 3; D Slaught 2; J Brumfield; M Cummings; O Merced; J Wehner.

GIDP: J Wehner (2).

RBI: A Martin 2 (40); M Cummings (10); O Merced (83); J King (85).

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 3 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 1. M Dyer-D Slaught-J King.

E: J Bell 2 (14).

BASERUNNING

SB: A Martin (19, 2nd base off S Reynolds/R Wilkins).

Houston Astros               AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Cangelosi LF                4   2   1   0    0   0  .322  .863    9    1   0   SB,HBP,GDP
C Biggio 2B                   2   0   0   0    2   0  .290  .866   27    2   7   SH
J Bagwell 1B                  4   2   3   0    1   0  .285  .878   17   11   0   
D May RF                      3   1   1   1    0   0  .268  .727    4    1   0   2B
  J Mouton PH-RF              2   1   0   0    0   0  .263  .692    9    0   0   
D Magadan 3B                  3   1   2   2    0   0  .313  .823   10    0   2   
  C Shipley PH-3B             2   1   1   1    0   0  .266  .643    3    0   0   SB
B Hunter CF                   5   2   2   3    0   1  .303  .754   20    6   0   
R Wilkins C                   4   0   2   1    0   2  .200  .652   19    6   0   
R Gutierrez SS                4   0   1   1    0   1  .273  .601   19    0   2   
S Reynolds P                  2   0   0   0    0   0  .117  .248    6    0   0   
  D Brocail P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .625         0   0   
  M Simms PH                  0   0   0   0    1   0  .264  .889    6    0   0   
  J Dougherty P               0   0   0   0    0   0  .125  .250         0   1   
  D Hartgraves P              1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    3    0   0   
  D Veres P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  M Henneman P                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
Totals                       36  10  13   9    4   5              152   27  12

BATTING

2B: D May (17, off R White).

SH: C Biggio (9, off R White).

HBP: J Cangelosi (4, by R White).

TB: J Bagwell 3; R Wilkins 2; B Hunter 2; D May 2; D Magadan 2; J Cangelosi; R Gutierrez; C Shipley.

GIDP: J Cangelosi (3).

RBI: B Hunter 3 (27); D Magadan 2 (48); C Shipley (23); R Wilkins (17); D May (46); R Gutierrez (12).

2-out RBI: B Hunter 2; C Shipley.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 8 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. R Gutierrez-C Biggio-J Bagwell.

E: D Magadan (15).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Cangelosi (18, 2nd base off J Lieber/D Slaught); C Shipley (6, 2nd base off J Lieber/D Slaught).

PITCHING

Pittsburgh Pirates            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R White, L (1-3)               3     7   6   5    1   1   0   4.86   18   58-36   25· 1·10    8· 1· 6· 0     23    -     0.76  -0.32
J McCurry                      1     1   0   0    0   0   0   5.10    4   12-8     5· 0· 3    0· 1· 3· 0          0-0    0.10   0.01
L Hancock                      0.1   2   1   1    0   1   0   2.25    4   13-8     4· 3· 1    3· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.87  -0.15
M Dyer                         0.2   1   0   0    2   0   0   4.46    4   17-7     3· 0· 4    2· 0· 0· 0          2-0    1.03   0.03
J Christiansen                 0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.39    1    7-4     4· 0· 0    0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    0.95   0.03
J Lieber                       2.2   2   3   0    1   3   0   6.46   11   39-27   15· 3· 9    4· 0· 3· 0          2-0    0.56   0.02
Totals                         8    13  10   6    4   5   0          42  146-90   56· 7·27   17· 3·12· 0          6-0

Houston Astros                IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Reynolds                     4     7   5   5    1   3   0   3.28   20   66-41   23· 5·13    8· 2· 6· 0     30    -     0.85  -0.12
D Brocail, W (6-3)             1     0   0   0    0   0   0   4.28    3    6-5     3· 1· 1    2· 0· 1· 0          2-2    1.33   0.02
J Dougherty, H (4)             1.2   0   0   0    0   0   0   4.80    5   22-14   11· 1· 2    3· 2· 0· 0          0-0    1.00   0.12
D Hartgraves, H (4)            0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   2.80    2   11-7     3· 2· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    1.03   0.05
D Veres, H (18)                0.2   0   0   0    0   1   0   2.31    2    8-6     3· 1· 2    1· 0· 0· 0          0-0    0.80   0.04
M Henneman                     1     1   0   0    0   1   0   1.89    4   13-9     5· 2· 2    0· 2· 1· 0          0-0    0.12   0.01
Totals                         9     8   5   5    1   6   0          36  126-82   48·12·22   15· 6· 8· 0          2-2

M Dyer faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.
S Reynolds faced 5 batters in the 5th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: L Hancock 2 (2).

IBB: None.

HBP: R White (2; J Cangelosi).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - John McSherry, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Greg Bonin.

Time of Game: 2:56.

Attendance: 11,142.

Weather: 76° F, Wind 0mph, In Dome.

