The Pittsburgh Pirates squeaked out a win over the Houston Astros, 5 to 4, on May 2, 1981.

Final

Astros

8-13

4

Pirates

8-7

5

HOU

PIT

1

0

2

0

3

0

4

0

1

5

2

0

6

0

7

0

2

8

0

9

0

10

1

11

0

12

0

1

R

4

5

H

10

9

E

1

2

Summary

Player Stats

Top 1st

HOU

PIT

Single by Mike Ivie; Denny Walling scored.

1

0

Bottom 4th

HOU

PIT

Double by Mike Easler; Bill Madlock scored.

1

Top 5th

HOU

PIT

Home run by Denny Walling.

2

1

Home run by Craig Reynolds.

3

1

Bottom 7th

HOU

PIT

Single by Phil Garner; Jason Thompson scored.

3

2

Single by Kurt Bevacqua; Steve Nicosia scored.

3

Top 10th

HOU

PIT

Sacrifice fly by Mike Ivie; Cesar Cedeno scored.

4

3

Bottom 10th

HOU

PIT

Bill Madlock grounded out; Tim Foli scored.

4

Bottom 12th

HOU

PIT

Mike Easler hit into fielder's choice; John Milner scored.

4

5

Astros

Pirates

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Denny Walling RF,1B	4	2	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	5
Craig Reynolds SS	6	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	4
Cesar Cedeno CF	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Jose Cruz LF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1
Mike Ivie 1B	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1
Gary Woods PR,RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Art Howe 3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1
Alan Ashby C	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1
Terry Puhl PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Luis Pujols C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kiko Garcia 2B	5	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Bob Knepper P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Sambito P	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Smith P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	43	4	10	4	2	8	9	1	1	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Bob Knepper	6.1	5	3	3	3	3
Joe Sambito	3.0	2	1	1	0	3
Dave Smith (L)	2.0	2	1	1	3	2
Totals	11.1	9	5	5	6	8

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Omar Moreno CF	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Tim Foli SS	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	2
Lee Lacy LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
John Milner PH,LF	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Madlock 3B	5	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Mike Easler RF	5	0	1	2	1	0	0	2
Jason Thompson 1B	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0
Steve Nicosia C	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
Vance Law 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Garner PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Dale Berra 2B	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1
Rick Rhoden P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kurt Bevacqua PH	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Kent Tekulve P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Stargell PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Enrique Romo P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grant Jackson P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Alexander PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Eddie Solomon P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	44	5	9	5	6	8	3	11

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Rick Rhoden	7.0	5	3	3	4	6	2
Kent Tekulve	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Enrique Romo	1.0	3	1	1	2	1	0
Grant Jackson	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Solomon (W)	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Totals	12.0	10	4	4	8	9	2

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More Pirates Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

3

Cruz

RBI

15

Reynolds

AVG

.292

Joe

Team Pitching Leaders

W

2

Jones

K

39

Jones

ERA

2.65

Gonzales

Team Rankings

HR

21

24th

R

109

16th

SO

227

11th

ERA

3.84

13th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	16	8	.667
Cubs	16	9	.640	0.5
Reds	14	11	.560	2.5
Pirates	13	13	.500	4.0
Cardinals	11	14	.440	5.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 4/26	PIT	@	SFG	10:15 PM
Sat 4/27	PIT	@	SFG	9:05 PM
Sun 4/28	PIT	@	SFG	4:05 PM
Mon 4/29	PIT	@	OAK	9:40 PM
Tue 4/30	PIT	@	OAK	9:40 PM

Last Game

Pirates

13-13

5

Final

7

Brewers

16-8

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Ozuna

8

Henderson

RBI Leaders

29

Ozuna

25

Perez

23

García

Batting Average Leaders

.374

Betts

.365

Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Hit Leaders

40

Betts

39

Ohtani

37

Altuve

Run Leaders

27

Betts

23

Cruz

23

Contreras

OBP Leaders

.477

Betts

.446

Contreras

.430

Soto

SLG Leaders

.678

Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

.649

Henderson

SB Leaders

15

Cruz

12

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

4

Suárez

4

Minter

4

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

46

Wheeler

44

Glasnow

42

Castillo

ERA Leaders

0.66

Crawford

0.72

López

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.70

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.74

Cease

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

13.00

Eflin

9.75

Jones

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

2

Eflin

3

Kirby

4

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

462.9

Betts

436.6

Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

351

Betts

331

Cruz

319

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0