Pittsburgh Pirates vs Houston Astros
May 20, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1989 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 4, Houston Astros 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 5 1 1 1
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
Belliard 2b 5 0 1 0
Van Slyke cf 4 1 2 1
Bonilla 3b 5 1 1 0
Wilson rf 6 0 2 0
Bream 1b 0 0 0 0
  Distefano 1b 3 0 0 0
Quinones ss 5 0 1 0
Ortiz c 4 0 0 0
Drabek p 2 0 1 1
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Redus ph 0 1 0 0
  Kramer p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 9 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Young cf 5 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph 1 0 0 0
  Agosto p 1 0 0 0
Ramirez ss 6 3 3 2
Doran 2b 6 1 4 0
Davis 1b 6 0 3 0
Bass rf 5 0 0 2
Meadows lf 2 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Yelding cf 2 0 1 0
Caminiti 3b 6 0 2 0
Biggio c 4 0 2 0
Forsch p 1 0 1 0
  Hatcher lf 2 1 0 0
Totals 47 5 17 4
Pittsburgh 010 001 101 000492
Houston 001 000 210 0015171
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Drabek   6.0 10 1 0 2 1
  Robinson   2.0 2 3 2 2 2
  Kramer   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Kipper  L (0-1) 1.2 3 1 1 1 0
Totals
11.2
17
5
3
5
4
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Forsch   5.1 4 2 1 6 1
  Darwin   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Schatzeder   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Andersen   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Smith   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Agosto  W (1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
12.0
9
4
3
9
6

  E–Bonds (1), Distefano (3), Young (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, Houston 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Bonds (13,off Smith), Houston Davis (7,off Drabek); Caminiti (9,off Kipper).  HR–Houston Ramirez (2,8th inning off Robinson 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Belliard (1,off Smith); Forsch (1,off Drabek); Biggio (2,off Drabek); Hatcher (1,off Kramer).  IBB–Distefano (1,by Forsch); Van Slyke (1,by Smith); Reynolds (2,by Robinson); Hatcher (1,by Kipper).  SF–Bass (2,off Drabek).  SB–Van Slyke 2 (3,2nd base off Forsch/Biggio 2); Doran (5,2nd base off Drabek/Ortiz); Biggio (3,3rd base off Kramer/Ortiz).  IBB–Robinson (2,Reynolds); Kipper (4,Hatcher); Forsch (3,Distefano); Smith (3,Van Slyke).  U-HP–Dana DeMuth, 1B–Steve Rippley, 2B–Bruce Froemming, 3B–Terry Tata.  T–4:05.  A–20,595.
Baseball Almanac Box Score | Printer Friendly Box Scores


The player names and pitcher names in the box score above can be clicked and their comprehensive single season & career statistics will be shown. If you would like to see a complete roster for either team, simply click the team name.

Did you know that you can order an "original" print copy of this same box score from Baseball Almanac? The print source might be USA Today Baseball Weekly, The Sporting News, New York Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, or other similar sources. Regardless, it will look great framed on your wall.

Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."

     

Baseball Almanac on Facebook