The Pittsburgh Pirates were defeated by the Houston Astros, 7 to 4, on July 31, 1998.

Final

Astros

65-44

7

Pirates

50-59

4

HOU

PIT

1

0

2

1

3

0

4

0

5

0

6

3

0

7

2

8

0

1

9

1

0

R

7

4

H

10

12

E

1

Summary

Player Stats

Top 2nd

HOU

PIT

Sacrifice fly by Ricky Gutierrez; Moises Alou scored.

1

0

Bottom 2nd

HOU

PIT

Manny Martinez grounded out; Kevin Young scored.

1

Top 6th

HOU

PIT

Double by Carl Everett; Error by Kevin Polcovich; Derek Bell and Jeff Bagwell scored.

3

1

Tony Eusebio grounded out; Carl Everett scored.

4

1

Top 7th

HOU

PIT

Single by Moises Alou; Bill Spiers scored.

5

1

Single by Tony Eusebio; Jeff Bagwell scored.

6

1

Bottom 7th

HOU

PIT

Home run by Kevin Young.

6

2

Single by Kevin Polcovich; Jose Guillen scored.

6

3

Bottom 8th

HOU

PIT

Single by Manny Martinez; Mark Smith scored.

6

4

Top 9th

HOU

PIT

Home run by Jeff Bagwell.

7

4

Astros

Pirates

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Craig Biggio 2B	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Bill Spiers 3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Derek Bell RF	4	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0
Jeff Bagwell 1B	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	0	5
Moises Alou LF	4	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
Carl Everett CF	5	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	4
Tony Eusebio C	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
Ricky Gutierrez SS	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0
Jay Powell P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
C.J. Nitkowski P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Henry P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Hampton P	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Mike Magnante P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Bogar SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	35	7	10	7	1	5	9	3	16

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Mike Hampton (W)	6.2	6	3	3	1	4	1
Mike Magnante	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Powell	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0
C.J. Nitkowski	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Henry (S)	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Totals	9.0	12	4	4	1	6	1

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Tony Womack 2B,SS	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Jason Kendall C	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Mark Smith LF	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Kevin Young 1B	5	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	8
Jose Guillen RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Manny Martinez CF	4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Aramis Ramirez 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Kevin Polcovich SS	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Turner Ward PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Doug Strange 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Francisco Cordova P	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Jeff McCurry P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lou Collier PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Elmer Dessens P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Williams P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Osik PH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Al Martin PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	39	4	12	4	1	1	6	1	1	18

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Francisco Cordova (L)	6.1	7	6	6	5	6	0
Jeff McCurry	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Dessens	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Mike Williams	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1
Totals	9.0	10	7	7	5	9	1

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More Pirates Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

5

Cruz

RBI

17

Reynolds

AVG

.288

Joe

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Keller

K

52

Jones

ERA

2.63

Jones

Team Rankings

HR

27

28th

R

134

27th

SO

321

17th

ERA

3.70

11th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	22	15	.595
Cubs	22	16	.579	0.5
Pirates	17	21	.447	5.5
Reds	16	21	.432	6.0
Cardinals	15	22	.405	7.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 5/10	CHC	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sat 5/11	CHC	@	PIT	4:05 PM
Sun 5/12	CHC	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Mon 5/13	PIT	@	MIL	7:40 PM
Tue 5/14	PIT	@	MIL	7:40 PM

Last Game

Pirates

17-21

4

Final

5

Angels

14-23

Wed 8 May 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

12

Ozuna

11

Henderson

11

Tucker

RBI Leaders

38

Ozuna

33

Soto

32

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

.355

Ohtani

.353

Kwan

.346

Betts

Hit Leaders

54

Ohtani

53

Betts

50

Contreras

Run Leaders

36

Jr.

32

Contreras

32

Ohtani

OBP Leaders

.451

Betts

.438

Soto

.425

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.678

Ohtani

.646

Ozuna

.631

Jeffers

SB Leaders

23

Cruz

15

Turang

14

Caballero

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

6

Suárez

6

Glasnow

5

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

63

Wheeler

63

Glasnow

60

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.08

Imanaga

1.53

López

1.64

Wheeler

WHIP Leaders

0.72

Suárez

0.75

Cease

0.77

Skubal

K/9 Leaders

12.00

Flaherty

11.73

Crochet

11.64

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

10.40

Jones

9.75

Eflin

9.33

Flaherty

Walk Leaders

4

Eflin

5

Imanaga

5

Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

619.9

Ohtani

586.9

Betts

569.2

Jr.

DraftKings Points Leaders

475

Ohtani

447

Betts

439

Jr.

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