Larry Dierker gave up 10 hits and failed to finish, but received credit for his 10th victory when the Astros defeated the Pirates, 4-1. Dierker and Steve Blass were locked in a 1-1 duel before the Astros broke away with two runs in the eighth inning on singles by Joe Morgan, Cesar Cedeno and Bob Watson, knocking out Blass, and a wild pitch by Mudcat Grant in relief.

The Astros added an unearned run in the ninth and then Fred Gladding replaced Dierker to put down a threat by the Pirates in their half. [The Sporting News]



Houston Astros 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      5, 1971 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  1  -   4 12  0
Pirates      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1 11  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alou rf               5   0   2   0     0   0   .347      Cash 2b               4   0   2   1     0   0   .349
Morgan 2b             4   1   3   0     1   1   .262      Clines rf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .246
Cedeno cf             5   1   2   1     0   1   .224      Davalillo 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .301
Watson lf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .281      Stargell lf           4   0   2   0     0   2   .307
  Geronimo lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Hebner 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .302
Menke 1b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .240      Sanguillen c          4   0   2   0     0   0   .321
Rader 3b              3   0   2   0     1   0   .204        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hiatt c               4   0   1   1     0   1   .385      Oliver cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .238
Metzger ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .227      Alley ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .185
Dierker p             4   0   0   0     0   2   .108        Clemente ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
  Gladding p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blass p               3   1   1   0     0   0   .115
                                                            Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
                                                            Veale p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sands c             0   0   0   0     1   0   .667

Totals               36   4  12   3     3   7             Totals               36   1  11   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 23,793
Left on Base: Astros 8, Pirates 10
DP: Astros 1, Pirates 2
Errors: Alley
Doubles: Rader (10), Cash (10)
Triples: Blass (1)
Caught Stealing: Morgan (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Cash (1)
GIDP: Dierker (3), Clemente (10)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dierker W(10-1)         8    10   1   1   0   4   0  34   1.80
Gladding SV(6)          1     1   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.42
Totals                  9    11   1   1   1   4   0  38

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blass L(5-3)            7.1  10   3   3   2   6   0  31   3.66
Grant                   1.1   1   1   0   0   1   0   6   1.19
Veale                   0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   2.70
Giusti                  0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.67
Totals                  9    12   4   3   3   7   0  39

Wild Pitches: Grant (1)

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Satch Davidson, 3B - Paul Pryor


ASTROS 1ST: Alou flied out to right; Morgan struck out; Cedeno
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Cash singled; Clines made an out to catcher;
Davalillo forced Cash (second to shortstop); Stargell struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Watson struck out (catcher to first); Menke lined to
third; Rader doubled; Hiatt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Hebner grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sanguillen singled; Oliver grounded out (second to first)
[Sanguillen to second]; Alley grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Metzger singled; On a bunt Dierker grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to second) [Metzger out at
second]; Alou singled; Morgan singled [Alou to third]; Cedeno
struck out; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Blass tripled; Cash hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Blass scored]; Clines grounded out (shortstop to first);
Davalillo singled; Stargell singled [Davalillo to third]; Hebner
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
0, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (second to first); Menke walked;
Rader walked [Menke to second]; Hiatt singled to right [Menke
scored, Rader to third, Hiatt to second (on throw)]; Metzger
struck out while Hiatt was picked off second (catcher to first
to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); Oliver
flied out to left; Alley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Astros 1, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Dierker flied out to center; Alou grounded out
(second to first); Morgan singled; Morgan was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Blass grounded out (third to first); Cash grounded
out (pitcher to first); Clines grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Watson
grounded out (second to first); Menke flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Davalillo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Stargell struck out; Hebner singled; Sanguillen singled [Hebner
to second]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 7TH: Rader singled; Hiatt flied out to left; Metzger
forced Rader (second to shortstop); Dierker struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Alley singled; Blass grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Alley to second]; Cash grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Alley to third]; Clines grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 8TH: Alou grounded out (second to first); Morgan singled;
Cedeno singled [Morgan to third]; Watson singled [Cedeno to
third, Morgan scored]; GRANT REPLACED BLASS (PITCHING); Grant
threw a wild pitch [Watson to second, Cedeno scored]; Menke
flied out to center; Rader grounded out (shortstop to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 8TH: Davalillo grounded out (second to first); Stargell
singled; Hebner struck out; Sanguillen made an out to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 9TH: Hiatt flied out to right; Metzger reached on an
error by Alley; Dierker struck out; Alou singled [Metzger to
third]; VEALE REPLACED GRANT (PITCHING); Morgan walked [Alou to
second]; GIUSTI REPLACED SANGUILLEN (PITCHING); SANDS REPLACED
VEALE (PLAYING C ); Cedeno singled to right [Metzger scored
(unearned), Alou out at home (right to catcher), Morgan to
second]; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 9TH: GERONIMO REPLACED WATSON (PLAYING LF); Oliver
singled; CLEMENTE BATTED FOR ALLEY; GLADDING REPLACED DIERKER
(PITCHING); Clemente grounded into a double play (second to
first) [Oliver out at second]; Sands walked; Cash doubled [Sands
to third]; Clines grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates 1.