Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 2 (Game 2)
Game Played on Thursday, July      19, 1979 (Night game) at Three Rivers Stadium
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  5  0
Pirates      2  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   4  7  0


Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Landestoy 2b          4   0   1   2     0   0   .191      Moreno cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .304
Reynolds ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .276      Foli ss               4   1   2   0     0   0   .274
  Alou ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .130      Parker rf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .299
Puhl cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Milner 1b             2   1   1   2     2   0   .250
Cruz lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .285      Lacy lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Cabell 1b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .256        B. Robinson lf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Leonard rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Garner 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .295
Howe 3b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Stennett 2b           3   1   1   0     0   0   .234
Ashby c               3   1   2   0     0   0   .226      Nicosia c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Niekro p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Kison p               3   1   1   1     0   0   .115
  Roberge p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sexton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .158
  Gonzalez ph         1   1   1   0     0   0   .233

Totals               29   2   5   2     0   5             Totals               29   4   7   4     2   1

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 33,464
Left on Base: Astros 1, Pirates 4
DP: Astros 1, Pirates 2
Doubles: Gonzalez (2)
Home Runs: Milner (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Niekro (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Parker (5)
GIDP: Leonard (5), Alou (2), Milner (3)


Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(13-5)          4.2   6   4   4   2   1   1  22   3.16
Roberge                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.45
Williams                3     1   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.77
Totals                  8     7   4   4   2   1   1  32

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison W(6-4)            8     4   2   2   0   5   0  27   3.03
Jackson SV(11)          1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.40
Totals                  9     5   2   2   0   5   0  30

Umpires: HP - Charlie Williams, 1B - John Kibler, 2B - Terry Tata, 3B - Jerry Crawford


ASTROS 1ST: Landestoy flied out to left; Reynolds struck out;
Puhl made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0,
Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Moreno popped to third in foul territory; Foli
singled to shortstop; Parker lined to left; Milner homered [Foli
scored]; Lacy popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 2.

ASTROS 2ND: Cruz singled to center; Cabell flied out to center;
Leonard grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Cruz out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Garner struck out; Stennett flied out to left;
Nicosia popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Astros 0, Pirates 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Howe grounded out (third to first); Ashby singled to
right; Niekro out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Ashby
to second]; Landestoy grounded out (second to first); Astros
manager Bill Virdon ejected by HP umpire Charlie Williams
arguing that Bruce Kison was out of the batter's box when he ran
into his own bunted ball; Williams ruled Kison in the box; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Kison grounded out (third to first); Moreno
grounded out (second to first); Foli flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Reynolds flied out to right; Puhl grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Parker flied out to right; Milner walked; Lacy
flied out to center; Garner forced Milner (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 2.

ASTROS 5TH: Cabell struck out; Leonard grounded out (third to
first); Howe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 5TH: Stennett singled to right; Nicosia grounded out
(third to first) [Stennett to second]; Kison singled to left
[Stennett scored]; Moreno singled to first [Kison to second];
Foli singled to pitcher [Kison to third, Moreno to second];
Parker hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kison scored, Moreno to
third]; Milner walked [Foli to second]; ROBERGE REPLACED NIEKRO
(PITCHING); Lacy flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Astros 0, Pirates 4.

ASTROS 6TH: Ashby grounded out (shortstop to first); SEXTON
BATTED FOR ROBERGE; Sexton struck out; Landestoy grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 6TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED SEXTON (PITCHING); Garner flied
out to center; Stennett flied out to center; Nicosia flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 4.

ASTROS 7TH: Reynolds grounded out (second to first); Puhl
grounded out (second to first); Cruz flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 7TH: Kison flied to right in foul territory; Moreno
flied out to center; Foli made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 4.

ASTROS 8TH: Cabell made an out to second; Leonard struck out;
Howe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 4.

PIRATES 8TH: Parker singled to right; Milner grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Parker out at
second]; Lacy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Astros 0, Pirates 4.

ASTROS 9TH: B. ROBINSON REPLACED LACY (PLAYING LF); Ashby
singled to right; GONZALEZ BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Gonzalez doubled
to left [Ashby to third]; JACKSON REPLACED KISON (PITCHING);
Landestoy singled to left [Ashby scored, Gonzalez scored]; ALOU
BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Alou grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Landestoy out at second]; Puhl lined to
second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Astros 2, Pirates 4.