Texas Rangers vs New York Yankees
May 9, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 9, 1989 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 3, New York Yankees 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Fletcher ss 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 1 0 0
Palmeiro 1b 3 1 1 0
Sierra rf 4 0 1 2
Franco dh 4 0 1 0
Incaviglia lf 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
  Espy pr 0 0 0 0
Buechele 2b 3 1 1 0
Kunkel cf 4 0 1 0
Hough p 0 0 0 0
  McMurtry p 0 0 0 0
  Guante p 0 0 0 0
  Rogers p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Henderson lf 4 0 0 0
Sax 2b 5 0 2 0
Mattingly 1b 4 1 1 0
Phelps dh 2 1 0 0
  Balboni ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Barfield rf 4 2 2 2
Slaught c 4 1 2 0
Tolleson 3b 1 0 0 1
Espinoza ss 4 0 1 1
Kelly cf 2 0 0 1
LaPoint p 0 0 0 0
  Guetterman p 0 0 0 0
  Righetti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Texas 200 000 100360
New York 002 030 00x581
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Hough  L (2-4) 4.1 6 5 5 9 3
  McMurtry   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Guante   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Rogers   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
10
7
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
LaPoint  W (5-1) 6.0 5 3 3 4 2
  Guetterman   2.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Righetti  SV (5) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
3

  E–Tolleson (2).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Sundberg (3).  2B–Texas Palmeiro (9,off LaPoint); Buechele (5,off LaPoint), New York Sax (5,off Hough); Slaught (7,off McMurtry).  HR–New York Barfield (6,3rd inning off Hough 1 on, 2 out).  SB–Kelly (8,2nd base off Hough/Sundberg).  CS–Sax (5,3rd base by Hough/Sundberg).  U-HP–John Hirschbeck, 1B–Larry Barnett, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–3:07.  A–21,978.
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