Manny Sanguillen, who had only one homer to his credit previously this season, connected for the circuit with a man on base in the eighth inning to send the Pirates on the way to an 8-5 victory over the Astros. Richie Zisk singled and Rennie Stennett tripled to tie the score at 5-5 before Sanguillen rapped his round-tripper. Oamr Moreno, who replaced Al Oliver, accounted for the Pirates' final tally with his first major league homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Pittsburgh Pirates 8, Houston Astros 5
Game Played on Friday, August    13, 1976 (Night game) at Astrodome
Pirates      1  1  1    0  0  1    0  3  1  -   8 15  4
Astros       2  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  2


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            5   1   1   0     0   2   .251      Gross rf              5   0   2   2     0   2   .302
Hebner 3b             1   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Cabell 3b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .277
  Robinson 3b         4   0   0   0     0   2   .314      Cedeno cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .295
  Helms 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .298
Oliver cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .327      Cruz lf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .323
  Moreno cf           3   1   2   1     1   0   .571      Herrmann c            3   1   0   0     0   0   .219
Parker rf             5   1   1   1     0   1   .295      Andrews 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .271
Zisk lf               4   1   2   0     1   1   .289      Metzger ss            2   1   0   0     2   1   .223
Kirkpatrick 1b        4   1   2   1     0   1   .231      Richard p             1   0   0   1     0   0   .096
Stennett 2b           4   2   3   1     0   0   .270        Niekro p            1   0   0   0     0   0   .154
Sanguillen c          4   1   3   2     0   0   .290        Boswell ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .265
Kison p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .190
  Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Tekulve p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000

Totals               38   8  15   6     2   8             Totals               33   5   8   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance: 17,876
Left on Base: Pirates 6, Astros 5
DP: Pirates 0, Astros 2
Errors: Taveras, Oliver, Stennett, Sanguillen, Cruz, Richard
Doubles: Parker (19), Boswell (7)
Triples: Stennett (8)
Home Runs: Sanguillen (2), Moreno (1)
Stolen Bases: Kirkpatrick (1), Stennett (15), Cabell (23), Cedeno (37)
Caught Stealing: Cedeno (9), Cruz (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Kison (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Richard (2)
GIDP: Robertson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Herrmann (3,by Kison)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kison                   5     6   5   3   1   4   0  23   3.30
Tekulve W(4-1)          4     2   0   0   1   3   0  14   2.75
Totals                  9     8   5   3   2   7   0  37

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Richard                 5    10   4   3   2   3   0  26   2.51
Niekro L(4-8)           4     5   4   4   0   5   2  15   3.62
Totals                  9    15   8   7   2   8   2  41

Hit by Pitch: Kison (3)
Wild Pitches: Kison (4)

Umpires: HP - Paul Runge, 1B - Nick Colosi, 2B - Ed Montague, 3B - Lee Weyer


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to pitcher; Hebner singled to left
[Taveras to third, Hebner out at second (left to second)];
Richie Hebner ejected by 2B umpire Ed Montague; Oliver
grounded out (pitcher to first); Parker doubled to left [Taveras
scored]; Zisk struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: ROBINSON REPLACED HEBNER (PLAYING 3B); Gross
grounded out (second to first); Cabell singled to right; Cabell
stole second [Cabell scored (error by Sanguillen) (error by
Oliver) (unearned)]; Cedeno reached on an error by Taveras;
Cedeno stole second; Watson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Cruz singled to left [Cedeno scored (unearned), Cruz to second
(on throw to home)]; Herrmann flied out to left; 2 R (0 ER), 2
H, 3 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 1, Astros 2.

PIRATES 2ND: Kirkpatrick singled to center; Stennett lined to
right; Sanguillen singled to center [Kirkpatrick to second];
Kison reached on an error by Richard on a sacrifice bunt
[Kirkpatrick scored (error by Cruz) (unearned) (no RBI),
Sanguillen to third, Kison to second]; Taveras lined to pitcher;
Robinson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 2,
Astros 2.

ASTROS 2ND: MORENO REPLACED OLIVER (PLAYING CF); Andrews struck
out; Metzger struck out; Richard lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 2, Astros 2.

PIRATES 3RD: Moreno walked; Parker forced Moreno (shortstop to
second); Zisk singled to second [Parker to second]; Kirkpatrick
singled to center [Parker scored, Zisk out at third (center to
third)]; Kirkpatrick stole second; Stennett singled to right
[Kirkpatrick to third]; Sanguillen grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 3RD: Gross singled to left; Cabell grounded out (third to
first) [Gross to second]; Kison threw a wild pitch [Gross to
third]; Cedeno flied out to center; Watson struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 2.

PIRATES 4TH: Kison grounded out (third to first); Taveras flied
out to left; Robinson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 2.

ASTROS 4TH: Cruz grounded out (first to pitcher); Herrmann was
hit by a pitch; Andrews singled to right [Herrmann to second];
Metzger walked [Herrmann to third, Andrews to second]; Richard
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Herrmann scored, Andrews to
third, Metzger to second]; Gross singled to center [Andrews
scored, Metzger scored]; Cabell forced Gross (shortstop to
second); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 5.

PIRATES 5TH: Moreno lined to center; Parker grounded out (second
to pitcher); Zisk walked; Kirkpatrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 5.

ASTROS 5TH: Cedeno singled to pitcher; Cedeno was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Watson struck out; Cruz
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Astros 5.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett singled to right; Stennett stole second;
Sanguillen singled to center [Stennett to third]; ROBERTSON
BATTED FOR KISON; NIEKRO REPLACED RICHARD (PITCHING); Robertson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Stennett scored (no RBI), Sanguillen out at second]; Taveras
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Astros 5.

ASTROS 6TH: TEKULVE REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Herrmann
lined to first; Andrews grounded out (shortstop to first);
Metzger walked; Niekro grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 4, Astros 5.

PIRATES 7TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Moreno
singled to center; Parker hit into a double play (center to
first) [Moreno out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4,
Astros 5.

ASTROS 7TH: Gross struck out; Cabell struck out; Cedeno flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 4, Astros 5.

PIRATES 8TH: Zisk singled to left; Kirkpatrick lined to right;
Stennett tripled to right [Zisk scored]; Sanguillen homered
[Stennett scored]; Tekulve struck out; Taveras struck out; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 7, Astros 5.

ASTROS 8TH: Watson grounded out (second to first); Cruz singled
to pitcher; Cruz was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 7, Astros 5.

PIRATES 9TH: Robinson struck out; Moreno homered; Parker struck
out; Zisk popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Pirates 8, Astros 5.

ASTROS 9TH: HELMS REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING 3B); Andrews
grounded out (shortstop to first); Metzger reached on an error
by Stennett [Metzger to first]; BOSWELL BATTED FOR NIEKRO;
Boswell doubled to right [Metzger out at home (right to second
to catcher)]; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates
8, Astros 5.