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Coming through with his first hit of the season, Milt May drove in the tie-breaking run with a pinch-single in the ninth inning to enable the Pirates to defeat the Astros, 4-2. With the score tied, 2-2, Manny Sanguillen singled for the Pirates in the ninth and Bob Robertson walked. Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 2Game Played on Friday, May 12, 1972 (Night game) at AstrodomePirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 4 9 2 Astros 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cash 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .290 Metzger ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .156 Oliver cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .341 Cedeno cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Clemente rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .313 Wynn rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .314 Stargell lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 May 1b 4 2 4 1 0 0 .348 Hebner 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .312 Watson lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Sanguillen c 4 2 3 0 0 0 .375 Rader 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .235 Robertson 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .141 Helms 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .195 Alley ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Edwards c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .309 Davalillo ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .333 Dierker p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .100 J. Hernandez ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .185 Ray p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Blass p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 May ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .111 Ellis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 4 9 3 1 6 Totals 32 2 8 1 0 4 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 17,863 Left on Base: Pirates 6, Astros 4 DP: Pirates 2, Astros 1 Errors: Alley, Blass, Helms Doubles: Robertson (3), May (3) Triples: Sanguillen (3) Home Runs: Hebner (4), May (6) Caught Stealing: Helms (1) Sacrifice Hits: Dierker (3) Sacrifice Flies: Davalillo (1) GIDP: Stargell (2), Rader 2 (4) Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blass W(3-1) 8 7 2 1 0 4 1 30 3.46 Miller SV(1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.69 Totals 9 8 2 1 0 4 1 33 Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dierker L(2-2) 8.2 9 4 4 1 6 1 36 4.10 Ray 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.41 Totals 9 9 4 4 1 6 1 37 Wild Pitches: Dierker (2), Ray (2) Umpires: HP - Satch Davidson, 1B - Ed Sudol, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Nick Colosi PIRATES 1ST: Cash singled to center; Oliver forced Cash (shortstop to second); Clemente made an out to shortstop; Stargell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 1ST: Metzger grounded out (second to first); Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0. PIRATES 2ND: Hebner flied out to right; Sanguillen tripled to center; Robertson made an out to catcher; Alley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 0. ASTROS 2ND: May doubled to left; Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); Rader flied out to left; Helms reached on an error by Alley [May scored (unearned) (no RBI), Helms to first]; Edwards singled to center [Helms to third]; Dierker grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 1. PIRATES 3RD: Blass grounded out (shortstop to first); Cash flied out to center; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 3RD: Metzger struck out; Cedeno grounded out (third to first); Wynn made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 1. PIRATES 4TH: Clemente was called out on strikes; Stargell grounded out (second to first); Hebner made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 1. ASTROS 4TH: May homered; Watson grounded out (second to first); Rader flied out to right; Helms grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 2. PIRATES 5TH: Sanguillen flied out to center; Robertson singled to left; Alley flied out to right; Blass forced Robertson (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 5TH: Edwards singled to center; Dierker out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Edwards to second]; Metzger struck out; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 2. PIRATES 6TH: Cash reached on an error by Helms [Cash to first]; Oliver singled to left [Cash to third]; Clemente struck out; Stargell grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 2. ASTROS 6TH: Wynn struck out; May singled to third; Watson singled to pitcher [May to third (error by Blass)]; Rader grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Astros 2. PIRATES 7TH: Hebner homered; Sanguillen singled to right; Robertson doubled to left [Sanguillen to third]; DAVALILLO BATTED FOR ALLEY; Davalillo hit a sacrifice fly to right [Sanguillen scored]; Blass grounded out (pitcher to first); Cash struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Astros 2. ASTROS 7TH: J. HERNANDEZ REPLACED DAVALILLO (PLAYING SS); Helms singled to center; Helms was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Edwards grounded out (second to first); Dierker was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Astros 2. PIRATES 8TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Clemente struck out; Stargell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Astros 2. ASTROS 8TH: Metzger made an out to shortstop; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynn grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Astros 2. PIRATES 9TH: Hebner flied out to center; Sanguillen singled to pitcher; Robertson walked [Sanguillen to second]; Dierker threw a wild pitch [Sanguillen to third, Robertson to second]; J. Hernandez made an out to catcher; MAY BATTED FOR BLASS; May singled to right [Sanguillen scored, Robertson to third]; ELLIS RAN FOR MAY; RAY REPLACED DIERKER (PITCHING); Ray threw a wild pitch [Robertson scored, Ellis to second]; Cash grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 4, Astros 2. ASTROS 9TH: MILLER REPLACED ELLIS (PITCHING); May singled to left; Watson forced May (shortstop to second); Rader grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Watson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 4, Astros 2. |
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