LINEUPS

   Pittsburgh Pirates            Houston Astros                       
1. J Brumfield          CF    1. J Cangelosi          LF 
2. A Martin             LF    2. C Biggio             2B 
3. O Merced             RF    3. J Bagwell            1B 
4. J King               1B    4. D May                RF 
5. C Garcia             2B    5. D Magadan            3B 
6. J Bell               SS    6. B Hunter             CF 
7. D Slaught            C     7. R Wilkins            C  
8. J Wehner             3B    8. R Gutierrez          SS 
9. R White              P     9. S Reynolds           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 1   1  0-0  12-  2   14%  72% D May           R White         Ground-rule Double (Line Drive); Cangelosi Scores; Bagwell to 3B
   t 5   0  6-1  123  5  -14%  69% A Martin        S Reynolds      Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Wehner Scores; Cummings Scores; Brumfield to 3B
   b 1   1  0-1  -23  6    9%  81% D Magadan       R White         Single to CF (Line Drive); Bagwell Scores; May Scores
   b 5   1  5-6  -2-  4    9%  82% R Wilkins       L Hancock       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Hunter Scores
   b 5   1  5-7  123  2   -9%  79% J Cangelosi     M Dyer          Ground Ball Double Play: P-C-1B (P's Right)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Pirates Batting, Tied 0-0, Shane Reynolds facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  4   52%  J Brumfield     Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   50%  A Martin        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B)
          1--      48%  O Merced        Martin Steals 2B
   O      -2-  5   52%  " "             Strikeout Swinging
          -2-  5   51%  J King          Walk
   O      12-  5   55%  C Garcia        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Astros Batting, Tied 0-0, Rick White facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   58%  J Cangelosi     Single to LF (Ground Ball)
   O      1--  1   57%  C Biggio        Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Cangelosi to 2B
          -2-  4   58%  J Bagwell       Walk
   R      12-  2   72%  D May           Ground-rule Double (Line Drive); Cangelosi Scores; Bagwell to 3B
   RR     -23  6   81%  D Magadan       Single to CF (Line Drive); Bagwell Scores; May Scores
   O      1--  3   80%  B Hunter        Fielder's Choice SS; Magadan out at 2B/SS-2B
   O      1--  3   79%  R Wilkins       Strikeout Looking
                  3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 3.

Top of the 2nd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-3, Shane Reynolds facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  2   81%  J Bell          Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---  1   79%  D Slaught       Reached on E5 (Ground Ball to SS-3B Hole)
   OO     1--  3   83%  J Wehner        Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B (SS-2B)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 2nd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-0, Rick White facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  4   82%  R Gutierrez     Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   81%  S Reynolds      Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
          ---  3   82%  J Cangelosi     Hit By Pitch
   O      1--  3   80%  C Biggio        Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 3.

Top of the 3rd, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-3, Shane Reynolds facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  2   83%  R White         Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  4   84%  J Brumfield     Groundout: 2B-1B (SS-2B)
   O      ---  5   85%  A Martin        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 3.

Bottom of the 3rd, Astros Batting, Ahead 3-0, Rick White facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   86%  J Bagwell       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
   O      1--  1   85%  D May           Flyball: LF
          1--  2   88%  D Magadan       Single to RF (Ground Ball thru 2B-1B); Bagwell to 3B
   R      1-3  4   91%  B Hunter        Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Bagwell Scores; Magadan to 2B
          12-  6   93%  R Wilkins       Single to RF (Line Drive to Deep 2B-1B); Magadan to 3B; Hunter to 2B
   RRO    123  4   96%  R Gutierrez     Fielder's Choice 2B; Magadan Scores; Hunter Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/unER; Wilkins out at 2B/P-2B-SS
   O      1--  1   96%  S Reynolds      Groundout: SS-1B
                  3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 6.

Top of the 4th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-6, Shane Reynolds facing 3-4-5
          ---  4   94%  O Merced        Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   96%  J King          Flyball: CF
   O      1--  2   97%  C Garcia        Lineout: CF
   O      1--  4   97%  J Bell          Fielder's Choice 3B; Merced out at 2B/3B-2B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 6.

Bottom of the 4th, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-0, Jeff McCurry facing 1-2-3
                  Jeff McCurry replaces Rick White pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   97%  J Cangelosi     Flyball: LF (Short LF)
   O      ---  6   97%  C Biggio        Lineout: P (P's Right)
          ---  3   97%  J Bagwell       Single to CF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  1   97%  D May           Lineout: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 6.

Top of the 5th, Pirates Batting, Behind 0-6, Shane Reynolds facing 7-8-9
          ---  5   95%  D Slaught       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B)
          1--  2   92%  J Wehner        Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF Line); Slaught to 3B
                  Midre Cummings pinch hits for Jeff McCurry batting 9th
   R      1-3  3   89%  M Cummings      Single to RF (Ground Ball); Slaught Scores; Wehner to 2B
          12-  2   83%  J Brumfield     Single to RF (Line Drive to Short RF); Wehner to 3B; Cummings to 2B
   RR     123  5   69%  A Martin        Double to RF (Line Drive to Deep RF); Wehner Scores; Cummings Scores; Brumfield to 3B
                  Doug Brocail replaces Shane Reynolds pitching and batting 9th
   RO     -23  1   71%  O Merced        Groundout: 2B-1B; Brumfield Scores; Martin to 3B
   RO     --3  4   70%  J King          Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B); Martin Scores
   O      ---  1   71%  C Garcia        Lineout: CF
                  5 runs, 5 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 6.

