Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Houston Astros 0 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, August    15, 1976 (Day game) at Astrodome
Pirates      3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 12  3
Astros       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Astros               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Taveras ss            5   1   2   0     0   1   .252      xAndrews 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Moreno cf             5   0   1   0     0   2   .381      Cabell 3b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .274
Zisk lf               3   1   1   1     1   0   .288      Cedeno cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .294
  Hebner 3b           0   0   0   0     1   0   .228      Watson 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .299
Robertson 1b          5   1   2   0     0   1   .224      Roberts lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Robinson 3b,lf        4   0   2   0     0   1   .317      Johnson c             2   0   0   0     2   1   .214
Parker rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .293      Cruz rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .322
Stennett 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .276      Metzger ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .225
Sanguillen c          3   0   1   0     1   0   .289      Sambito p             0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Reuss p               4   0   1   0     0   0   .269        Boswell ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
                                                            McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            DaVanon ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Pentz p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Howard ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .210

Totals               37   3  12   3     3   6             Totals               34   0   6   0     3   4

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 16,326
Left on Base: Pirates 10, Astros 11
DP: Pirates 1, Astros 1
Errors: Robinson 2, Sanguillen, Johnson
Stolen Bases: Taveras (40), Sanguillen (1), Robinson (1)
Caught Stealing: Moreno (1)
GIDP: Parker (13)


Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuss W(11-7)           9     6   0   0   3   4   0  38   4.24
Totals                  9     6   0   0   3   4   0  38

Astros                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sambito L(1-1)          4     8   3   3   1   4   0  20   3.86
McLaughlin              3     3   0   0   0   1   0  11   3.19
Pentz                   2     1   0   0   2   1   0   9   2.98
Totals                  9    12   3   3   3   6   0  40

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


PIRATES 1ST: Taveras singled to center; Taveras stole second
[Taveras to third (error by Johnson)]; Moreno struck out; Zisk
singled to left [Taveras scored]; Robertson singled to left
[Zisk to second]; Robinson struck out; Parker singled to center
[Zisk scored, Robertson to second]; Stennett singled to left
[Robertson scored, Parker to third]; Sanguillen grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 1ST: Andrews reached on catcher's interference by
Sanguillen; Cabell singled to right [Andrews to second]; Cedeno
lined into a double play (second to first) [Cabell out at
first]; Watson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Reuss singled to center; Taveras singled to pitcher
[Reuss to second]; Moreno grounded out (second to first) [Reuss
to third, Taveras to second]; Zisk was walked intentionally;
Robertson was called out on strikes; Robinson flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 2ND: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
struck out; Cruz singled to right; Metzger struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Parker grounded out (second to first); Stennett
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sanguillen grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 3RD: Sambito walked; Andrews forced Sambito (shortstop to
second); Cabell reached on an error by Robinson [Andrews to
second, Cabell to first]; Cedeno grounded out (third to first)
[Andrews to third, Cabell to second]; Watson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

PIRATES 4TH: Reuss grounded out (second to first); Taveras
struck out; Moreno singled to left; Moreno was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3,
Astros 0.

ASTROS 4TH: Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
walked; Cruz flied out to left; Metzger singled to center
[Johnson to second]; BOSWELL BATTED FOR SAMBITO; Boswell flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

PIRATES 5TH: MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Zisk flied
out to right; Robertson singled to center; Robinson singled to
left [Robertson to second]; Parker grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Robinson out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 5TH: Andrews grounded out (first to pitcher); Cabell
singled to shortstop; Cedeno struck out; Watson made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Stennett flied out to center; Sanguillen singled to
center; Sanguillen stole second; Reuss flied out to left;
Taveras grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Pirates 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 6TH: Roberts reached on an error by Robinson [Roberts to
first]; Johnson made an out to shortstop; Cruz forced Roberts
(shortstop to second); Metzger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

PIRATES 7TH: Moreno struck out; Zisk grounded out (third to
first); Robertson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 7TH: HEBNER REPLACED ZISK (PLAYING 3B); ROBINSON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); DAVANON BATTED FOR MCLAUGHLIN; DaVanon
flied out to center; Andrews grounded out (third to first);
Cabell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 3, Astros 0.

PIRATES 8TH: PENTZ REPLACED DAVANON (PITCHING); Robinson singled
to left; Robinson stole second; Parker struck out; Stennett
flied out to center; Sanguillen walked; Reuss grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 8TH: Cedeno made an out to first; Watson flied out to
center; Roberts singled to right; Johnson walked [Roberts to
second]; Cruz singled to shortstop [Roberts to third, Johnson to
second]; Metzger grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

PIRATES 9TH: Taveras grounded out (catcher to first); Moreno
flied out to center; Hebner walked; Robertson flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.

ASTROS 9TH: HOWARD BATTED FOR PENTZ; Howard flied out to center;
Andrews struck out; Cabell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Pirates 3, Astros 0.