Pittsburgh Pirates 6 – 2 Houston Astros
14 May 1977 · HOU02
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Larry Demery | 1 in 107 games |
| 19 | final score 6–2 | 1 in 44 games | |
| 14 | 3 walks | Duffy Dyer | 1 in 192 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Houston Astros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Moreno | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2B |
| Frank Taveras | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Parker | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Al Oliver | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Kirkpatrick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rennie Stennett | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Phil Garner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Duffy Dyer | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Larry Demery | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rich Gossage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 29 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Demery | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Kent Tekulve | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Terry Forster | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Gossage | 3.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Houston Astros batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julio Gonzalez | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2B |
| Enos Cabell | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Cesar Cedeno | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cliff Johnson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | HR |
| Jose Cruz | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| Bob Watson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ed Herrmann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wilbur Howard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Art Howe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Joaquin Andujar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Willie Crawford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Boswell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
Houston Astros pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joaquin Andujar | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Joe Sambito | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dan Larson | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |