San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
April 7, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 7, 1989 at Riverfront Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 7 1 2 0
Thompson 2b 7 1 1 0
Clark 1b 4 1 1 0
Mitchell lf 7 0 1 0
Maldonado rf 5 0 2 1
Kennedy c 4 0 1 1
  Nixon pr 0 0 0 0
  Manwaring c 2 0 0 0
Williams 3b 3 0 0 0
  Steels ph 0 0 0 0
  LaCoss p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
  Price p 1 0 0 0
Uribe ss 6 0 0 0
Garrelts p 2 0 1 0
  Riles ph 1 0 1 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
  Speier ph,3b 4 0 1 0
Totals 55 3 11 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Larkin ss 7 0 3 0
Sabo 3b 7 1 1 0
Davis cf 7 0 2 0
Daniels lf 6 0 1 1
Benzinger 1b 5 1 2 0
O'Neill rf 6 1 2 0
Reed c 4 0 2 2
  Collins ph 1 0 0 0
  McGriff c 1 0 0 0
Oester 2b 6 0 1 0
Rijo p 2 0 0 0
  Youngblood ph 1 0 0 0
  Charlton p 0 0 0 0
  Dibble p 0 0 0 0
  Griffey ph 1 0 0 0
  Tekulve p 0 0 0 0
  Trillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Franco p 0 0 0 0
  Harris ph 1 0 0 0
  Birtsas p 0 0 0 0
  Winningham ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 57 4 15 3
San Francisco 100 000 010 000 010 03111
Cincinnati 020 000 000 000 010 14150
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Garrelts   6.0 7 2 2 1 0
  Lefferts   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  LaCoss   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Hammaker   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Brantley   2.2 3 1 1 2 1
  Price  L (0-1) 2.0 1 1 1 3 2
Totals
15.2
15
4
4
7
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Rijo   7.0 6 1 1 3 7
  Charlton   0.0 0 1 1 1 0
  Dibble   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
  Tekulve   2.0 2 0 0 2 1
  Franco   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Birtsas  W (1-0) 3.0 1 1 1 3 3
Totals
16.0
11
3
3
11
14

  E–Mitchell (1).  DP–San Francisco 2, Cincinnati 1.  2B–San Francisco Maldonado (2,off Rijo); Riles (1,off Rijo), Cincinnati Reed (3,off Garrelts); Benzinger (1,off Garrelts); Daniels (1,off Brantley); Sabo (1,off Brantley).  3B–San Francisco Garrelts (1,off Rijo), Cincinnati Larkin (1,off Lefferts).  SH–Thompson (2,off Tekulve); Benzinger (1,off Brantley); Larkin (2,off Price).  IBB–Steels (1,by Dibble); Clark (1,by Tekulve).  SF–Daniels (1,off Price).  SB–Butler (2,2nd base off Rijo/Reed); Davis (1,2nd base off Hammaker/Manwaring); Winningham (1,2nd base off Price/Manwaring).  CS–Garrelts (1,Home by Rijo/Reed); Mitchell (1,Home by Birtsas/McGriff).  WP–Brantley (1), Price (1), Birtsas (1).  BK–Birtsas (1).  U-HP–Greg Bonin, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Frank Pulli, 3B–Bob Davidson.  T–4:51.  A–25,278.
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