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Posting his fourth shutout of the season, Steve Blass pitched the Pirates to a 3-0 victory over the Astros. Al Oliver homered off Larry Dierker to decide the duel in the seventh inning. The Pirates added their two other runs in the ninth on a single by Vic Davalillo, a wild pitch, intentional pass to Willie Stargell and singles by Richie Hebner and Manny Sanguillen. [The Sporting News] Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Houston Astros 0Game Played on Tuesday, June 15, 1971 (Night game) at AstrodomePirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - 3 7 2
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0
Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Cash 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .315 Alou rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .319
Davalillo 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .280 Morgan 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .251
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .305 Cedeno lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .249
Stargell lf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .312 Watson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .293
Hebner 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .292 Menke 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .243
Oliver cf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .261 Wynn cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .215
Sanguillen c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .323 Edwards c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .219
J. Hernandez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .197 Metzger ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .232
Sands ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .600 Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .098
Clines pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Mayberry ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190
Alley ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Culver p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Blass p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Lemaster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Forsch p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083
Miller ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .237
Totals 32 3 7 3 2 4 Totals 34 0 6 0 2 4
Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 16,307
Left on Base: Pirates 5, Astros 9
DP: Pirates 1, Astros 0
Errors: J. Hernandez, Blass
Doubles: Oliver (10), Metzger (8)
Home Runs: Oliver (3)
Caught Stealing: Clines (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Blass (5)
Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blass W(7-3) 9 6 0 0 2 4 0 36 3.07
Totals 9 6 0 0 2 4 0 36
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Dierker L(10-3) 7 3 1 1 1 2 1 25 1.80
Culver 1.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 5 2.30
Lemaster 0.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 2.25
Forsch 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.19
Totals 9 7 3 3 2 4 1 35
Wild Pitches: Lemaster (5)
Umpires: HP - Mel Steiner, 1B - Bob Engel, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Ed Sudol
PIRATES 1ST: Cash singled to right; Davalillo grounded out
(first unassisted) [Cash to second]; Clemente reached on a
fielder's choice [Cash out at third (pitcher to third)];
Stargell walked [Clemente to second]; Hebner struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Alou popped to catcher in foul territory; Morgan
flied out to center; Cedeno grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
PIRATES 2ND: Oliver doubled to right; Sanguillen flied out to
center [Oliver to third]; J. Hernandez grounded out (third to
first); Blass grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); Menke
singled to shortstop; Wynn walked [Menke to second]; Edwards
popped to third in foul territory; Metzger grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
PIRATES 3RD: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Davalillo
grounded out (pitcher to first); Clemente grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Dierker grounded out (shortstop to first); Alou made
an out to shortstop; Morgan singled; Cedeno flied out to right;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
PIRATES 4TH: Stargell flied out to left; Hebner flied out to
right; Oliver grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Watson singled to left; Menke singled to left
[Watson to second]; Wynn flied out to left; Edwards flied out to
right; Metzger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen made an out to first; J. Hernandez made
an out to catcher; Blass flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Dierker grounded out (second to first); Alou
grounded out (second to first); Morgan grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
PIRATES 6TH: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); Davalillo
flied out to center; Clemente grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Cedeno reached on an error by J. Hernandez; Watson
grounded out (second to first) [Cedeno to second]; Menke lined
into a double play (third to second) [Cedeno out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0.
PIRATES 7TH: Stargell popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hebner struck out; Oliver homered; Sanguillen made an out to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 7TH: Wynn struck out; Edwards flied out to right; Metzger
doubled to left; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR DIERKER; Mayberry struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 1, Astros 0.
PIRATES 8TH: CULVER REPLACED MAYBERRY (PITCHING); SANDS BATTED
FOR J. HERNANDEZ; Sands singled to center; CLINES RAN FOR SANDS;
Blass out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Clines to
second]; Clines was caught stealing third (pitcher to third);
Cash grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 1, Astros 0.
ASTROS 8TH: ALLEY REPLACED CLINES (PLAYING SS); Alou grounded
out (first unassisted); Morgan walked; Cedeno flied out to
right; Watson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates
1, Astros 0.
PIRATES 9TH: Davalillo singled to center; Clemente was called
out on strikes; LEMASTER REPLACED CULVER (PITCHING); Lemaster
threw a wild pitch [Davalillo to second]; Stargell was walked
intentionally; Hebner singled to right [Stargell to third,
Davalillo scored]; Oliver was called out on strikes; FORSCH
REPLACED LEMASTER (PITCHING); Sanguillen singled to right
[Hebner to third, Stargell scored]; Alley made an out to
catcher; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 9TH: Menke struck out; Wynn reached on an error by Blass
[Wynn to second]; Edwards made an out to shortstop; Metzger
singled to left [Wynn to third]; MILLER BATTED FOR FORSCH;
Miller was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Pirates
3, Astros 0.
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