Houston Astros vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 27, 1989 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1989 at Three Rivers Stadium. 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)
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Houston Astros 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Hatcher lf 4 0 0 1
  Gross ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Young cf 5 1 1 0
Doran 2b 6 1 1 0
Davis 1b 6 2 1 2
Bass rf 4 0 1 1
  Meadows ph,rf,lf 2 0 0 0
Caminiti 3b 5 0 1 0
Ramirez ss 6 0 2 1
Biggio c 6 1 3 0
Deshaies p 2 0 1 0
  Yelding ph 1 0 1 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
  Reynolds ph 1 0 0 0
  Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Schatzeder p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 5 12 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Bonds lf 4 0 0 0
Lind 2b 4 1 1 0
Van Slyke cf 5 0 1 0
Bonilla 3b 5 1 0 0
Wilson rf,1b 5 1 2 2
Redus 1b 3 1 1 0
  Bream ph 0 0 0 0
  Kramer p 0 0 0 0
  Cangelosi ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Heaton ph 1 0 0 0
Quinones ss 6 0 1 1
Ortiz c 4 0 1 1
Fisher p 2 0 0 0
  Kipper p 1 0 0 0
  Landrum p 0 0 0 0
  Distefano ph,1b 1 0 1 0
  Reynolds ph,rf 1 0 1 0
Totals 43 4 9 4
Houston 000 110 002 0015121
Pittsburgh 000 120 010 000493
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Deshaies   5.0 5 3 3 5 3
  Andersen   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Darwin   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  Schatzeder  W (2-0) 3.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Smith  SV (8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
9
4
4
6
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher   5.0 5 2 1 1 2
  Kipper   1.1 3 0 0 1 2
  Landrum   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Kramer   2.0 1 2 0 0 0
  Robinson  L (2-5) 2.0 2 1 0 0 2
Totals
12.0
12
5
1
2
7

  E–Davis (4), Lind (4), Bonilla (12), Quinones (9).  DP–Houston 1.  PB–Ortiz (2).  2B–Houston Biggio (3,off Fisher), Pittsburgh Lind (9,off Deshaies); Wilson 2 (9,off Deshaies 2); Quinones (5,off Deshaies).  3B–Pittsburgh Redus (1,off Deshaies).  HR–Houston Davis (11,9th inning off Kramer 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Lind (3,off Deshaies); Bream (2,off Darwin).  HBP–Bonds (1,by Schatzeder).  IBB–Ortiz (2,by Deshaies).  SB–Doran (7,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz); Bass (9,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz); Hatcher (7,2nd base off Fisher/Ortiz); Young (15,2nd base off Kipper/Ortiz); Bonds (8,2nd base off Deshaies/Biggio).  HBP–Schatzeder (1,Bonds).  IBB–Deshaies (1,Ortiz).  U-HP–Jerry Crawford, 1B–Joe West, 2B–John McSherry, 3B–Mark Hirschbeck.  T–3:48.  A–22,359.
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