Houston Astros 5 – 6 Pittsburgh Pirates
27 May 1975 · PIT07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Larry Dierker | 1 in 107 games |
| 17 | final score 6–5 | 1 in 32 games | |
| 8 | struck out 3 times | Bill Robinson | 1 in 65 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Box score
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gross | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roger Metzger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3B |
| Cesar Cedeno | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Bob Watson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Rader | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2B |
| Enos Cabell | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Skip Jutze | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rob Andrews | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Larry Dierker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Joe Niekro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 34 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Dierker | 7.1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Joe Niekro | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Crawford | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Forsch | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Taveras | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richie Zisk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Richie Hebner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Rennie Stennett | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Willie Stargell | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dave Parker | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Oliver | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | HR |
| Manny Sanguillen | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Bill Robinson | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Art Howe | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jim Rooker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Popovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rooker | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Larry Demery | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |