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Rich Gossage pitched 3 1/3 shutout innings and picked up his seventh save of the season as the Pirates defeated the Astros, 6-2. The Pirates scored twice in the first inning on a double by Omar Moreno, pass to Dave Parker, single by Al Oliver and error by Joaquin Andujar. Rennie Stennett walked in the second, took third on a single by Duffy Dyer and scored on the front end of a delayed double steal. Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Houston Astros 2Game Played on Saturday, May 14, 1977 (Night game) at AstrodomePirates 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 6 8 2
Astros 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 2 9 2
Pirates AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Astros AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Moreno cf 3 2 2 1 2 0 .250 Gonzalez ss 5 0 2 0 0 2 .302
Taveras ss 4 0 3 1 0 0 .268 Cabell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .275
Parker rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .408 Cedeno cf 5 0 2 0 0 1 .207
Oliver lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .320 Johnson lf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .364
Kirkpatrick 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .091 Cruz rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .238
Stennett 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .277 Watson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225
Garner 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Herrmann c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .118
Dyer c 1 2 1 0 3 0 .300 Howard pr,2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .313
Demery p 2 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Howe 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Tekulve p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Ferguson ph,c 1 0 1 0 1 0 .293
Forster p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Andujar p 1 0 0 0 1 1 .231
Gossage p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Crawford ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Sambito p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Boswell ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261
Larson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 29 6 8 3 8 4 Totals 36 2 9 2 3 8
Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 25,152
Left on Base: Pirates 6, Astros 11
DP: Pirates 1, Astros 1
Errors: Taveras, Kirkpatrick, Cruz, Andujar
Doubles: Moreno (3), Gonzalez (7), Cabell (5)
Home Runs: Johnson (6), Cruz (1)
Stolen Bases: Dyer (3), Stennett (8), Taveras (14), Moreno (14), Cedeno (12)
Caught Stealing: Oliver 2 (6), Taveras (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Taveras (3), Gossage (1)
Hit by Pitch: Watson (2,by Tekulve)
Pirates IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Demery W(3-1) 5 6 2 2 2 1 2 23 3.23
Tekulve 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.80
Forster 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.75
Gossage SV(7) 3.1 3 0 0 0 7 0 13 0.96
Totals 9 9 2 2 3 8 2 40
Astros IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Andujar L(2-3) 6 4 3 2 5 2 0 24 4.40
Sambito 2 2 2 1 2 2 0 9 2.63
Larson 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 4.60
Totals 9 8 6 4 8 4 0 39
Hit by Pitch: Tekulve (1)
Wild Pitches: Gossage (1)
Umpires: HP - Nick Colosi, 1B - Frank Pulli, 2B - Dutch Rennert, 3B - John Kibler
PIRATES 1ST: Moreno doubled to left; Taveras out on a sacrifice
bunt (second to first) [Moreno to third]; Parker walked; Oliver
singled to right [Moreno scored, Parker to third]; Oliver was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Andujar [Parker
scored (unearned), Oliver to second]; Kirkpatrick struck out
while Oliver was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 2 R
(1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2, Astros 0.
ASTROS 1ST: Gonzalez singled to center; Cabell flied out to
left; Cedeno singled to center [Gonzalez to third, Cedeno to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Johnson made an out to shortstop; Cruz
walked; Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB. Pirates 2, Astros 0.
PIRATES 2ND: Stennett walked; On a bunt Garner made an out to
catcher [Stennett to second]; Dyer singled to right [Stennett to
third]; Stennett stole home and Dyer stole second; Demery struck
out; Moreno walked; Taveras flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 2ND: Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Howe made
an out to shortstop; Andujar walked; Gonzalez popped to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0.
PIRATES 3RD: Parker grounded out (second to first); Oliver
grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 3RD: Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); Cedeno
singled to left; Cedeno stole second; Johnson popped to catcher
in foul territory; Cruz grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0.
PIRATES 4TH: Stennett grounded out (second to first); Garner
made an out to second; Dyer walked; Demery grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 4TH: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Herrmann
made an out to third; Howe reached on an error by Taveras [Howe
to first]; Andujar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 3,
Astros 0.
PIRATES 5TH: Moreno grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Taveras
singled to center; Taveras stole second; Parker flied out to
left; Taveras was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 5TH: Gonzalez doubled to left; Cabell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cedeno hit into a double play (left to
third) [Gonzalez out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates
3, Astros 0.
PIRATES 6TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Kirkpatrick
walked; Kirkpatrick was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Stennett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Astros 0.
ASTROS 6TH: Johnson homered; Cruz homered; TEKULVE REPLACED
DEMERY (PITCHING); Watson was hit by a pitch; Herrmann forced
Watson (first to shortstop) [Herrmann to second (error by
Kirkpatrick)]; Ed Kirkpatrick called for obstruction;
HOWARD RAN FOR HERRMANN; FERGUSON BATTED FOR HOWE; Ferguson
walked; Joe Ferguson's 4th ball was not pitch as Kent Tekulve
went to mouth; CRAWFORD BATTED FOR ANDUJAR; FORSTER REPLACED
TEKULVE (PITCHING); Crawford flied out to center; GOSSAGE
REPLACED FORSTER (PITCHING); Gonzalez struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E,
2 LOB. Pirates 3, Astros 2.
PIRATES 7TH: FERGUSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); HOWARD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SAMBITO REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING);
Garner grounded out (second to first); Dyer walked; On a bunt
Gossage grounded out (third to second) [Dyer to second]; Moreno
walked; Taveras singled to right [Dyer scored, Moreno scored
(error by Cruz) (unearned) (no RBI), Taveras to second]; Parker
struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 7TH: Cabell flied out to right; Cedeno grounded out
(third to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 5, Astros 2.
PIRATES 8TH: Oliver singled to pitcher; Kirkpatrick struck out;
Oliver was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Stennett made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates
5, Astros 2.
ASTROS 8TH: Cruz struck out; Watson struck out; Howard singled
to center; Ferguson singled to left [Howard to third]; BOSWELL
BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Boswell flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Pirates 5, Astros 2.
PIRATES 9TH: LARSON REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Garner flied
out to left; Dyer walked; Gossage out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Dyer to second]; Moreno singled to center
[Dyer scored]; Moreno stole second; Taveras singled to shortstop
[Moreno to third]; Parker flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Pirates 6, Astros 2.
ASTROS 9TH: Gonzalez was called out on strikes; Cabell doubled
to right; Gossage threw a wild pitch [Cabell to third]; Cedeno
was called out on strikes; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Pirates 6, Astros 2.
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