The Houston Astros were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 to 2, on August 21, 1996.

1996 Houston Astros

Final

PIT

Pirates

53-73

5

HOU

Astros

68-59

2

PIT

HOU

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

2

1

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

0

1

8

0

0

9

0

0

R

5

2

H

14

10

E

1

3

Top 2nd

PIT

HOU

Pirates

John Wehner grounded out; Orlando Merced scored.

1

0

Top 3rd

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Double by Jeff King; Jay Bell scored.

2

0

Pirates

Trey Beamon ground ball; Error by Orlando Miller; Jeff King scored.

3

0

Bottom 3rd

PIT

HOU

Astros

Single by Jeff Bagwell; Brian L. Hunter scored.

3

1

Top 6th

PIT

HOU

Pirates

Single by Jay Bell; Jason Kendall scored.

4

1

Pirates

Single by Charlie Hayes; Jermaine Allensworth scored.

5

1

Bottom 7th

PIT

HOU

Astros

Single by Brian L. Hunter; Ricky Gutierrez scored.

5

2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Jermaine Allensworth CF 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Jay Bell SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2
Jeff King 1B,2B 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Charlie Hayes 3B 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
Orlando Merced RF 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Trey Beamon RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Mark Johnson 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Wehner 2B,RF 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
Mike Kingery LF 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Jason Kendall C 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1
Denny Neagle P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Marc Wilkins P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dan Plesac P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Clark PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Ericks P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 14 5 0 5 3 2 1 17

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Denny Neagle (W) 6.2 8 2 2 2 4 0
Marc Wilkins 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0
Dan Plesac 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0
John Ericks (S) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 10 2 2 3 8 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Brian L. Hunter CF 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Craig Biggio 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Jeff Bagwell 1B 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 2
Derek Bell RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Sean Berry 3B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Orlando Miller SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Mark Small P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Derrick May PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tony Eusebio PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Brocail P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Mouton LF 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
Kirt Manwaring C 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
John Cangelosi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Hampton P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ricky Gutierrez SS 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals 34 2 10 2 0 3 8 3 1 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Mike Hampton (L) 6.0 12 5 5 3 2 0
Mark Small 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Doug Brocail 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 9.0 14 5 5 5 3 0

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Team Batting Leaders

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HR

6

Altuve

Jose Altuve

RBI

17

Tucker

Kyle Tucker

AVG

.346

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

K

22

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

ERA

1.33

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

Team Rankings

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HR

26

11th

R

102

20th

SO

209

20th

ERA

5.07

28th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
13 12 .520
Rangers Rangers
13 13 .500 0.5
Angels Angels
10 15 .400 3.0
Athletics Athletics
9 16 .360 4.0
Astros Astros
7 19 .269 6.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
6:05 PM
Sun
4/28
HOU HOU
@
COL COL
4:05 PM
Tue
4/30
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Wed
5/1
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Thu
5/2
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM

Last Game

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CHC Cubs

16-9

3

Final

1

HOU Astros

7-19

Thu 25 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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29

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.374

Betts

Mookie Betts

.365

Contreras

William Contreras

.358

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

Hit Leaders

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40

Betts

Mookie Betts

39

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

37

Altuve

Jose Altuve

Run Leaders

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27

Betts

Mookie Betts

23

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

23

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.477

Betts

Mookie Betts

.446

Contreras

William Contreras

.431

Soto

Juan Soto

SLG Leaders

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.678

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.670

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.649

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

SB Leaders

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15

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

12

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

4

Minter

A.J. Minter

4

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.66

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.72

López

Reynaldo López

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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13.00

Eflin

Zach Eflin

9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Eflin

Zach Eflin

3

Kirby

George Kirby

4

Jones

Jared Jones

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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462.9

Betts

Mookie Betts

436.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

414.4

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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351

Betts

Mookie Betts

331

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

319

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
4/24
LAD LAD
@
WSH WSH
2-1
Wed
4/24
HOU HOU
@
CHC CHC
1-3
Wed
4/24
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
4-3
Wed
4/24
SDP SDP
@
COL COL
9-10
Wed
4/24
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
3-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
4/25
OAK OAK
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
KCR KCR
@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Fri
4/26
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
7:07 PM
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
7:10 PM