Philadelphia Phillies vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 23, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1989 at Dodger Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Samuel cf 4 1 0 0
Thon ss 4 1 1 0
James lf 5 0 1 1
Schmidt 3b 4 0 1 2
Jordan 1b 4 1 1 0
Hayes rf 4 0 0 0
Lake c 4 0 2 0
Jeltz 2b 2 1 0 0
Howell p 2 0 2 1
  Bedrosian p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Davis rf 4 1 1 0
Gibson lf 4 0 1 0
Murray 1b 3 0 0 0
Scioscia c 3 0 1 1
Shelby cf 3 0 0 0
Hamilton 3b 3 0 0 0
Anderson ss 3 0 0 0
Valenzuela p 1 0 0 0
  Gwynn ph 1 0 0 0
  Crews p 0 0 0 0
  Duncan ph 1 0 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 1 3 1
Philadelphia 100 020 010480
Los Angeles 100 000 000130
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Howell  W (5-2) 8.0 3 1 1 2 6
  Bedrosian  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
3
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Valenzuela  L (0-4) 5.0 4 3 3 4 3
  Crews   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Pena   2.0 3 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
7

  E–None.  2B–Philadelphia Howell (1,off Pena), Los Angeles Scioscia (8,off Howell).  SH–Howell (4,off Valenzuela).  SF–Schmidt (3,off Valenzuela).  HBP–Hamilton (2,by Howell).  SB–James (3,3rd base off Valenzuela/Scioscia).  HBP–Howell (1,Hamilton).  U-HP–Bruce Froemming, 1B–Terry Tata, 2B–Dana DeMuth, 3B–Mike Winters.  T–2:57.  A–32,199.
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