St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 18, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1989 at Astrodome. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, Houston Astros 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 5 0 1 0
Smith ss 6 0 2 0
Guerrero 1b 4 1 2 1
Brunansky rf 4 1 0 0
  Dayley p 0 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 0 1 0
McGee cf 5 2 1 1
Oquendo 2b 4 0 3 1
Pena c 3 0 0 0
  Walling ph 1 0 1 1
  Pagnozzi c 0 0 0 0
Heinkel p 0 0 0 0
  Kinzer p 0 0 0 0
  Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0
  Thompson ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 3 0 0 0
Reynolds ss 4 0 0 0
  Trevino ph 1 0 0 0
Doran 2b 5 0 1 0
Davis 1b 4 1 1 0
Puhl lf 4 1 1 0
Bass rf 4 1 2 1
Caminiti 3b 4 0 2 1
Biggio c 4 0 1 0
Knepper p 1 0 0 1
  Darwin p 1 0 0 0
  Hatcher ph 1 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Agosto p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
St. Louis 000 210 000 14110
Houston 000 300 000 0381
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Heinkel   3.2 6 3 3 2 1
  Kinzer   3.1 1 0 0 0 3
  Quisenberry   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Dayley  W (2-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
2
5
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Knepper   6.0 9 3 3 3 1
  Darwin   3.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Andersen  L (1-1) 0.1 2 1 0 0 0
  Agosto   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
11
4
3
6
1

  E–Doran (3).  DP–Houston 2.  2B–St. Louis Smith (2,off Knepper).  HR–St. Louis Guerrero (5,5th inning off Knepper 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Heinkel (2,off Knepper); Kinzer (1,off Knepper); Knepper (2,off Heinkel).  HBP–Pena (1,by Knepper).  IBB–Guerrero (3,by Darwin).  SB–Coleman 2 (18,2nd base off Darwin/Biggio,3rd base off Darwin/Biggio); Young (13,2nd base off Heinkel/Pena).  CS–Doran (1,2nd base by Kinzer/Pena).  HBP–Knepper (1,Pena).  IBB–Darwin (6,Guerrero).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Steve Rippley.  T–3:26.  A–17,124.
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