Houston Astros 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Game Played on Saturday, July      17, 1982 (Night game) at Astrodome
Pirates      1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0    0  -   3 10  1
Astros       0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   4  7  0


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Moreno cf             3   1   2   0     2   0   .243      Thon ss               4   1   1   1     0   2   .248
Ray 2b                4   0   2   1     0   0   .305      Puhl cf,rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .252
Madlock 3b            5   0   1   1     0   0   .309      Knight 1b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .313
Thompson 1b           5   0   1   0     0   2   .298      Cruz lf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .263
Parker rf             4   1   1   0     1   0   .276      Heep rf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Easler lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .275        Scott ph,cf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .247
  Lacy pr,lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .302      Garner 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .256
Berra ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .264      Howe 3b               4   0   1   1     0   1   .225
Nicosia c             4   1   2   0     0   0   .333      Pujols c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Rhoden p              3   0   0   0     0   0   .304        Walling ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .178
  Scurry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Niekro p              3   0   0   0     0   3   .080
  Stargell ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .220        Spilman ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .300
  Tekulve p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   3  10   3     3   6             Totals               34   4   7   3     1  11

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 28,672
Left on Base: Pirates 9, Astros 4
DP: Pirates 0, Astros 0
Errors: Berra
Doubles: Ray (17), Parker (14), Puhl (8)
Triples: Garner (7)
Home Runs: Thon (2), Spilman (1)
Stolen Bases: Moreno (40), Madlock (11)
Caught Stealing: Lacy (9), Knight (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Ray (6), Pujols (3)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rhoden                  7.1   6   3   2   1   9   1  30   5.59
Scurry                  0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.12
Tekulve L(6-4)          1.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   5   2.65
Totals                  9.1   7   4   3   1  11   2  36

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro W(9-6)          10    10   3   3   3   6   0  42   2.66
Totals                 10    10   3   3   3   6   0  42

Wild Pitches: Rhoden (5), Niekro 2 (12)

Umpires: HP - Jim Quick, 1B - Charlie Williams, 2B - John Kibler, 3B - Bruce Froemming


PIRATES 1ST: Moreno walked; Moreno stole second; Ray popped to
pitcher; Madlock singled to center [Moreno scored]; Madlock
stole second; Thompson struck out; Parker grounded out (first to
pitcher); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Thon struck out; Puhl doubled to right; Knight
struck out; Cruz walked; Heep struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Easler grounded out (pitcher to first); Berra
grounded out (third to first); Nicosia popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Garner popped to first in foul territory; Howe
struck out; Pujols grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Rhoden grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno
grounded out (first unassisted); Ray grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Niekro struck out; Thon homered; Puhl lined to
center; Knight singled to center; Rhoden threw a wild pitch
[Knight to second]; Cruz reached on an error by Berra [Knight
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Heep flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Madlock flied out to left; Thompson singled to
right; Niekro threw a wild pitch [Thompson to second]; Parker
walked; Easler flied out to left; Berra lined to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Garner tripled to center; Howe singled to center
[Garner scored]; Pujols out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Howe to second]; Niekro struck out; Thon was called out
on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 3.

PIRATES 5TH: Nicosia singled to center; Rhoden lined to third;
Moreno walked [Nicosia to second]; Ray doubled to right [Nicosia
scored, Moreno out at home (catcher to pitcher), Ray to third
(on throw to home)]; Madlock grounded out (pitcher to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 2, Astros 3.

ASTROS 5TH: Puhl grounded out (second to first); Knight flied
out to center; Cruz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Astros 3.

PIRATES 6TH: Thompson flied out to center; Parker doubled;
Easler struck out; Berra singled to center [Parker scored];
Nicosia singled to left [Berra to third]; Rhoden flied out to
left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 6TH: Heep grounded out (second to first); Garner grounded
out (pitcher to first); Howe grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 3.

PIRATES 7TH: Moreno singled to right; Ray out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Moreno to second]; Madlock popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Thompson grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 7TH: Pujols struck out; Niekro struck out; Thon flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 3.

PIRATES 8TH: Parker grounded out (second to first); Easler
struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; LACY RAN FOR
EASLER; Lacy was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Berra was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates
3, Astros 3.

ASTROS 8TH: LACY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Puhl grounded out
(second to first); Knight singled to left; SCURRY REPLACED
RHODEN (PITCHING); Cruz was called out on strikes; SCOTT BATTED
FOR HEEP; Knight was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 3.

PIRATES 9TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); PUHL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Nicosia grounded out (shortstop to
first); STARGELL BATTED FOR SCURRY; Stargell struck out; Moreno
singled to center; Ray singled to right [Moreno to third];
Madlock lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros
3.

ASTROS 9TH: TEKULVE REPLACED STARGELL (PITCHING); Scott grounded
out (second to first); Garner struck out; Howe flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 3.

PIRATES 10TH: Thompson struck out; Parker flied out to left;
Lacy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Astros 3.

ASTROS 10TH: WALLING BATTED FOR PUJOLS; Walling grounded out
(second to first); SPILMAN BATTED FOR NIEKRO; Spilman homered; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 4.