San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 28, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Nixon cf 4 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 4 0 1 0
Clark 1b 4 0 1 0
Mitchell lf 3 0 0 0
Maldonado rf 3 0 1 0
Williams 3b 3 0 0 0
Manwaring c 3 0 0 0
Uribe ss 3 0 1 0
Reuschel p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Lefferts p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 1 1 0
Reynolds cf 4 0 2 0
Bonilla 3b 4 0 1 0
Oberkfell 1b 2 0 1 0
  Distefano 1b 1 0 0 0
Wilson rf 3 0 0 1
Quinones ss 3 0 0 0
Ortiz c 2 0 1 0
Smiley p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
San Francisco 000 000 000041
Pittsburgh 000 001 00x162
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Reuschel  L (3-2) 7.0 5 1 1 3 4
  Lefferts   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
1
1
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (2-1) 9.0 4 0 0 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
2
5

  E–Williams (2), Distefano (1), Quinones (5).  DP–San Francisco 1, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Oberkfell (1,off Reuschel).  3B–Pittsburgh Bonilla (1,off Reuschel).  IBB–Ortiz (1,by Reuschel).  SB–Maldonado (1,2nd base off Smiley/Ortiz); Mitchell (1,2nd base off Smiley/Ortiz); Uribe (1,2nd base off Smiley/Ortiz).  CS–Williams (1,2nd base by Smiley/Ortiz).  WP–Smiley (1).  IBB–Reuschel (1,Ortiz).  U-HP–John McSherry, 1B–Jerry Crawford, 2B–Joe West, 3B–Charlie Williams.  T–2:06.  A–12,913.
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