Bottom of the 5th, Astros Batting, Ahead 6-5, Lee Hancock facing 5-6-7
                  Lee Hancock replaces Midre Cummings pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  2   69%  D Magadan       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  4   73%  B Hunter        Strikeout Swinging, Wild Pitch; Hunter to 2B
   R      -2-  4   82%  R Wilkins       Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Hunter Scores
          1--      83%  R Gutierrez     Wild Pitch; Wilkins to 2B
          -2-  3   86%  " "             Single to 3B (Ground Ball to Weak 3B); Wilkins to 3B
                  Mike Dyer replaces Lee Hancock pitching and batting 9th; Mike Simms pinch hits for Doug Brocail batting 9th
          1-3  6   88%  M Simms         Walk; Gutierrez to 2B
   OO     123  2   79%  J Cangelosi     Ground Ball Double Play: P-C-1B (P's Right)
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 7.

Top of the 6th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-7, Jim Dougherty facing 6-7-8
                  Jim Dougherty replaces Mike Simms pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  8   82%  J Bell          Groundout: 2B-1B (2B-1B)
   O      ---  4   84%  D Slaught       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   85%  J Wehner        Foul Flyball: RF (Short RF Foul)
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 7.

Bottom of the 6th, Astros Batting, Ahead 7-5, Mike Dyer facing 2-3-4
          ---  6   87%  C Biggio        Walk
          1--  3   90%  J Bagwell       Single to 2B (Ground Ball to 2B-1B); Biggio to 2B
                  Jason Christiansen replaces John Wehner pitching and batting 8th; Nelson Liriano replaces Mike Dyer playing 3B batting 9th; James Mouton pinch hits for Derrick May batting 4th
   O      12-  7   87%  J Mouton        Flyball: CF
                  Jon Lieber replaces Jason Christiansen pitching and batting 8th; Craig Shipley pinch hits for Dave Magadan batting 5th
   O      12-  1   85%  C Shipley       Fielder's Choice SS; Biggio to 3B; Bagwell out at 2B/SS-2B
          1-3      86%  B Hunter        Shipley Steals 2B
   O      -23  6   82%  " "             Lineout: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 7.

Top of the 7th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-7, Jim Dougherty facing 9-1-2
                  Craig Shipley moves to 3B; James Mouton moves to RF
   O      ---  3   86%  N Liriano       Popfly: CF (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  2   88%  J Brumfield     Groundout: P-1B
                  Dean Hartgraves replaces Jim Dougherty pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   89%  A Martin        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 7.

Bottom of the 7th, Astros Batting, Ahead 7-5, Jon Lieber facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  6   88%  R Wilkins       Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  6   88%  R Gutierrez     Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   87%  D Hartgraves    Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 7.

Top of the 8th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-7, Dean Hartgraves facing 3-4-5
   O      ---  6   91%  O Merced        Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  Dave Veres replaces Dean Hartgraves pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  5   93%  J King          Groundout: 2B-1B (Deep SS-2B)
   O      ---  3   94%  C Garcia        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 7.

Bottom of the 8th, Astros Batting, Ahead 7-5, Jon Lieber facing 1-2-3
          ---  1   95%  J Cangelosi     Reached on E6 (Ground Ball)
          1--      96%  C Biggio        Cangelosi Steals 2B
          -2-  8   96%  " "             Walk
   O      12-  2   95%  J Bagwell       Lineout: RF (Short RF)
   O      12-  2   94%  J Mouton        Fielder's Choice SS; Cangelosi to 3B; Biggio out at 2B/SS-2B
   R      1-3  2   98%  C Shipley       Single to CF (Line Drive to Deep SS-2B); Cangelosi Scores/unER; Mouton to 3B; Shipley to 2B
   RRO    -23  2   99%  B Hunter        Single to CF (Ground Ball thru SS-2B); Mouton Scores/unER; Shipley Scores/unER; Hunter out at 2B/CF-1B-SS
                  3 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 10.

Top of the 9th, Pirates Batting, Behind 5-10, Mike Henneman facing 6-7-8
                  Mike Henneman replaces Dave Veres pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  4  100%  J Bell          Flyball: LF (Deep LF Line)
          ---  2   99%  D Slaught       Single to LF (Line Drive to Deep SS)
                  Dave Clark pinch hits for Jon Lieber batting 8th
   O      1--  5  100%  D Clark         Strikeout Swinging
   O      1--  2  100%  N Liriano       Flyball: CF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 10.

Retrosheet.org Boxscore:HOU199509250

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