San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 26, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1989 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 1, St. Louis Cardinals 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 1 2 1
Thompson 2b 4 0 0 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Mitchell lf 3 0 0 0
Riles 3b 3 0 1 0
  Speier ph 1 0 0 0
Kennedy c 3 0 0 0
Jones rf 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 2 0 1 0
  Jurak ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Downs p 2 0 0 0
  Maldonado ph 1 0 1 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 1 2 1
Smith ss 3 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 4 1 1 1
Guerrero 1b 4 0 1 0
Thompson cf 2 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 3 0 1 1
Oquendo 2b 2 1 0 0
Pena c 3 0 0 0
DeLeon p 2 0 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 5 3
San Francisco 100 000 000150
St. Louis 001 002 00x350
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Downs  L (2-3) 7.0 5 3 3 3 6
  Gossage   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
3
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon  W (4-1) 8.1 5 1 1 1 7
  Dayley  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
7

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Pendleton (4,off Downs).  HR–San Francisco Butler (1,1st inning off DeLeon 0 on, 0 out).  SH–DeLeon (2,off Downs).  IBB–Thompson (3,by Downs).  BK–Downs (3).  IBB–Downs (3,Thompson).  U-HP–Terry Tata, 1B–Dana DeMuth, 2B–Steve Rippley, 3B–Bruce Froemming.  T–2:13.  A–27,514.
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