St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 16, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1989 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Houston Astros 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 6 1 1 0
Smith ss 4 2 2 1
Pendleton 3b 6 1 1 0
Guerrero 1b 6 1 3 3
McGee cf 5 0 0 0
Brunansky rf 4 2 3 0
Oquendo 2b 4 0 1 1
Pena c 4 0 0 0
DeLeon p 2 0 0 0
  Morris ph 1 0 0 0
  DiPino p 1 0 1 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Lindeman ph 0 0 0 0
  Carpenter p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 7 12 5
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 2 1 0
Reynolds ss 3 0 0 0
  Ramirez ph,ss 2 1 1 1
Doran 2b 4 1 2 5
Davis 1b 5 1 1 0
Puhl rf 3 0 1 1
  Bass ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hatcher lf 5 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 4 1 0 0
Biggio c 5 1 2 1
Clancy p 2 1 1 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Yelding ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Meadows ph 1 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 10 8
St. Louis 011 103 100 007121
Houston 102 110 200 018104
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
DeLeon   5.0 5 5 5 3 6
  DiPino   1.2 3 2 2 1 0
  Quisenberry   2.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Carpenter  L (1-3) 1.1 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
10.1
10
8
8
6
8
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Clancy   5.2 10 6 5 2 3
  Andersen   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Darwin   2.0 1 1 0 2 1
  Schatzeder  W (1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
11.0
12
7
5
5
7

  E–Oquendo (4), Reynolds (2), Biggio 2 (2), Darwin (2).  DP–Houston 1.  2B–St. Louis Guerrero (13,off Clancy), Houston Clancy (1,off DeLeon); Biggio (2,off DeLeon); Puhl (6,off DeLeon).  3B–Houston Biggio (1,off Carpenter).  HR–Houston Doran (4,7th inning off DiPino 1 on, 1 out).  SH–Oquendo (4,off Clancy).  IBB–Pena (2,by Clancy); Gross (1,by Carpenter); Young (2,by Carpenter).  SF–Doran (1,off DeLeon); Ramirez (1,off Carpenter).  SB–Smith (4,2nd base off Clancy/Biggio); Coleman 2 (16,2nd base off Clancy/Biggio,3rd base off Clancy/Biggio); Pendleton (4,2nd base off Andersen/Biggio); Brunansky (1,2nd base off Darwin/Biggio); Young (12,2nd base off DeLeon/Pena).  CS–Young (6,2nd base by DiPino/Pena).  BK–Clancy (2).  IBB–Carpenter 2 (3,Gross,Young); Clancy (2,Pena).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–3:35.  A–12,685.
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