Houston Astros 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3 (Game 2)
Game Played on Tuesday, July      20, 1976 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Astros       1  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  1  -   4  6  2
Pirates      0  0  1    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   3 10  1


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gross rf              3   1   0   1     0   1   .301      Taveras ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Andrews 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Stennett 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .257
Cedeno cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .299      Oliver cf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .353
Watson 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .277      Stargell 1b           4   1   2   0     0   1   .258
Cruz lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .307      Zisk lf               4   0   1   2     0   2   .291
Cabell 3b             4   2   2   0     0   0   .304      Robinson rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .338
Herrmann c            2   0   0   1     1   0   .219      Hebner 3b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Metzger ss            3   0   0   0     1   0   .244      Dyer c                3   0   2   0     0   0   .221
McLaughlin p          2   0   0   0     0   2   .000        Sanguillen pr,c     1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
  Boswell ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .289      Langford p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Forsch p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Hernandez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Moose p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .600
                                                            Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .258
                                                            Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Ott ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .294

Totals               30   4   6   4     4   4             Totals               36   3  10   2     0   5

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 11,922
Left on Base: Astros 5, Pirates 6
DP: Astros 0, Pirates 0
Errors: Cedeno, Cruz, Stennett
Doubles: Andrews (6), Watson (13), Dyer (3), Stargell (12)
Triples: Cabell (5)
Stolen Bases: Cedeno (31), Cabell (20), Oliver (4)
Caught Stealing: Cruz (5), Taveras (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Gross (4), Herrmann (1)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLaughlin              6     6   3   1   0   4   0  24   1.50
Forsch W(4-2)           3     4   0   0   0   1   0  12   2.27
Totals                  9    10   3   1   0   5   0  36

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford                6.1   5   3   2   4   4   0  27   5.09
Hernandez               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.50
Moose                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.38
Giusti L(0-1)           2     1   1   1   0   0   0   7   3.54
Totals                  9     6   4   3   4   4   0  36

Wild Pitches: McLaughlin (1)

Umpires: HP - Bruce Froemming, 1B - Jerry Dale, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Bob Engel


ASTROS 1ST: Gross reached on an error by Stennett [Gross to
first]; Debut game for Bo McLaughlin; Andrews doubled to
center [Gross to third, Andrews out at second (center to
second)]; Cedeno grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gross scored
(unearned)]; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Taveras lined to first; Stennett flied out to
right; Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz flied out to left; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Herrmann walked; Metzger made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Stargell grounded out (first to pitcher); Zisk
grounded out (second to first); Robinson popped to pitcher; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

ASTROS 3RD: McLaughlin struck out; Gross grounded out (shortstop
to first); Andrews was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Hebner singled to left; Dyer doubled to left
[Hebner scored (error by Cruz) (unearned), Dyer to third];
Langford struck out; Taveras grounded out (second to first);
Stennett grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Astros 1, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 4TH: Cedeno flied out to right; Watson doubled to left;
Cruz singled to center [Watson scored]; Cruz was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Cabell grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 4TH: Oliver singled to center; Oliver stole second;
McLaughlin threw a wild pitch [Oliver to third]; Stargell struck
out; Zisk was called out on strikes; Robinson grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 5TH: Herrmann flied out to center; Metzger flied out to
left; McLaughlin struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 5TH: Hebner flied out to left; Dyer grounded out (third
to first); Langford popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 1.

ASTROS 6TH: Gross struck out; Andrews grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cedeno singled to left; Cedeno stole second; Watson
walked; Cruz flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
2, Pirates 1.

PIRATES 6TH: Taveras was called out on strikes; Stennett singled
to right; Oliver lined to right; Stargell singled to center
[Stennett to third, Stargell to second (error by Cedeno)]; Zisk
singled to right [Stennett scored, Stargell scored (unearned)];
Robinson flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Astros 2, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Cabell singled to shortstop; Cabell stole second;
Herrmann flied out to left; Metzger walked; BOSWELL BATTED FOR
MCLAUGHLIN; HERNANDEZ REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Boswell
walked (walk was charged to Langford) [Cabell to third, Metzger
to second]; Gross hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cabell scored];
MOOSE REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Andrews lined to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros 3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 7TH: FORSCH REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Hebner made an
out to second; Dyer singled to left; SANGUILLEN RAN FOR DYER;
KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR MOOSE; Kirkpatrick forced Sanguillen
(first to shortstop); Taveras singled to right [Kirkpatrick to
third]; Taveras was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 3, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 8TH: SANGUILLEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); GIUSTI
REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PITCHING); Cedeno flied out to center;
Watson popped to catcher in foul territory; Cruz flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 8TH: Stennett flied out to center; Oliver singled to
center; Stargell doubled to left [Oliver to third]; Zisk struck
out; Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Astros
3, Pirates 3.

ASTROS 9TH: Cabell tripled to right; Herrmann hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Cabell scored]; Metzger grounded out (second to
first); Forsch flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros
4, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 9TH: Hebner flied out to right; Sanguillen grounded out
(shortstop to first); OTT BATTED FOR GIUSTI; Ott grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 4, Pirates 3.