Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
May 3, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1989 at Candlestick Park. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, San Francisco Giants 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 1 1
Lind 2b 4 0 1 0
Carter rf 3 0 0 0
  Wilson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bonilla 3b 4 1 2 0
Reynolds cf 4 1 1 0
Oberkfell 1b 2 0 0 0
  Redus ph,1b 1 0 0 0
  Distefano 1b 0 0 0 0
Quinones ss 3 2 2 2
Prince c 3 0 2 2
Smiley p 4 0 0 0
  Easley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Butler cf 4 0 1 0
Jones lf 4 1 2 0
Clark 1b 4 0 0 0
Mitchell 3b 4 2 2 3
Maldonado rf 4 0 0 0
Manwaring c 3 0 1 0
  Steels ph 1 0 0 0
Thompson 2b 3 0 1 0
Uribe ss 3 0 0 0
Robinson p 2 0 0 0
  Hammaker p 0 0 0 0
  Jurak ph 1 0 0 0
  Brantley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 110 201 000591
San Francisco 000 200 001370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Smiley  W (3-1) 8.1 7 3 3 0 3
  Easley  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
0
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Robinson  L (1-3) 5.1 8 5 5 0 5
  Hammaker   2.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Brantley   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
5

  E–Quinones (6).  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Quinones (1,off Robinson); Prince (2,off Robinson), San Francisco Jones (1,off Smiley).  3B–Pittsburgh Bonilla (2,off Robinson).  HR–Pittsburgh Bonds (4,1st inning off Robinson 0 on, 0 out), San Francisco Mitchell 2 (9,4th inning off Smiley 1 on, 1 out,9th inning off Smiley 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Quinones (2,off Hammaker).  CS–Bonilla (1,2nd base by Robinson/Manwaring); Butler (6,2nd base by Smiley/Prince).  SB–Manwaring (1,2nd base off Smiley/Prince).  U-HP–Dutch Rennert, 1B–Fred Brocklander, 2B–Bob Engel, 3B–Paul Runge.  T–2:36.  A–8,536.
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