Montreal Expos vs Houston Astros
May 8, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1989 at Astrodome. The Montreal Expos defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Montreal Expos 4, Houston Astros 1

Montreal Expos ab   r   h rbi
Hudler 2b 4 0 2 1
Nixon cf 5 1 1 0
Raines lf 4 1 1 2
Brooks rf 4 0 1 0
Wallach 3b 4 0 0 0
Santovenia c 3 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 1 1 0
Owen ss 3 1 1 0
Gross p 3 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher cf 4 0 0 0
Reynolds 3b 4 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
Doran 2b 4 1 1 1
Davis 1b 4 0 0 0
Puhl lf 4 0 0 0
Bass rf 3 0 2 0
Ramirez ss 3 0 1 0
Biggio c 2 0 0 0
  Young ph 1 0 1 0
  Ashby c 0 0 0 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 0
  Forsch p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Caminiti ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Montreal 200 200 000471
Houston 000 100 000151
  Montreal Expos IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  W (4-2) 9.0 5 1 1 0 7
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
7
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper  L (1-5) 3.2 5 4 4 4 1
  Forsch   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Darwin   3.0 2 0 0 1 4
  Schatzeder   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
5
5

  E–Santovenia (3), Ramirez (9).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–Montreal Owen (5,off Knepper).  HR–Montreal Raines (1,1st inning off Knepper 1 on, 1 out), Houston Doran (3,4th inning off Gross 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Santovenia (3,by Darwin).  IBB–Owen (3,by Darwin).  SB–Hudler (6,2nd base off Darwin/Biggio); Bass (8,2nd base off Gross/Santovenia).  CS–Hudler (1,3rd base by Knepper/Biggio).  WP–Knepper (2).  HBP–Darwin (1,Santovenia).  IBB–Darwin (5,Owen).  U-HP–Joe West, 1B–Tom Hallion, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Jerry Crawford.  T–2:54.  A–11,044.
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