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Bob Watson and Denis Menke batted in three runs apiece and Jim Wynn accounted for two to provide the Astros with an 8-4 victory over the Pirates. Larry Dierker, making his first relief appearance of the season for the Astros, pitched the last 3 1/3 innings and saved the game for Ron Cook. Houston Astros 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 4Game Played on Saturday, July 25, 1970 (Day game) at Three Rivers StadiumAstros 2 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 - 8 16 1
Pirates 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 - 4 12 2
Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Alou rf 5 1 2 0 1 0 .292 Alou cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .288
Morgan 2b 4 2 1 0 0 0 .274 Cash 2b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .325
Wynn lf 3 2 2 2 2 0 .283 Clemente rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .356
Watson 1b 4 2 2 3 0 1 .286 Alley 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .246
Menke ss 5 0 3 3 0 2 .317 Sanguillen c 5 1 2 0 0 0 .318
Rader 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Robertson 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .277
Cedeno cf 3 0 3 0 2 0 .240 Oliver lf 3 0 0 1 0 2 .267
Edwards c 5 0 2 0 0 0 .193 Pagan 3b,rf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .252
Cook p 3 1 1 0 0 1 .375 Patek ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .260
Dierker p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Veale p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .122
Pena p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mazeroski ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .209
Colpaert p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Jeter ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .234
Gibbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Stargell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Walker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .118
Totals 38 8 16 8 5 5 Totals 38 4 12 3 1 8
Time of Game: 2:49 Attendance: 14,069
Left on Base: Astros 12, Pirates 10
DP: Astros 1, Pirates 1
Errors: Menke, Clemente, Veale
Doubles: Alou (18), Watson (13), Sanguillen (10), Pagan (6)
Home Runs: Wynn (15), Watson (5)
Stolen Bases: Wynn (17), Cedeno (4)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Morgan 2 (3), Dierker (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Watson (3), Oliver (5)
GIDP: Sanguillen (10)
Hit by Pitch: Clemente (2,by Dierker)
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Cook W(2-0) 5.2 9 4 3 1 4 0 27 3.22
Dierker SV(1) 3.1 3 0 0 0 4 0 14 3.99
Totals 9 12 4 3 1 8 0 41
Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Veale L(6-11) 3.2 8 6 5 3 3 0 22 3.81
Pena 1.1 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.93
Colpaert 1 2 2 2 0 1 2 5 4.50
Gibbon 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 5.49
Walker 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3.91
Totals 9 16 8 7 5 5 2 47
Hit by Pitch: Dierker (1)
Wild Pitches: Veale (7)
Umpires: HP - Harry Wendelstedt, 1B - Dick Tremblay, 2B - Al Barlick, 3B - Ed Vargo
ASTROS 1ST: Alou doubled to right; Morgan reached on an error by
Veale on a sacrifice bunt [Alou to third, Morgan to first]; Wynn
walked [Morgan to second]; Watson struck out; Menke singled to
left [Alou scored, Morgan scored (unearned), Wynn to second];
Wynn stole third; Rader flied out to center [Menke to second];
Cedeno was walked intentionally; Edwards grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Astros 2, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 1ST: Alou grounded out (second to first); Cash singled
to center; Clemente singled to center [Cash to second];
Sanguillen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Clemente out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros
2, Pirates 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Cook singled to pitcher; Alou singled to center
[Cook to second]; Morgan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Cook to third, Alou to second]; Wynn was walked
intentionally; Watson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cook
scored, Alou to third]; Veale threw a wild pitch [Wynn to
second]; Menke struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 3,
Pirates 0.
PIRATES 2ND: Robertson struck out; Oliver struck out; Pagan
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3,
Pirates 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Rader grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt
Cedeno singled to first; Cedeno was picked off and caught
stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Edwards made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 3RD: Patek grounded out (second to first); Veale
grounded out (first unassisted); Alou grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 3, Pirates 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Cook struck out (catcher to first); Alou grounded
out (second to first); Morgan singled to right [Morgan to second
(error by Clemente)]; Wynn singled to left [Morgan scored];
Watson doubled to right [Wynn scored, Watson to third (on throw
to home)]; PENA REPLACED VEALE (PITCHING); Menke singled to
center [Watson scored]; Rader grounded out (third to first); 3
R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 4TH: Cash singled to third; Clemente forced Cash
(shortstop unassisted); Sanguillen flied out to right; Robertson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros
6, Pirates 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno singled to right; Edwards singled to left
[Cedeno to second]; Cook forced Edwards (first to shortstop)
[Cedeno to third, Cook to first]; Alou hit into a double play
(shortstop to second) [Cedeno out at home (second to catcher),
Cook out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 6, Pirates 0.
PIRATES 5TH: Oliver was called out on strikes; Pagan singled to
shortstop; Patek walked [Pagan to second]; MAZEROSKI BATTED FOR
PENA; Mazeroski singled to right [Pagan scored, Patek to
second]; Alou grounded out (second to first) [Patek to third,
Mazeroski to second]; Cash reached on an error by Menke [Patek
scored (unearned) (no RBI), Mazeroski to third, Cash to first];
Clemente was called out on strikes; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Astros 6, Pirates 2.
ASTROS 6TH: COLPAERT REPLACED MAZEROSKI (PITCHING); Morgan
grounded out (catcher to first); Wynn homered; Watson homered;
Menke struck out; Rader grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Astros 8, Pirates 2.
PIRATES 6TH: Sanguillen doubled to left; Robertson flied out to
right [Sanguillen to third]; Oliver hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Sanguillen scored]; Pagan singled to right; Patek
singled to left [Pagan to second]; JETER BATTED FOR COLPAERT;
Jeter singled to center [Pagan scored, Patek to third, Jeter to
second (on throw)]; DIERKER REPLACED COOK (PITCHING); Alou
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 8,
Pirates 4.
ASTROS 7TH: GIBBON REPLACED JETER (PITCHING); Cedeno singled to
right; Edwards flied out to left; Dierker out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher unassisted) [Cedeno to second]; Alou was walked
intentionally; Morgan made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Astros 8, Pirates 4.
PIRATES 7TH: Cash made an out to first; Clemente was hit by a
pitch; Sanguillen forced Clemente (second to shortstop);
Robertson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 8, Pirates 4.
ASTROS 8TH: ALLEY REPLACED CLEMENTE (PLAYING 3B); PAGAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Wynn lined to third; Watson grounded out
(second to first); Menke singled to right; Rader lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 8, Pirates 4.
PIRATES 8TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Pagan
doubled to center; Patek grounded out (first unassisted) [Pagan
to third]; STARGELL BATTED FOR GIBBON; Stargell flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Astros 8, Pirates 4.
ASTROS 9TH: WALKER REPLACED STARGELL (PITCHING); Cedeno walked;
Edwards singled to left [Cedeno to second]; Cedeno stole third;
On a bunt Dierker struck out; Alou grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Edwards to second, Cedeno stayed at third]; Morgan
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros
8, Pirates 4.
PIRATES 9TH: Alou struck out; Cash singled to right; Alley
struck out; Sanguillen singled to center [Cash to second];
Robertson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Astros 8, Pirates 4.
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